Saint Louis University Celebrates Nontraditional Student Week

11/01/2021

The School for Professional Studies (SPS) will be celebrating Nontraditional Student Week November 8-12, honoring and recognizing students who have made great sacrifices to accomplish their educational goals in a nontraditional way.

Nontraditional Student Week, or #NonTradWeek for social media, was created to celebrate the successes many people have made to tirelessly achieve their dreams and accomplishments, often times in the midst of working full-time jobs and juggling family responsibilities.

“We are very proud of our students and the sacrifices they make to achieve their educational goals,” says Troy Hargrove, Associate Dean at SPS. “To be able to celebrate their success stories as part of nontraditional student week gives us the opportunity to share their incredible accomplishments, achievements and goals with the wider University, and allows students to reflect on their educational journey.”

SPS will continue to celebrate the special week via its social media platform.

“Our staff had the great idea to celebrate our past and current students on our Facebook and Twitter profiles,” said Justin Smith, student engagement manager. “Giving these individuals a platform on digital media helps our audience recognize that nontraditional students have incredible motivation and passion to complete their education, and that’s worth recognizing.”

The week will involve special contests for current students with giveaways such as SLU T-shirts, and sweaters all being featured on SLU Online's Facebook page

Social media will also feature current students, faculty and staff.

For more information, contact Justin Smith by email or phone at 314-977-2334.