 From Lakeshore Technical College, Greg Yudelich. My name is Greg and I attend Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wisconsin. I'm currently obtaining my associate's degree in Human Resource Administration and I'm coming up on completing my first year's school after a decade out. When I was in high school I went to a really small high school. We had a total of 400 students. My graduating class was 120 kids and that was the largest since 1991. At the end of my junior year I decided to come out as a gay man. No problems, junior year it went all one smoothly. Then during my senior year I went through a lot of bullying and discrimination based upon my sexual orientation. I was blamed by my school administration and the local police for the discrimination against me for coming out in such a small community. So I dropped out two days before high school graduation. It was the only thing I could do to get myself out of that environment. Four years later I went back and got my H-S-E-D, paid $40 and just kind of the development walked out of Fox Valley Technical College actually. I had a lot of anxiety about going back into a formal educational setting because of what I went through to the point that I missed my sister's high school graduation. I just couldn't be there. I know for a long time that I always wanted to be a recruiter. I liked meeting new people, having conversations. I was in sales for eight years so building rapport and talking is what I'm good at. What I didn't know is that most companies require you to have a degree in human resources to work as a recruiter. When I learned that I went and immediately started researching schools, sizes, programs, offerings and found that LTC was going to be the best fit for me based upon that anxiety I had about school. There's a small enough campus that I won't disappear into a crowd of students but they're large enough that I can participate in activities like this and be a part of a student body and be comfortable and feel like I belong. Also, offering online classes was a big draw for me. I'm a 100% online student. I work full-time, go to school full-time, book myself six hours every Saturday at the Manitoc Public Library and bust my homework out for weeks ahead of time. Yeah, the main campus for LTC that is really close to my house as well. It's maybe 15 minutes from me and we are opening up a new campus in Manitoc. I was bored the other night and timed the drive from the campus, the new campus to my house and it's three and a half minutes. So I don't have to go to the library anymore. After I graduate from LTC, I do plan on continuing my education to get my bachelor's degree in human resource management. My overall goals are to help alleviate the negative stigma around human resources. Everybody thinks human resources means during trouble you're getting fired but I believe that human resources should be seen as a partner in your career development, not a hindrance in that development. I just want to thank Lakeshore Technical College for this opportunity. They've helped me regain my confidence in school and myself. Six months ago I never would have seen myself standing up here but I'm here and I haven't fallen over yet. I would just like to thank everybody for being here and I hope you all have a great rest of your night.