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威尼斯人娱乐城学生家长在教师支持和校园资源的帮助下茁壮成长
艾琳·卡特（Erin Carter）正在平衡书本、孩子和远大梦想
When Erin Carter walks into a classroom at 亨利w布洛赫管理学院, she’s not just a student. She’s a mother of four, first-generation college student and aspiring chief marketing officer. Carter’s journey to 威尼斯人娱乐城 began at Metropolitan Community College, where she earned her associate degree while pregnant with her youngest child. Motivated by a desire to secure a better future for her children and experience college in person, Carter transferred to 威尼斯人娱乐城 to pursue a bachelor’s degree in marketing.“I wanted to be here,” Carter said. “I wanted to experience college in person. I wanted to be on campus and not just online.”卡特是家里第一个上大学的人。 这一遗产给她带来了沉重的负担，但也为她提供了动力。“I want my kids to see that no matter your age or background, you can build a better life,” Carter said. 威尼斯人娱乐城的支持帮助实现了这一目标。 Carter是威尼斯人娱乐城学生家长成功补助金的获得者，该补助金为学生家长提供经济援助和资源，以平衡学业和照顾。“The Student Parent Success Grant has been more than financial support,” Carter said. “It gave me the ability to focus on my education without constantly worrying about whether I was taking away from my kids’ needs. That support has helped me stay motivated and confident on my journey to graduation.”在威尼斯人娱乐城，卡特很快注意到以营销为重点的学生组织存在缺口。 她帮助恢复了营销领导协会，通过与当地动物收容所Wayside Waifs的合作，为学生创造了建立现实世界营销组合的机会。“I wanted to make sure people had something to show when they graduate,” Carter said. 除了她自己对成功的渴望，卡特认为她的教授们在她的进步中发挥了关键作用。 兼职教授戴维·帕特里克（David Patrick）在她分享了如何平衡实习机会与作为学生家长的责任后，为她安排了在他公司为期一天的实习机会。 “In a class of high achievers, she was a clear standout,” Patrick said. “Her peers identified her as one of the students they learned the most from, and her group ranked her highest in quality and quantity of work contribution. When I needed an intern for my company’s High Performance Marketing Boot Camp event, Erin quickly came to mind.”这段经历最终让她在女性所有的机构Tier One Solutions找到了一份营销实习工作。 “I told him I needed help,” Carter said. “He listened. He didn’t judge me. That changed everything.”Carter’s ability to juggle school, work and parenting all at once boils down to relentless time management, which is evidenced by a wall of calendars at home. 但卡特也倾向于一些无形的东西：纪律。“I just kept showing up,” Carter said. “Even if my hair was messy or I didn’t have coffee — I showed up.”Carter’s goals are ambitious. 她想成为一名首席营销官，从事品牌战略方面的工作，并最终通过指导和公民参与来回馈堪萨斯城。“I want to lead,” Carter said. “Anyone can be in a leadership position, but not everyone can be a leader. Plus, I’m doing this for my kids. I want them to see that you can do hard things.” Carter’s story is part of the university’s broader effort to support non-traditional and first-generation students through scholarships and student support programs such as First Gen Roo, helping ignite the potential in every student. 对卡特来说，这种潜力已经在发挥作用。 有兴趣捐赠给威尼斯人娱乐城吗？ 探索你可以支持奖学金和学生成功的方法。 2025年11月5日
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两次获得普利策奖的校友回到威尼斯人娱乐城并反思根源
记者James B. Steele认为威尼斯人娱乐城的教育塑造了他的调查生涯
詹姆斯B.斯蒂尔（文学士） 67年,收听距离 是一位美国调查记者和作家。 40年来，他和写作合作者唐纳德·l·巴雷特（Donald L. Barlett）为《费城问询报》（Philadelphia Inquirer）、《时代》（Time）和《名利场》（Vanity Fair）撰稿，并撰写了九本书。 1975年，他们凭借《审计国税局》（Auditing the IRS）系列作品获得普利策奖，1989年，他们又凭借《巨大的税收优惠》（the Great Tax 给away）系列作品获得普利策奖。 斯蒂尔就读于堪萨斯大学堪萨斯分校期间，在《堪萨斯城时报》开始了他的职业生涯。 他最近在堪萨斯城发表讲话，启动了“蓝色与大胆：为威尼斯人娱乐城运动”，并在威尼斯人娱乐城的新闻预备课程上发表了讲话。 斯蒂尔谈到了他在堪萨斯大学的教育是如何塑造他的事业和生活的。 You’ve won two Pulitzer Prizes and built a legendary career in investigative journalism. 威尼斯人娱乐城是如何帮助塑造这条道路的？ 威尼斯人娱乐城对我来说至关重要。 1964年，我来到这里，当时我是《堪萨斯城时报》的一名全职年轻记者。 I’d take classes in the morning, then go cover crime, politics and civic events until midnight. It wasn’t easy, but the teachers here pushed me. 他们挑战了我的思维，对我提出了更高的要求。 我在威尼斯人娱乐城学到的关于研究、组织和纪律的知识，成为我后来作为一名调查记者所做的一切的基础。 两届普利策奖得主吉姆·斯蒂尔（后排左二）参观了史蒂夫·克拉斯克教授的新闻学预科课程的学生。 斯蒂尔是堪萨斯大学堪萨斯分校的校友。| Photo by Stacy Downs, 威尼斯人娱乐城 You’ve mentioned an influential experience with a professor who steered you away from Hemingway and toward Faulkner. 这一课对你来说意味着什么？ (笑)。 是的，那是我的高级特别阅读课。 I wanted to write about Hemingway — I’d read everything he wrote. My adviser saw through that and said: ‘You already know Hemingway. 为什么不是福克纳？’ I resisted. I didn’t like Faulkner back then. 但他坚持自己的立场。 于是我一头扎进去，出乎我意料的是，我开始深深地钦佩福克纳。 That experience taught me a lifelong lesson: education isn’t about doing only what you like. It’s about being nudged into uncomfortable territory and discovering something new about yourself. 你经常说威尼斯人娱乐城教会了你如何独立思考。 你这话是什么意思？ My English and history professors didn’t let us take the easy way out. 他们教会我如何研究，如何分析，如何组织复杂的信息。 In journalism, you’re constantly sifting through records, data, interviews — trying to make sense of it all. That’s what 威尼斯人娱乐城 prepared me for. 历史研究和冗长的论文听起来很乏味，但它们训练我提出问题，不断挖掘，直到找到真相。 You’re known for your meticulous research with your late writing partner, Donald Barlett. 是什么吸引你投身新闻业？ 研究是最有价值的部分。 It’s like working a jigsaw puzzle — one piece doesn’t mean much by itself, but as you collect the others, the full picture emerges. It’s not glamorous. One Swedish journalist once wrote that Barlett and Steele were ‘about as exciting as watching paint dry.’ (笑)。 但结果一点也不乏味。 事实可能是戏剧性的。 They tell stories of power, policy and people — how decisions made at the top affect everyday Americans. That’s what keeps me at it. Your work in the early 1990s predicted the decline of America’s middle class, long before it became conventional wisdom. 你如何看待今天的工作？ 当时，我们对税收、就业和贸易数据的分析显示，美国中产阶级正在萎缩。 It was controversial at the time, but it’s undeniable now. 其原因仍有争议，但趋势很明显。 It reinforced for me that facts — cold, hard facts — are essential to understanding our society. 正如我想说的，事实是通往真理的道路。 传奇调查记者吉姆·斯蒂尔（Jim Steele）在新闻预备课程上讲述了他在威尼斯人娱乐城（威尼斯人娱乐城）学习时学到的东西。 | Photo by Steve Kraske, 威尼斯人娱乐城 When you think about 威尼斯人娱乐城 today, what stands out to you? The campus still feels like an intellectual haven — green, welcoming, solid. 图书馆是我最喜欢的地方。 在那里我学会了热爱研究。 回来让我想起大学给了我多少，不仅仅是学术上的，还有个人生活上的。 I wouldn’t have been able to attend without working my way through, and that’s why I believe in scholarships and professorships — investments in human potential. 教育是关于帮助人类成长的。 你对Blue & Bold活动有什么看法？ I admire that the Blue & Bold campaign goes beyond funding bricks and mortar — it’s about investing in human beings. 它通过支持奖学金和教授职位，创造改变未来的机会来改善生活。 For me, it’s also deeply personal. It connects my own journey to today’s students. I wouldn’t have been able to attend college without 威尼斯人娱乐城’s support, especially while helping to support my family — just as so many students are doing now. What advice would you give today’s students? 首先，给你的老师一些放松。 When they push you, they’re doing you a favor. That’s how learning happens. 要有耐心，接受挑战。 Second, use the library — really use it. 探索、阅读、实验。 如果你想写作，那就什么都读：好的，坏的，杰出的。 你可以通过观察别人如何把单词和想法组合在一起来学习。 There’s nothing quite like reading a master at work. You’ve called 威尼斯人娱乐城 “the place where I got what I needed.” 你这话是什么意思？ It reminds me of Mick Jagger’s line: ‘You can’t always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need.’ I didn’t always realize it then, dragging myself to class after a long shift at the newspaper, but 威尼斯人娱乐城 gave me exactly what I needed: teachers who cared, who made me think harder and dig deeper. 他们帮我打下了支撑我整个职业生涯的基础。 For that, I’ll always be grateful. You ended your 威尼斯人娱乐城 remarks with a story about French writer André Maurois. 为什么它会引起你的共鸣？ Maurois taught briefly here in the 1940s and wrote that he would ‘miss this lovely spot and these mutual friendships.’ That line captures what I feel, too. 和他一样，我离开了堪萨斯城，但它的影响伴随了我几十年。 Returning to 威尼斯人娱乐城 reminded me that what happens here — the mentoring, the curiosity, the drive to understand — stays with you for life. And that’s something worth celebrating. 最后，是什么让你在从事了一辈子的新闻工作后仍然保持动力？ 追求真理。 相信事实很重要。 That’s what journalism — and education — are really about. They’re both acts of faith in the idea that, given enough light, people will see clearly. 这一切都是从我在堪萨斯大学开始的。 对支持奖学金和学生成功感兴趣？ 探索你能为威尼斯人娱乐城做些什么。 2025年11月5日