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Dan Wegman
Current student
An operations analyst with The Boeing Co., Dan Wegman says it was a work associate who remarked on her positive experience at Antioch and recommended it.
"I reviewed the multiple options available to me and after meeting with Antioch staff, I chose Antioch," says this father of three who spent much of his career building a construction business.
"The real learning comes from student input and participation in the course through interactive dialogue. The time required to do well is extensive and worth it."
"After being in the business world for 20-plus years, I felt my brain had grown sort of stale," Wegman notes. "After a couple quarters at Antioch, I felt a significant change in my thought processes and an increased desire to learn more and become more proactive in making a positive impact on today's world."
He singles out Charles Morrison, an adjunct faculty member in the B.A. completion program, for inspiring him. "His good humor, sharp wit, open mind and phenomenal ability to see goodness and wisdom where many may miss the mark is a tribute to his humanitarian character. He inspires and invigorates with gentle prodding and in creating a safe environment for all his students."
Here's how Wegman describes Antioch to others.
"It's an opportunity to create your own path of knowledge and develop your skills in a customized manner," he says. "The real learning comes from student input and participation in the course through interactive dialogue. The time required to do well is extensive and worth it."
Gaining credit for his life experience (also known as prior learning credits) is a great option, according to Wegman.
"The value in this opportunity is being able to apply my life experience to teach others what I have learned. This is relevant to both what I perceive people should do as well as what they should not do. It allows me to create my own course based on life's learnings so I can pass that experience on to others who may be interested," he says.
And independent study? He sees it as a way "to tap into our own creativity and personal experience and develop our own course of learning by studying that specific passion(s) that fuels the fire of our life. It was lots of work and ultimately very rewarding."
One of Wegman's goals is to enhance his ability to interact with people.
"I build airplanes for a living," he says. "I am taking courses to broaden my mental and intellectual horizons. I have not really selected a major, but I am identifying it as Liberal Studies."
Wegman says he has "no experience seeking financial aid at Antioch, but putting three kids through college is clearly an economic challenge. There are many little-known scholarships available online."
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