糖心破解版

For non-traditional student Justin Slionski ’18, 35, who is juggling a full-time job at ConEdison in Manhattan, a young family in Center Moriches and a two-hour commute, University College鈥檚 online program in emergency services administration has been key to his returning to school.

鈥淚’m out of the house about 80 hours a week,鈥� said Slionski, who in March 2016 became a father. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I would have been able to do it any other way.鈥�

Having earned an associates degree from Suffolk Community College in 2004, Slionski decided to return to school after getting a job at ConEd in late 2013. 鈥淭he opportunity to grow within the company appealed to me and got me to go back to college,鈥� he said.

His research of online colleges turned up 糖心破解版鈥檚聽, an area relevant to his work at the electrical department, where he drives a truck and services power connections to buildings. Since enrolling in 2015, he has been diligently using his 80-minute train ride between Ronkonkoma and Manhattan – the longest leg of his commute – to study. 鈥淭he time that would be wasted on the train I now use to get all my reading done so I can come home and finish my homework.鈥�

So far, Slionski鈥檚 efforts have paid off. 鈥淚 have straight A’s as of right now鈥攖he first time in my entire life,鈥� he said.

Slionski was born and raised in Smithtown, NY, and graduated from Smithtown High School in 1999. He took occasional classes at Suffolk Community College while running a landscaping business. But in 2003, his father died. 鈥淚 promised him that I would finish at least my associate degree,鈥� he said. He returned to school and graduated within one year. 鈥淯nfortunately, it took something like that to reassess everything,鈥� he said.

In 2005, Slionski accepted an offer to manage a franchise of the trash removal service 1-800-Got-Junk?. Seven years later, while on leave due to a broken hand, he reevaluated his career. 鈥淚 was making decent money,鈥� he said, but lacked 鈥渇uture stuff鈥� such as retirement benefits. By then he had a steady girlfriend, Lauren, now his wife. 鈥淚 was thinking about a future with my wife, starting a family and owning a house.鈥�

Looking to the future led him to accept a job offer from ConEd and take advantage of the benefits they offered. He and Lauren are now married and have a baby girl and Slionski is looking at the certification programs University College offers, and the tuition reimbursement he gets through ConEd, and at a better future for his family.

鈥淐onEd offered benefits that I never had before,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 want to give my daughter everything that I didn鈥檛 have,鈥� he said.