Brandt Richey has set the bar high for himself. After working at different manual-labor jobs for about five years after high school, he has decided to go for a loftier goal. He has decided he wants to teach in the Humanities at the college level, and he's getting the start he needs at Weatherford College.

"It seems to be the thing I am most suited to do, actually," he said. "Both my mother and grandmother were teachers, so I've been around educators all my life. I enjoy it."

Education doesn't stop in the classrooms, either, for Brandt. He's involved in student government, is an officer in the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, and he's a Student Ambassador.

"I've learned that you get back what you put into it," Brandt says. "WC is definitely a place to get involved, and it's definitely been good for me."