Metallica Scholar: Brian Thomas Long
After 18 years working in the same place, industrial maintenance student and Metallica Scholar Brian Thomas Long decided he needed a change.
淚 wanted to get a degree so I wouldn檛 have to go somewhere else and start at the bottom, he said.
Long is from Taylor County, so 檚 Springfield campus is close to both his home and work.
淚t檚 a small campus, the administration and instructors are great, and I like the atmosphere, he said.
Long has been married for nearly 20 years and he hopes to inspire his three adult children to finish their own education. Becoming a Metallica Scholar will help.
淚 want them to see me achieve a goal, he said. 淓arning this scholarship allows me to change careers, and that檚 what I檓 after.
