In 2011, tennis icon Venus Williams enrolled in Indiana University East’s online degree completion program. Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe, praised her as a student, as a person and as a graduate.
“Venus took concepts from the courses and tried them out in real life, and then she would want to learn more. Venus had a certain openness to learning that we cannot teach and we celebrate. The drive and the tenacity that Venus shows on the tennis court, we saw in her studies. In working with other students, she encouraged her classmates. She had the ability to lift people up and that was great to see."Venus revealed that it's always been her dream to earn a college diploma.
"I've learned so much. It was always my dream to have a business degree, and I ended up going to art school so many times, but in the back of my head I felt like I needed the tools to be a better leader, to be a better planner, to be better at all of the things I wanted to do in my businesses because I'm so hands-on."
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