{"id":30403,"date":"2013-03-20T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T21:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2013\/03\/20\/father-of-two-finds-success-at-necc-before-transferring\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:07:08","slug":"father-of-two-finds-success-at-necc-before-transferring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/03\/20\/father-of-two-finds-success-at-necc-before-transferring\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of Two Finds Success at NECC before Transferring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5679\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/03\/John-Hoyt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5679\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5679\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/03\/John-Hoyt.jpg\" alt=\"Father of Two Finds Success at NECC before Transferring\" width=\"325\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Hoyt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When John Hoyt was in high school, his guidance counselor told him he \u201cwasn\u2019t cut out for college.\u201d Fifteen years later, John is proving that counselor wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Last spring, he graduated with high honors and an associate degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/academics\/courses-programs\/areas\/human-services\/associates-degree\/\">human services<\/a><br \/>\nfrom Northern Essex. He is now enrolled at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) with plans to earn a doctorate in psychology.<\/p>\n<p>This 34-year-old father of two worked full time as a residential counselor at a group home for youths with behavioral issues while attending NECC. He participated in the college\u2019s rigorous honors experience, an enrichment program for highly motivated students. Enrolling in college 10 years after graduating from high school wasn\u2019t easy, admits John. \u201cMy initial challenge was managing my time. The second challenge was how to handle the concept of going back to school after being out for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John credits his \u201cinvested\u201d professors with helping him to succeed. \u201cProfessors in my program answered questions about academics as well as the human service field. I found everyone to be helpful and passionate about their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A career-changer who previously worked in the banking industry, John has found his niche in human services, a field which he discovered after taking a psychology course.<\/p>\n<p>With the support of his girlfriend\u2014who is now his wife\u2014he found the courage to make the change, leave his job in banking and become a residential counselor.<\/p>\n<p>John says transferring from Northern Essex to UNH was \u201cjust about seamless.\u201d Once he completes a degree in psychology, he plans to continue on for his master\u2019s and his doctorate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as my career, I will continue on in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/academics\/courses-programs\/areas\/human-services\/associates-degree\/\">human services<\/a>, possibly on the clinical side<br \/>\nor in case management.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When John Hoyt was in high school, his guidance counselor told him he \u201cwasn\u2019t cut out for college.\u201d Fifteen years later, John is proving that counselor wrong. 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