MyCollegeSuccessStory.com, a subsidiary of EmpoweringSites.com, is designed to help college-bound and current college students enhance the academic skills you have to achieve even greater success. We want to empower your academic and career success!

The site is full of sage advice, tips, and tools to help student navigate the waters of a college education. Besides expert advice, the site also includes stories from real college students and recent graduates -- who gladly share their stories and tips on how they learned how to excel in college.

The site is the result of many years preparation. Both founding partners have spent years in the college classroom, many working with first-year students dealing with the transition from high school to college. They are the authors of a new book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Study Skills (forthcoming), as well as a several other books and publications.

Dr. Randall S. Hansen, founder of MyCollegeSuccessStory.com and CEO of EmpoweringSites.com, has been empowering people his entire adult life -- to help them better their lives. In fact, empowerment is part of his professional philosophy statement. He is also founder of Quintessential Careers, one of the oldest and most comprehensive career development sites on the Web, as well as founder of MyCollegeSuccessStory.com and EnhanceMyVocabulary.com. He is publisher of Quintessential Careers Press as well as a published author, with several books, chapters in books, and hundreds of articles. He’s often quoted in the media and conducts empowering workshops around the country. Hansen is also an educator, having taught at the college level for more than 15 years.

Dr. Katharine Hansen, the other founding partner of MyCollegeSuccessStory.com and Creative Director of EmpoweringSites.com, is a former speechwriter and college instructor who provides content for several of our sites, including Quintessential Careers, MyCollegeSuccessStory.com, and EnhanceMyVocabulary.com. She also edits QuintZine, an electronic newsletter for job-seekers, career counselors, and students. She is author of Dynamic Cover Letter for New Graduates; A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market; and, with Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., Dynamic Cover Letters and Write Your Way to a Higher GPA, all published by Ten Speed Press.

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