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FORTIS Graduates: Success Stories

“One of my favorite things about my job is that every day is different. School is challenging but keep it up. If you stick with it you can change your life.”

Demetrius Price, 2018 graduate of the Fortis College (Columbus, Ohio) HVAC program is now a lead HVAC installer at Fire & Ice in Columbus, Ohio.
  • Carlo B.

    Carlo B.

    I think it was blessed for me to be at Fortis for some reason. We drove past several times, we went to several different schools and Fortis just had that home feeling when I came in, I liked the environment. Read more
  • Ruth W.

    Ruth W.

    Practical Nursing

    I attended the Fortis College in Norfolk and received my LPN certification and returned for my RN degree. What brought me back for RN was the quality of the instructors. Read more
  • Carl C.

    Carl C.

    Electrical Systems Technician

    The program was great and the instructors were excellent; I would have liked more lab work but the instructors adjusted as needed and it was a good experience overall. Read more
  • KaDedra R.

    KaDedra R.

    I came to Fortis because I felt very welcome as I walked into the building, because I did go tour another college but I didn’t feel welcome. I chose Fortis because I felt very welcome by the staff here. Read more
  • Shaunte’ Z.

    Shaunte’ Z.

    Medical Assisting

    Deciding to attend FORTIS was a wonderful thing to do. I had been out of high school 16 years and working the same job for 10 years. I told myself it was time for a career change. Read more
  • Sampson M.

    Sampson M.

    Surgical Technology

    My family’s definitely proud of me for continuing my education, especially being the only one in my family that’s decided to do so. They kind of want me to further a little bit more, but we’ll see where that goes. Read more
  • Bella M.

    Bella M.

    I’m passionate about my job; I found my passion late in life and it’s worth getting up for. Here at Fortis my schedule was I worked two part-time jobs and I went to school full-time. Read more
  • Emily O.

    Emily O.

    My instructors were very one-on-one with me. I could tell that they cared about me, that they wanted me to succeed. Read more
  • Amanda R

    Amanda R

    My education from Fortis gave me a sense of being more goal oriented, made me feel, for lack of a better term, more grown up. And I know that with what I have now, with my education, I can move forward and move on to bigger things. Read more
  • Tarin M.

    Tarin M.

    The atmosphere at Fortis was really good because it was a smaller classroom setting for me and that is what I needed in order to be able to focus. Read more

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