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CLASS Initiative Helps Non-Graduating Vandals Complete Their Degree

Article by David Jackson, University Communications and Marketing.
Photo by Joe Pallen, ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý Visual Productions and courtesy photos from Sarah Sullivan and Jon McKenzie.

Sarah Sullivan ’23 walked at ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý’s commencement in Spring 2013. But she didn’t actually graduate until 10 years later.

Wanting to finish her degree but not knowing exactly how to start, she contacted a friend who worked at ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý Coeur d’Alene, who in turn gave Sullivan the contact information for College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) Associate Dean Traci Craig.

Craig and fellow CLASS Associate Dean Annette Folwell are leading CLASS’s Vandal Finish initiative to help former, non-graduating students re-enroll in school and either finish the degree they started or complete a two-year degree in general studies or a four-year degree in general studies or interdisciplinary studies.

Vandal Finish started in Fall 2022, with Sullivan being one of the first graduates to complete their degree through the program.

“Many former students left college for all kinds of reasons,” Craig said. “With Vandal Finish, we can either help you finish the degree you started or put together a degree based on the existing credits you’ve already completed.”

Closeup of woman wearing hat and orange top.
Sarah Sullivan.