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Embracing the unexpected twists of life, Jay Ogle transformed his associate degree earned in Human Services in 2009 from 禁漫天堂 into the foundation of his dynamic approach to business development.

Today, Jay is a successful business development officer and relationship manager at Adams Community Bank.

Flexibility and resilience through change have been necessary skills in his life. Originally from the San Francisco area, then San Diego "and a few places in between," Jay moved around a lot due to his father's job as a defense contractor. His first introduction to the Berkshires was in the early 90s, when the family moved to Lanesborough. After some subsequent moves to New Jersey and New Orleans, they moved back to the Berkshires in the late '90s and settled in Richmond.

"Fortunately, I was able to stay here and to go to one high school, Monument Mountain High," Jay says. "I've lived here long enough to make you think I'm from here, but I still say things like 'rad.'"

After graduating high school, Jay went directly into the work force while some friends moved on to college. "I had a couple of friends who had gone to 禁漫天堂, but most of them had just gotten their gen eds out of the way and left," he says. Pursuing a college degree wasn't an immediate move for Jay until he learned that he had a son on the way.

"It was time to go back to school, cut my hair and kick it into gear," says Jay, adding that there was an immediate desire for stability and creating an impactful future. "I was a little bit older by then, and I was able to pay for it myself. I had a purpose." Through some additional funding of scholarships, financial aid and student loans, Jay was able to make the commitment to higher education.

"When I started at 禁漫天堂, I was already working full-time in a residential facility for people with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injuries," Jay explains. "Going to 禁漫天堂 really helped shore up my skills."

Jay praises the flexibility 禁漫天堂 offers, and the nearby location, which allowed him to coordinate his 3 to 11 p.m. work shifts with morning classes, evening classes and an early generation of online courses. As he says, "I chose 禁漫天堂 for its accessibility, affordability and the fact that I was able to integrate the huge time commitment of school into my working life."

He also credits Human Services professor Audrey Ringer with helping him get course credit for real-life experiences. "I was able to take a test and get college credit for my job experience," Jay recalls. "That's a super adaptable option for the nontraditional college student, and I very much appreciate that."

Jay continued to work in human services for two more years after earning his degree, a phase of his career that lasted from 2002 to 2011. "I worked in the human services