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Ten years in the making

By Sarah Abercrombie
saber01@highlands.edu
Assistant Editor

Bobby Cavin and Lillie Forsyth get some studying done before fitness walking.Bobby Cavin has wanted to give back to his community for many years.

�I have wanted to be a teacher for the past 10 years, but it was very difficult finding opportunity to make it happen,� Cavin said.

Cavin is a Georgia Highlands College non-traditional student. He is 42 years old. Cavin graduated from Chattooga High School in 1981.

Cavin attended Berry College for a year and then attended Floyd Junior College for a year.

He then left school in 1984 to pursue a career in computer technology. He worked for the Tandy Corporation (now Radio Shack) where he sold computers to elementary schools.

For the past 24 years, however, he has worked as a financial manager for an automotive dealer.

When Cavin decided to go back to college and become an early childhood education major he did not know where to start. He called around to many different colleges, including the University of West Georgia, Jacksonville State University and Georgia Highlands College.

When he called GHC, he knew he had found where he would again start his college career. All thanks to Eileen Walker, advising specialist at GHC. According to Cavin, Walker showed him that he could start over again and that GHC was the place to do it.

With his more than full load of 22 credit hours this fall, Cavin is on schedule to complete his studies at GHC.

He plans to attend the University of West Georgia to finish his degree. He then plans to teach math or science when he is finished.

Cavin lives around 60 miles away in Mentone, Alabama with his wife of 18 years, Pam, and two children ages 16 and 10. �Without family support I could not have done it,� said Cavin