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WGU keeps costs low with student-centered competency-based approach to education SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Finding ways to pay for college without forcing students to accumulate excessive debt is an important national challenge if we are to meet the higher education needs of our citizens. Getting a college degree often costs too much, and an increasing number of students graduate with staggering debt that can burden them for many years to come. The nation...
Online university allocates part of grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help expand the reach of competency-based higher education in the state SEATTLE, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WGU Washington, washington.wgu.edu, is one of three state subsidiaries that will be supported by a $4.5 million grant to Western Governors University from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The overall grant is aimed at leveraging Western Governors University's state subsidiaries...
Nonprofit, online university receives $4.5 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help expand access to affordable, competency-based higher education SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu, has received a $4.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help leverage the online university's state subsidiaries to expand access to affordable, competency-based higher education. The grant will be...
Online university allocates part of grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help expand access to competency-based higher education in the state AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WGU Texas, texas.wgu.edu, is one of three state subsidiaries that will be supported by a $4.5 million grant to Western Governors University from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The overall grant is aimed at leveraging Western Governors University's state subsidiaries in...
Math, science, and ESL teachers in demand, especially in urban and rural schools, according to Western Governors University SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite a shaky job market and budget cuts at many levels of government nationwide, economic analysts say there remain plenty of job opportunities for would-be teachers, Western Governors University (WGU), www.wgu.edu, reports. The nonprofit online university, analyzing data from several agencies and...
OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Campus Living Villages, a global leader in student housing, has announced that it will oversee operations for Wildcat Village at Weber State University. The first building in the $32-million, three phase development debuted on August 15, 2011 and will soon welcome students for the fall semester. Campus Living Villages has managed WSU's housing and residence life programs since 2000. According to John Iannuzzo, Vice President of Marketing for...
Mary Harper Wins Belinda E. Puetz Award for Professional Nursing Development SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mary G. Harper, Ph.D., RN-BC, Clinical Faculty Coordinator at nonprofit, online Western Governors University, has received the Belinda E. Puetz Award for Nursing Professional Development. Dr. Harper, who leads the clinical faculty for WGU's innovative B.S. in Nursing Prelicensure Program, was recognized at the annual national convention of the National Nursing...
Lumina Foundation for Education President Jamie Merisotis to Deliver Commencement Address SALT LAKE CITY, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just 12 years after opening its virtual doors, nonprofit Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu, will celebrate the graduation of 1,972 graduates at the online university's 21(st) semi-annual commencement, which will take place July 23(rd) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event, which will be held at the Nu Skin Theatre at Energy Solutions Arena,...
Special Pinning Ceremony to Take Place at Partner Hospital Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles SALT LAKE CITY, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On July 23, Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu, will join with its southern California partner hospitals to celebrate the graduation of the first students from its one-of-a-kind nursing prelicensure degree program. During the event, which will take place at 8:45 a.m. (PDT) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Thalians Auditorium,...
SALT LAKE CITY, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado has joined the Western Governors University Board of Trustees. Hickenlooper was unanimously elected to serve on the governing board for the nonprofit, online university. The school was founded in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors, including former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer. WGU, which was established to increase higher education opportunities for working adults, offers online competency-based degrees in...
