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By sharing her stories, and the honors and certificates she earned along the way, Setsuko Giroux showed her entire family what could be accomplished. No generation gap… A story of three generations at TCC Anne Giroux remembers when her mother Setsuko Giroux was in nursing school. She was in TCC’s Registered Nurse articulation program, and would come home and tell her family what she learned each day. “She shared so many stories about being in school,” says Anne, “it got to the point we began asking about her day. Once in anatomy class they did a dissection – then she gave me the shirt she wore the day she did it!” By sharing her stories, and the honors and certificates she earned along the way, Setsuko Giroux showed her entire family what could be accomplished. Setsuko’s daughter Anne was a stayat-home mom with three children. When she suddenly found herself divorced a few years ago, Anne quickly realized it had become “almost mandatory” to get a college education to succeed in the work world. She returned to TCC to earn a Medical Office Professional certificate. Setting the example: Setsuko Giroux – Anne’s mother and Kira’s grandmother 6 TCC Magazine Fall 2008 But once in school, “this whole new world opened that I didn’t even know existed,” says Anne. While she was in the program, her instructor Pat von Knorring noticed she had an aptitude for anatomy and physiology – and especially cardiology. So, after Anne completed her medical office certificate and had been hired by her present employer University Place MultiCare, she entered the Invasive Cardiac Tech program at TCC, with the blessing and support of MultiCare. “I’m really excited about cardiology,” says Anne. And after finding out how much she stands to earn when she graduates, her kids are pretty excited too. Anne notes that she is taking English 95-college prep Englishwhile her 17-year-old daughter Kira Kulman, who began Running Start at TCC this fall, is taking English 101-college level English. “Kira helps me and corrects my papers,” adds Anne—who obviously enjoys the bonding time. Maybe even more than Kira, who once suggested, “Mom, do you know about the writing lab?” Anne’s son Kevin and youngest daughter Christin have gotten into the act, too. Kevin, a student in Narrows View Intermediate Challenge program, “corrects my math papers,” says Anne. And Christin likes to “sit next to me reading her school book.” Says Anne, “Christin’s teacher at University Place Primary assigned her #14. I showed Christin that my algebra teacher assigned me #14 too. I even brought Christin’s math paper to my algebra class and showed my instructor, Beverly Bunch, that both mother and daughter had the number 14 on top of their daily homework. What are the odds of that!?” Kira, a senior at Curtis High School in University Place and a freshman at TCC, belongs to Curtis’ Honor Society and Key Club. Through Kiwanis, Key Club members work with community leaders on projects like Chambers Creek. Kira has even interviewed the mayor of Lakewood to gather input about restoration efforts on Chambers Creek, says Anne.
Kira, who is in the Curtis High School orchestra and plays viola with the Tacoma Youth Symphony, is considering a minor in music after she finishes high school. Her major, she says, will most likely be Pathology. “Someday I want to help wipe out infectious diseases,” says Kira. Says Anne, “I’m proud of my daughter—and myself. I had no idea how inspiring this would be for me. I was a homemaker without an associate degree. Now the whole family mentors each other. I’m not only getting a college degree – this is good for the whole family.” Anne Giroux and daughter Kira Kulman take a walk through the Japanese Friendship Garden on the TCC campus. Fall 2008 TCC Magazine 7
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