Professionals studies alum gives back, empowers students through scholarship

Think about being just a few credits away from graduation and having to step away from school. The experience can be soul crushing.

That’s exactly what happened to Suzette Timme ’84. As part of her elementary education major, Timme had to student teach for a semester. Outside work during this unpaid experience was strongly discouraged. In the end, Timme dropped out — a semester with no income was not an option for her.

“I really wanted to finish my degree, but life marched on and it became harder and harder to carve out the time,” says Timme, who married, had two daughters and began a successful career in commercial real estate.

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