B.A in Leadership -Next Start Date April 26th

Juggling priorities at work, home and socially makes  the idea of  completing your degree in a traditional university setting very challenging – that’s why Trinity Western University created the Accelerated Adult Degree Completion Program.  Designed specifically for adults, the BA in Leadership makes a degree attainable.

Classes meet one night a week for six weeks per course on a consecutive basis throughout the year so that you can finish your degree in 18 to 24 months, depending on your previous studies.  Call us at 604-513-2067  today to find out how you can increase your earning potential, reach your lifelong goal, combine classroom knowledge with real-world experience at work and still have time for the important things in your life.  Read how one of our current adult students does it in her own words:

I am a fifty-something student at TWU in the degree completion program, working toward a BA in Leadership. It's been a lifelong journey to get here. Right out of high school, my traveling adventures began. My travels continued for 12 years. A product of the Trudeau era, I followed what he preached, "Get to know Canada before you leave it." I have always been proud of Canada but never as much as when I'm in another country and I can represent it well.
 
At 30 years old and with jobs getting a little harder to find after quitting to travel, I went back to school. I was accepted into a new six semester diploma course in Registered Psychiatric Nursing. It was a trial without any semester breaks. I was exhausted, but I needed to get back to making an income as soon as possible.
 
After I graduated, I was hired as a ward nurse in a pediatric hospital.  After a couple years of putting education into practice, I took a six month leave and traveled back to my  beloved New Zealand and sailed the Marlborough Sounds with friends, then went on to Thailand and trekked into northern villages, riding elephants and bamboo rafting along rivers to visit waterside villages.  From Thailand I went on to Europe: I enjoyed the pubs and beer in England and fine dining and wine in Paris. I spent time in Taize, France with 3000 backpackers seeking this unique Christian experience and spent time on the Aran Islands in Ireland.  I returned to Vancouver and continued to work in pediatrics for a few more years and then began a new position working with young children with visual impairment. This has been my work and dedication for sixteen years.
 
Missions Fest celebrated their 25th Anniversary almost two years ago.  It was there I met Jonathan Barkowsky in a booth for TWU. I asked him a few questions about adult education and transferring nursing credits into a degree program. He was very welcoming and we had a couple conversations by email. A year and a half went by.
 
I moved from North Vancouver to the Sunshine Coast just a month before I met Jonathan, and it took the first year to find the rhythm and the strength to commute into Vancouver for work every day.  I'm up at 4:45 every morning to catch the 6:20 ferry.  My car died as soon as I moved, so for the first three months I was hiking up to the main road to catch a bus to the ferry at 5:20 a.m., in the black of night, in the snow, with coyotes darting across the road in packs, and knowing full well the local two-year-old bear didn't feel the need to hibernate.
 
The bear has been seen lying on someone's lawn with the family dog.  He's a handsome guy really.  We've had a few chats. He knows I'm not amused that he shook down and uprooted my pear tree for one pear he couldn't reach.  When I moved to my agriculture-zoned property in Roberts Creek, I opened my arms wide and turned a 360, and welcomed all the animals. The visitors I know about include two llamas, a horse, a stag, coyotes and my mischievous black bear.  I'm not sure if the cougar has come by yet.  A friend suggested I might like to put some restrictions on my invitation.
 
One day at work I received a union notice inviting all members who were interested in upgrading their education to apply for bursaries. This was something new for them to offer.  Four hours later, and one and a half years since we last spoke, Jonathan called me and asked if I was still interested in studying.  I was ready and the message was clear. I had been praying for a new direction.  But this would only be possible if my nursing credits could be transferred and there was financial support.  I got busy collecting transcripts, Jonathan worked very hard to keep me organized, and the union awarded me their highest bursary. It was a go!
 
I am now a seriously older student at TWU and I'm excited and so grateful for this opportunity.  Getting to TWU has been divinely orchestrated.  The rhythm is a little quicker now.  It's amazing there is room to be a student again but there is. My only concern is there is one out-of-reach plum still on the tree.

 
Jo-Anne Chiasson