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class="container-fluid container-full-width section-one title-header" > <div class="container "> <h1>What Our Students Are Saying</h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-fluid container-full-width " > <div class="container "> <div class="spotlight dark-blue fade-blue "> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-7"> <img src="/images/students/profile-r-williams.jpg" class="img-responsive medium-show" alt="Rusty Williams"/> <div class="padding"> <h5>Student Spotlight</h5><div class="margintop"> <h2 class="italic">Best of Both Worlds</h2></div> <p> With UMass Lowell's <a href="/degrees/grad/online-masters-business-administration-degree.cfm">AASCB-accredited online MBA program</a>, Rusty Williams gained a high-quality business education that sent her career in an unexpected direction. </p> <b><a href="/testimonials/profiles/rusty-williams.cfm" class="b-link">Read more about Rusty »</a></b> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="padding"> <img src="/images/students/profile-r-williams.jpg" alt="Image of Rusty Williams" class="img-responsive medium-hide"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-fluid container-full-width section-padding" > <div class="container marginbottom "> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-8 small-margin-bottom"> <h2>Success Stories</h2> <div class="success-stories"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-8"> <h3>Finishing Strong</h3> <p> First-generation college student Bobby Yanez found the online <a href="/degrees/undergrad/online-bachelors-information-technology-degree.cfm">Bachelor of Science in Information Technology</a> program he was looking for at UMass Lowell — as well as the knowledge he needed to advance in his career. </p> <b> <a href="/testimonials/profiles/bobby-yanez.cfm" class=" small blueghost">Read more <span class="hidden-xs">about Bobby</span> »</a></b> </div> <div class="col-4"> <a href="/testimonials/profiles/bobby-yanez.cfm"> <img src="/images/students/student-bobby-y.jpg" alt="Bobby Y" class="img-responsive"></a> </div> </div> <hr class="blue"/> <div class="row"> <div class="col-8"> <h3>Finding Her Way, In Her Own Time</h3> <p> Going to college immediately after high school wasn't the right option for Sarah Nickerson. After working for a few years and gaining some perspective on what she wanted for her future, she found an online bachelor's degree program at UMass Lowell that was exactly the right fit for her.</p> <b> <a href="/testimonials/profiles/sarah-nickerson.cfm" class=" small blueghost">Read more <span class="hidden-xs">about Sarah</span> »</a></b> </div> <div class="col-4"> <a href="/testimonials/profiles/sarah-nickerson.cfm"> <img src="/images/2017/students/profile-s-nickerson.jpg" alt="Sara Nickerson" class="img-responsive"></a> </div> </div> <hr class="blue"/> <div class="row"> <div class="col-8"> <h3>A Shared Path to Success</h3><p> Dan Amoruso and Clark Judkins had very different goals when they enrolled in a master's degree program in security studies at UMass Lowell. Through their highly interactive online classes ...</p> <a href="/testimonials/profiles/shared-path.cfm" class="small blueghost"><span class="hidden-xs">Check out the </span>full story »</a> </div> <div class="col-4"> <a href="/testimonials/profiles/shared-path.cfm" > <img src="/images/2017/students/profile-shared-path.jpg" alt="Two Students Who Became Friends" class="img-responsive"></a> </div> </div> <hr class="blue"/> <div class="row"> <div class="col-8"> <h3>Building Skills and Staying Relevant</h3> <p>Though he already had a successful career in information technology at IBM, Michael McCawley decided to return to school to enhance his skills and complete his bachelor's degree ...</p> <b><a href="/testimonials/profiles/michael-mccawley.cfm" class="small blueghost">Learn more<span class="hidden-xs"> about Michael McCawley</span> »</a></b> </div> <div class="col-4"> <a href="/testimonials/profiles/michael-mccawley.cfm" ><img src="/images/2017/students/profile-m-maccawley.jpg" alt="Michael McCawley" class="img-responsive"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-4"> <div class="display-box padding marginbottom overflow-hidden" > <div class="float-right nopadding col-lg-6 col-sm-2 col-xs-3 "> <img src="/images/bits/trans300.png" class="feature-img round img-responsive display-box padding5" style="background-image: url(https://blog.gps.uml.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DSC_7876-710x474.jpg);" alt="adult student with child"/> </div> <h3>Student Success: Advice from Current and Past Students</h3> <span class="nomargin blog-description"> <p> When it comes to the idea of college student success, the definition can be very different depending on who you are, where you are at in life and what you want to accomplish. 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