What made you pursue your major?
Luke Smieja, 38, nursing major: “I was in the hospital for a long time in a coma a few years back because of a car accident and it felt like the people who helped me in there didn’t make me feel human. I just felt like a number in their system. It seemed like no one really cared. So I figured I would be proactive and give it a shot. Everyone has to make their own path.”