{"id":73,"date":"2022-03-08T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cctech.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2022-volume-2-issue-1\/alumni-success-rodney-conyers\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T19:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:08:21","slug":"alumni-success-rodney-conyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cctech.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2022-volume-2-issue-1\/alumni-success-rodney-conyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Success: Rodney Conyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uw-styling-context=\"true\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">When Rodney Conyers left the military, he was told by fellow veterans that Central Carolina is the best path to higher education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-uw-styling-context=\"true\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cCCTC is the starting point of your race in life, your race in academics and your race in a successful career,\u201d Conyers said. \u201cYou determine where the finish line will be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-uw-styling-context=\"true\" data-uw-rm-mod=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Conyers earned his Associate of Arts degree from CCTC in 1997. He then earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in social work from Coker University and later earned his master\u2019s degree in social work from the University of South Carolina. 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