太阳城娱乐官网的大多数学生都期待着在毕业那天拿到毕业证书，但布林·马丁却兴奋地接受了导师萨拉·巴特林的拥抱。 
 
Martin received her associate degree from Mid-Plains Community College then transferred to 太阳城娱乐官网 where she graduated with her 幼儿学士学位 in 2018. In 2020, after a couple of years of teaching Special 教育, Martin decided to pursue her master’s online through 太阳城娱乐官网. She graduated in December 2022 with an 硕士。 特殊教育.  
 
“It’s given me a lot of skills I needed for my field, especially when it comes to different situations and circumstances,” Martin said. “My law classes and other courses like that have helped support my teaching.” 
 
马丁感受到的支持超越了课堂。  
 
马丁在为2021年春季学期做准备时，打电话给她的导师巴特尔林（Bartling），解释了她对选修一门有实地经验的数学课程的担忧，因为那时她正在休产假。 Bartling began talking about her experience with her daughter’s birth and the many days spent in the NICU.  
 
“I thought, ‘Interesting, hopefully that doesn’t happen to me,’” Martin said. “Well come to find out, her circumstances were exactly my circumstances.” 
 
Martin’s daughter was born ten weeks early and together they spent 54 days in Lincoln’s NICU. 
 
“The professors that I had during that time were just fantastic,” she said. “They gave me the flexibility to do what I needed to do to take care of her and take my classes.” 
 
虽然Martin从她的教授那里学到了很多东西，但她真的很感激Bartling在课堂内外的帮助。  
 
“She has been a support for me throughout my entire master’s journey. I can call her with any questions I have,” Martin said. “She has been, outside of a school setting as well, a person I can talk to about everything that has happened and vent to or ask questions to because she has been in the NICU with her daughter, and I was in with mine. She has just been phenomenal.” 
 
在2022年12月的毕业典礼上，马丁既拿到了文凭，也得到了巴特尔林的拥抱。  
 
And for Martin’s daughter, “She’s good,” Martin said. “She’s one. She’s crawling and eating everything! She is pretty cute, and I love her.”