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by Cecil Harris

When Jennifer Reyes asked her nursing colleagues where she could acquire the academic credentials to complement her 20-plus years of experience, she kept hearing the same answer.

鈥淓verybody told me to go to if I wanted the best education,鈥� she said. 鈥淎delphi鈥檚 reputation precedes it.鈥�

Reyes is enrolled in a program in which 鈥擜delphi鈥檚 college for working adults鈥攑artners with the to enable students to earn an and a . Students receive life experience credit for their licensed practical nurse (LPN) training.

Since enrolling in 2012, Reyes has made the Dean鈥檚 List each semester and maintained a 3.9 grade point average.

鈥淚 always said I would put my kids through school before I went back to school,鈥� said Reyes, who could easily pass for a traditional-age college student despite having a 23-year-old son (Jordan, a law student at Pepperdine University) and a 22-year-old daughter (Alexis, an English major at Queens College).

Reyes will receive an A.A. from University College in December and then pursue a B.S. in Nursing in Spring 2015.

A resident of Richmond Hill, New York, Reyes is an LPN in the labor and delivery unit at . As an Army nurse at in Germany鈥攖he largest American hospital outside the United States鈥攕he treated soldiers who often sustained gruesome injuries while fighting in Iraq.

鈥淲hen you see a 21-year-old with amputated limbs, that image stays with you,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut that experience also helps you deal with pressure. In the military, it鈥檚 one mission, one goal. You learn to stay focused on the goal you鈥檝e set.鈥�

Reyes qualified for tuition benefits through the . Since Adelphi matches the contribution of 50 percent of tuition costs, qualified veterans pay little to no tuition if they attend Adelphi.

In Fall 2014, Reyes’s course load includes pathophysiology, emerging trends in genetics, informatics in health care, nutrition in nursing (a hybrid course combining class instruction and online learning) and global and societal development and conflict (an independent study course).

鈥淥ther schools offer an A.A. in Nursing, but that doesn鈥檛 get you far,鈥� she said. 鈥淭o advance, you need to get your bachelor鈥檚 and your master鈥檚, and that鈥檚 what I intend to do.鈥�