Patti Rodichok receives scholarship from Central Penn College

2014 Mar 20

Patti Rodichok, of Galesburg, Ill., a criminal justice administration student at Central Penn College, was one of three continuing education students awarded a $250 Non-Traditional Student Week scholarship last term. When reading the entry below, it's easy to see why this motivated, busy adult was selected out of the 126 total entries.

"My children are my number one motivation for furthering my education here at Central Penn. Since the passing of my husband and my children's father, I needed to find a way to support my children. This also allows for my children to learn that you are never too old to go back to school for a better education. Another motivation to continue my education at Central Penn is that I always had a passion for the legal field. I went through a situation with a very close loved one, who was a minor at the time and ended up on probation. The assigned probation officer has since helped my loved one get back on the right path. This is when I realized that it would be very rewarding if I could help another juvenile get back on the right path to live a productive life, and not a life of crime. So I set out to continue my education and pursue my bachelor's degree in criminal justice so I could become a juvenile probation officer and try to help our juveniles get back on the right path. I will do the best I can to keep them from a life of crime. I know I will not be able to save them all, but I look at it that if I can save even one out of ten lives, that's one life I saved."