Venus Williams has accomplished so much in her tennis career. She is an accomplished tennis player, a five-time Wimbledon champion and the oldest woman competing at the US Open. Venus always had another dream that went beyond the tennis courts, and after several years of hard work, she has finally achieved it.
The Quest To Continuous Improvement
Venus always wanted to earn a business degree, so four years ago, she enrolled in the online degree completion program at the Indiana University East. This program is part of a partnership between the university and the Women’s Tennis Benefits Association. School officials reported that she was incredibly dedicated, just like she is on the court. “Venus took concepts from the courses and tried them out in real life, and then she would want to learn more,” School of Business and Economics Dean David Frantz said. “Venus had a certain openness to learning that we cannot teach and we celebrate.”
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Happy with Her Accomplishment
Her hard work has finally paid off and she earned her degree. “I’ve learned so much,” she said. “It was always my dream to have a business degree, and I ended up going to art school so many times, but in the back of my head I felt like I needed the tools to be a better leader, to be a better planner, to be better at all of the things I wanted to do in my businesses because I’m so hands-on.”
