Texas Lutheran College senior Ashley Adams is gearing up for commencement this month. However Adams’ dad and mom will not be within the viewers cheering her on — they will be graduating too.
For the primary time within the college’s historical past, a mom, father and daughter from the identical household will probably be incomes their levels on the similar time, the college stated in a information launch.
Adams is majoring in training, whereas her mom, Robyn Adams, is incomes a grasp’s diploma in accounting and her father, Greg Adams, is majoring in enterprise.
Whereas it is not a typical school scholar expertise, Ashley Adams stated she loved having her dad and mom finding out on the identical campus as her and was supportive of their selections to pursue larger training.
“My dad and mom did not get to complete their training as a result of they wished to begin a household and there have been higher alternatives on the time to acquire that purpose,” Ashley stated within the TLU assertion. “I keep in mind how proud I used to be after they determined to return to highschool at a area people school.”
Greg Adams, a retired Military veteran and first-generation scholar, and Robyn Adams have been initially pursuing their levels at Northeast Lakeview Faculty, however after visiting TLU throughout their daughter’s admission course of, they fell in love with the campus and requested if she was okay with them attending the identical faculty as her, TLU stated.
Ashley Adams stated she was pleased to have her dad and mom be a part of the Bulldogs household. Regardless of being surrounded by youthful classmates, the dad and mom have made probably the most of their time on campus — with Robyn Adams serving as a supplemental teacher for an accounting course and Greg Adams becoming a member of the golf group.
Robyn Adams stated she is trying ahead to celebrating her household’s achievements at commencement.
“I’ll be watching my husband and daughter and it is going to be surreal,” she stated. “I am so very pleased with Ashley, however to get to observe from a behind-the-scenes perspective is de facto neat and one thing I’d by no means hand over.”
Ashley Adams hopes to change into a math instructor sooner or later, whereas Robyn and Greg Adams have accepted jobs at CPA agency Forvis and the Randolph Air Pressure Base, respectively, the college stated.
“Going again to highschool and getting a level after 22 years within the Military. Taking the time to be a supplemental teacher and assist your classmates whereas getting your bachelor’s and grasp’s levels. I simply can’t specific how proud and impressed I’m,” Ashley stated of her dad and mom.
TLU’s graduation ceremony will happen Saturday.
