ATHENS, Ga., April 24 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:
Holly Fling, lecturerand academiccoachin theOffice for Student Success and Achievement,has both a commercial driver's license and adoctorate, indicative of two very different lives that she has led.
Growing up in rural Missouri, Fling worked on the family farm, helping to manage the livestock and crops.
At age 16, she started working in the restaurant industry to earn money. When she graduated high school, she signed up for college classes, but on the first day she never showed up. "I just wasn't ready," she said. She thought her t...