We Are Hixsons Because We Are the Best

Not many people can be nearly as lucky as any of us are. Hardly anyone has the opportunity that we have all been given. Think about it. Most people live college with twice as much debt as any of us will most likely have, and that is a life-long effect. The Hixson award, to me, isn't just a simple $15,000 towards my education. It also represents my future.

Without this award, tuition can be quite overwhelming for most people, especially coming from my economic background. But, thanks to the program, I have much less to worry about. My future won't be bogged down for 20 years, paying for a four year time period long in my past. I will have moved on and be able to focus on more important things like my family and my job. Simply put, I have much less to think about when it comes to being able to pay things off in my future.

This award also gives me one more thing. It gives me the drive to stay and finish my higher education. Coming into the college life, I was dead-set on dropping out after my first year. However, when I received this award, I realized I will never have this big of a chance again in my life. Even if I later wanted to come to a college institution, I wouldn't have half of it payed for for me. That was the biggest motivation to come to this school, and it will remain to be my drive to stay here.

The Hixson award is so much more than just money in the bank. It's an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and a guiding light. It will continue to be apparent in all of our lives, much longer then the four or so years we will be here. I think all of us will forever remember this program, the people in it with us, and most of all, Christina Hixson, for everything they've all done for us, and the amount of faith they have in us all.