He had his future all planned out — only to see unexpected roadblocks fall in his path. But Oregon State Ecampus gave Griffie the foundation to follow the route he was always meant to travel.
A standout soccer player, Griffie long dreamed of playing for the Beavers and studying engineering on the Corvallis campus. But a diagnosis of ulcerative pancolitis — a painful illness similar to Crohn’s disease — forced him to put his soccer goals aside and place school on hold.
He didn’t back down. After digging deep, finding — then reevaluating — what he wanted out of life, Griffie realized business and marketing were a better match for his interests and talents. He put his creativity to work and launched what became a successful photography business in Portland, then enrolled fully online in the Ecampus business administration program.
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