WGU Helps Soldier Achieve College Education During Active Duty

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Western Governors University Can't see the images? View it in your browser.     Competency-based, affordable, portable, and relevant to today's workforce, WGU offers active-duty military personnel, their spouses and children, and veterans the opportunity to further their careers with higher education in a way that fits their unique and often unpredictable circumstances. "I am truly thankful for what this school has allowed me to accomplish," said Dion Brown of Las Vegas, Nevada, who enrolled in WGU's B.S. Business – Information Technology program in 2016 while deployed at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan with the U.S. Air Force. He completed that degree and a subsequent M.S. Management and Leadership while on active duty. Like many WGU students, Brown's path to higher education wasn't traditional—attempting college shortly after finishing high school but quitting after three semesters. Years later, while serving in Operation Resolute Support, he "found a fire within myself" to go back and earn his bachelor's degree. "If I could overcome all the challenges that come with being in a hostile land, away from friends and family, I could go back to school." He just needed a school that could accommodate his deployment. He recalled a conversation he had had a few years earlier with his father—himself a WGU graduate—about how the competency-based model enabled him to complete courses as quickly as he could learn the material, and to do it all on his own schedule. "I was pleased to find that the curriculum I was engaged in at WGU was directly relevant to my profession," Brown said. "As I advanced in rank and my professional military education, the management techniques and theories I was studying at WGU helped me immensely." Currently, WGU serves nearly 15,000 active-duty or veteran students and 900 military spouses or dependents. Let us serve you by showing you what we have to offer. *If you are receiving this email and are not Military, please take the opportunity to share it with a veteran you know.* Sincerely,     Robin Hamilton Enrollment Counselor robin.hamilton@wgu.edu (866) 225-5948 x 7834     Accredited  Affordable  Accelerated  Applicable       12515-8 Research Boulevard, Suite 250, Austin, Texas 78759 You are receiving this message because you inquired about WGU Texas. If you no longer wish to receive e-mails from WGU Texas, please unsubscribe. COPYRIGHT 2020 Western Governors University. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy