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its leadership role in online competency-based education. WGU now serves
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Watch the
Summer 2008 WGU Graduation Video
The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah - "Online College to Graduate 642", 7/19/08, From dairy farmer to teacher, graduate Dale Nelson shares his story of earning his degree at WGU.
KSL, Salt Lake City, Utah - "Hundreds to graduate from Western Governors University tomorrow", 7/18/08, Graduate Speaker Kimberly Lillywhite's story of achieving her dream of becoming a teacher while fighting cancer.
WGU Video Contest for Scholarship, 6-19-08, Find out how you can enter a video to possibly win a WGU scholarship!
Certification Magazine - "Online
Degrees: Are They Right for You?", June 2008, WGU is covered in this article about choosing to earn your degree online
WGU Major Milestone, 6/4/08, WGU Reaches 10,000 Students in Enrollment, Defying Skeptics and Growing Rapidly
USDLA Awards 2008, 4/23/08, WGU
Recognized by USDLA for Distance Learning Excellence
USDLA Awards 2008 (USDLA
Announcement), 4/23/08, WGU Among Awardees from United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
WGU Pages Now on Facebook,
MySpace and
YouTube, 4/10/08, Stay up-to-date with the current activities of Western
Governors University. Visit MySpace, Facebook and YouTube. You
do not need to be a member to view these WGU pages, just click the links below! We will update these pages with
upcoming events, new pictures and videos. Be sure to visit the discussion sections.
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Sentinel-Echo, London, Kentucky - "Cancer Survivor Earns Degree", 4/4/08, Story of graduation speaker Bill Sparkman's persistence in earning his WGU degree in the face of a major personal challenge
www.dailyyonder.com - "A
Teacher's Dream", 4/4/08, A WGU student's personal story about her rural dream and her rural scholarship
The East Oregonian,
Pendleton, Oregon - "Ukiah Resident Aims for the Stars", 3/15/08, WGU graduate Laura Barber's story of her NASA dreams and a teaching career
The Times-Tribune, Corbin,
Kentucky - "Never Give Up, Never Give In", 3/14/08, WGU graduate Bill Sparkman's story of urgent life challenges and personal triumphs as he earned his degree
WGU
Named Again as "Best Buy" by GetEducated.com , 3/11/08, WGU has been rated one of the Top 40
Best Buys for Online MBA's by GetEducated.com. WGU is listed among those universities that are reputable, regionally-accredited
online institutions offering a high quality MBA program for a reasonable cost.
Watch the
Winter 2008 WGU Graduation Video
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Joins
WGU Board of Trustees, 1/16/08, Colorado Governor Ritter, who has education
as a priority in his state administration, is elected to Western Governors University Board of Trustees
WGU Video 2007, WGU-produced video about WGU's rigorous yet flexible approach and how it is ideal for self-directed learners
anxious to advance their education and their careers on their own terms. The video is also viewable on
YouTube. If you view it there, be sure to
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"Competency-based…"
"I like the idea of a competency-based program. In some areas I already had expertise and skills so I could take an independent study class and build the portfolio and take the exams. In other areas I needed more instruction."
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"I am an expert…"
"Western Governors has raised the bar for online courses. Instead of graduating from their courses and saying, "I have passed all of the requirements," they want their students to say, "I graduated from WGU and I am an expert in the field of..."
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"Competency-based…"
"Google has pioneered the idea of access to information. The reason Google thinks WGU is such a good idea is because WGU has pioneered the concept of competency-based education whenever you want it."
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