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News: Roane State student, 36, on his way to fulfilling his dream

Kevin Marlow

March 30, 2017

By Bob Fowler
Roane State staff writer

HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. – It’s never too late to start all over again.

That’s a lesson that a former lawman is taking to heart, and Roane State Community College is paving the way to a new future for him.

He’s always wanted to become a teacher, but along the way, “life happened,” says Kevin Marlow.

At age 36, Marlow is now well on his way to fulfilling his dream.

He is wrapping up his last semester at Roane State’s Scott County campus while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average.

Marlow will graduate in May with an associate degree and next fall, he’ll begin the 2+2 program, where he’ll take Tennessee Technological University teaching courses taught by TTU faculty based at Roane State’s Huntsville campus.

“I’ve had an excellent experience here,” Marlow said of Roane State’s W.H. Swain Scott County Center. “The instructors here are as fine as any instructors I’ve ever had.”

He praised campus director Sharon Baird. “She’s probably one of the greatest people I know and has been amazing in helping me with the hardest part – getting started.”

Marlow is a graduate of Scott County High School and earned a full scholarship to University of the Cumberlands, known at the time as Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Ky.

He said he did great in his first year, attaining the Dean’s List. He also started a family.

Attending college “doesn’t pay the bills,” he said, and he had to leave and enter the workforce.

Marlow joined the Air Force for a four-year stint and was then in the National Guard for six years before becoming a road deputy with the Scott County Sheriff’s Department. He was later promoted to detective during a law enforcement career that spanned a decade.

He had divorced and is now raising his three children; two boys, now 15 and 13, and a 7-year-old girl.

Marlow said a friend told him about the 2+2 program, and he researched the guidelines of the GI Bill. That program for veterans includes such benefits as tuition and living expenses to attend college.

“I did some math and figured out I could make this happen,” he said of his ongoing education.

Marlow said the faculty and staff at Roane State’s Scott County campus are professional and organized while also aware of students’ personal situations.

For more information about TTU’s 2+2 Program, contact Rick Moles at 931-372-3532. To learn more about academic programs at Roane State’s Scott County campus, call (423) 663-3878.

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