{"id":50928,"date":"2025-05-11T10:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=50928"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:02:03","slug":"road-to-the-er-hear-from-spring-2025-grad-druzella-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2025\/05\/11\/road-to-the-er-hear-from-spring-2025-grad-druzella-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Road to the ER | Hear from spring 2025 grad Druzella P."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) celebrates more than 3,300 graduates at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/graduation\/commencement-graduation-ceremony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spring 2025 commencement ceremony<\/a>. Friends and family are invited to congratulate students at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park on Friday, May 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those students is Druzella Purkey, earning an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The 33-year-old began at ACC in 2022 and is now looking to work in an emergency room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about Druzella\u2019s story below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why did you choose ACC?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost effective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How does it feel to graduate?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALL of the emotions. Terrified, anxious, happy, excited, and determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was your favorite part of ACC?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camaraderie between the organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any faculty or staff you want to recognize supporting you?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are so many to put on here, but Lia Paschal!!! She is AMAZING, and I would not be able to be where I am without her help. Honestly, all of the ACC faculty who I have encountered along my journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is next for you?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start my role in the ER, (getting my) BSN (Bachelor\u2019s of Science in Nursing) and MBA (Master\u2019s degree), possibly? Who knows! I do know I will start in the ER first!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What would you tell someone considering applying for college?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would say take some time and think about where you want your career to go. This will save you time and money. College isn&#8217;t for everyone, but it is necessary for certain career paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anything else you would like to add?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Class of Spring 2025&#8230; We did it!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) celebrates more than 3,300 graduates at its spring 2025 commencement ceremony. Friends and family are invited to congratulate students at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park on Friday, May 16. One of those students is Druzella Purkey, earning an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The 33-year-old began at ACC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":50929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[1194,147,148,1121],"class_list":["post-50928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","category-uncategorized","tag-congrats-grads-2","tag-health-science","tag-nursing","tag-spring-2025-commencement","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}