NATCHITOCHES, La. (NSU) – Shawna Pike and her daughter, Addison Berg, will begin classes together this fall at Northwestern State University’s Shreveport campus, where they will experience college from two different stages of life.
Pike first attended college after graduating from high school in 1995 but later put her education on hold. She returned in 2017 before pausing her studies again after the birth of her third child. This fall, she will resume working toward an Associate of Science in Nursing degree with plans to continue into the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
“Now is the time to go back and finish my nursing degree at almost 50 years old,” Pike said. “I am going to do the RN program and then go to the BSN program.”
Pike said beginning college alongside her daughter will make the transition back to the classroom easier…