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Even though he would be older than 80 percent of his battalion, he joined the Army as an infantryman and soon deployed to Afghanistan to fight on the frontlines.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Josh\u2019s unit was deployed to Logar Province, one of the most dangerous areas at the time. With only 20 days remaining in his deployment, he took a direct hit from an 82mm mortar round. The blast destroyed his left elbow and knee, and also left him with a traumatic brain injury. It took a year and a half at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas to recover from his injuries before being medically retired with a Purple Heart.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the end of Josh\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cI wanted the best.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Having had sales experience before joining the Army, Josh was fortunate to find employment with a company dedicated to hiring military veterans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I retired [from the Army] my company hired me right away,\u201d says Josh. \u201cIt was very challenging to transition into a civilian job. They let me work a few hours a week, while I was still recovering, to get to know the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the sales profession is competitive. Josh knows this. He often times describes his career as \u201chigh pressure.\u201d So, when he decided it was time to use his GI Bill and earn his bachelor\u2019s degree, Josh knew he couldn\u2019t afford to put his career on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Ball State University\u2019s online bachelor degree programs provided Josh with the option to further his education \u2013 with the same academic rigor as on campus \u2013 while also continuing his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many online schools that offer a bachelor\u2019s degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/online\/academic-programs\/bachelors\/businessadmin\">business administration<\/a>,\u201d says Josh. \u201cBut I wanted a school with a strong reputation as a university, not just an online school. I wanted the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A Balancing Act<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/09\/11154552\/OSL2019-136crop-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Josh leads a very busy life. In addition to his full-time career and course load, he\u2019s a husband, mountain biker, and an active churchman. So, discipline \u2013 which his military career taught him \u2013 is one key to this balancing act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBalancing life is a difficult mission for anyone. I have learned to be efficient by embracing the challenge,\u201d says Josh. \u201cI would like to do other things, but my end goal is to be a positive impact on society. Being a well-educated veteran is the best way I know how to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another key factor to Josh\u2019s balancing act is the support of his academic advisor, Laura Waldron. He notes that the degree completion timeline is very important to him. Working with Laura has helped him strategize his course load, based off his job\u2019s schedule, and remain on track to graduate on time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosh and I connect regularly throughout the semester \u2026 and we discuss what is going well for him or questions he has,\u201d says Laura. \u201cHe works tremendously hard to balance life, a full-time job and a full academic load, and he does it well. He\u2019s incredibly driven to complete his degree in four years and he sets very high standards for himself and his course work. I am very proud of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though there\u2019s only 24 hours in a day, Josh makes his schedule work, and advises others that they can, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will be surprised how much time you have for school when you make it a priority,\u201d says Josh.<\/p>\n<h2>Well-deserved Honors<\/h2>\n<p>Since Josh is always pressed for time, he enjoys how Ball State\u2019s online bachelor\u2019s in business administration program has allowed him to work at a pace and in an environment that is best for him, where he can focus without many distractions, other than his dog Lieutenant Colonel Bunker.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, having to commute to campus wouldn\u2019t leave much time for Josh\u2019s mountain biking excursions. His involvement with mountain biking began as an opportunity for physical fitness and therapy, but it became something more.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Josh was selected to join former President George W. Bush for the George W. Bush Presidential Center\u2019s Military Service Initiative\u2019s Warrior 100K (W100K). The W100K is an annual 100-kilometer mountain bike ride for U.S. military servicemen and women who have been wounded or injured since September 11, 2001. Josh has participated in every ride since.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/-\/media\/www\/images\/admissions\/online\/osl2019%20137%20crop.jpg?h=268&amp;w=400&amp;la=en&amp;hash=48CECDF406A25983B62DC86EA78208845463E188\" alt=\"\" \/>Adding to this experience, President Bush published \u201cPortraits of Courage\u201d in 2017. The book is a collection of portraits he painted of veterans he had met throughout his life. Josh was one of 98 veterans selected for this honor.<\/p>\n<p>May 2020 brought more well-deserved and hard-earned honors for Josh: graduation and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/online\/academic-programs\/bachelors\/businessadmin\">bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Josh Michael was 18 he set out to do what most other high school graduates did at that time: go to college. He moved to Indianapolis in pursuit of an associate degree in computer aided drafting and eventually found a career in sales. 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