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Dittoe Public Relations Leads NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Social Media Channels to 296 Million Impressions, 23 Million Engagements

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水曜日, 5月 31, 2023
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Dittoe Public Relations , an award-winning national public relations and social media agency, was selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to lead social media management for NCAA Division I women’s basketball during the 2022-2023 season, including March Madness.

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  • Dittoe Public Relations , an award-winning national public relations and social media agency, was selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to lead social media management for NCAA Division I women’s basketball during the 2022-2023 season, including March Madness.
  • “We chose to partner with Dittoe PR because of their extensive experience in social media and PR for big sports events and organizations.
  • They have become like part of our team and their expertise in social media strategy has been very helpful in surpassing our goals.”
    Dittoe PR’s primary responsibilities on behalf of NCAA Division I women’s basketball include copywriting, community management and live game coverage across its social media channels.
  • Dittoe PR was founded in Indianapolis in 1999 and currently has 35 full-time employees dedicated specifically to PR and social media.

WGU Labs Partners with Savi to Explore Impact of Student Loan Debt on College Students

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火曜日, 5月 23, 2023
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This two-phase collaboration will include a national survey of student loan borrowers and a pilot study that will explore connecting student loan borrowers to opportunities to continue their education with WGU.

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  • This two-phase collaboration will include a national survey of student loan borrowers and a pilot study that will explore connecting student loan borrowers to opportunities to continue their education with WGU.
  • The student debt crisis affects over 46 million borrowers in the United States, and research finds that Black, Latinx, first-generation, and female student borrowers struggle more with student loan debt than their peers.
  • In phase one, Labs’ researchers will conduct a nationally representative survey of student loan borrowers who have either a college degree or some college credits, but no degree, and explore how student loan debt has impacted both types of borrowers' intentions of completing their education or pursuing new educational opportunities.
  • “We are excited to work with Savi to move the national conversation forward on the impact of the student debt crisis, particularly for those with student debt but no degree,” said Brad Bernatek, director of the Accelerator at WGU Labs.

WGU Expanding Nursing Prelicensure Program: Announces New State-of-the-Art Nursing Simulation Lab in Kansas City, Missouri to Train 1,000+ Nurses By 2026

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月曜日, 5月 22, 2023
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WGU’s Kansas City lab features state-of-the-art hospital equipment, 17 patient beds in five simulation rooms, and four patient exam rooms.

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  • WGU’s Kansas City lab features state-of-the-art hospital equipment, 17 patient beds in five simulation rooms, and four patient exam rooms.
  • In Missouri, WGU expects to train and graduate more than 1,000 nurses by 2026.
  • Nationwide, WGU plans to open nursing prelicensure simulation labs across 11 states, adding capacity to train more than 4,800 nursing graduates to the workforce by 2027.
  • WGU has educated two percent of the nation’s registered nurses, representing more than 170,000 jobs in the healthcare industry.

Western Governors University Announces Expansion of Nursing Prelicensure Program to Address the Nation’s Nursing Shortage

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火曜日, 4月 4, 2023
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The program aims to add more than 4,800 newly qualified nursing graduates to the workforce by 2027.

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  • The program aims to add more than 4,800 newly qualified nursing graduates to the workforce by 2027.
  • “In the midst of the largest nursing shortage in our country’s history, this program is designed to develop new nurses at scale.
  • After finishing the pre-nursing portion of the program, students that have met progression requirements are eligible to progress into the clinical nursing portion of the program.
  • The prelicensure program will steadily expand as WGU continues to develop nursing labs and clinical space for in-person and clinical lab rotations throughout the country.

America’s VetDogs Partners with Nashville Soccer Club and Western Governors University to Raise Future Service Dog

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月曜日, 3月 20, 2023
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Smithtown, New York / Nashville, Tenn., March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s VetDogs is excited to announce its partnership with Nashville Soccer Club and Western Governors University - Tennessee (WGU), to sponsor and co-raise a future service dog as a part of the organization’s Puppy with a Purpose Program®.

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  • Smithtown, New York / Nashville, Tenn., March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s VetDogs is excited to announce its partnership with Nashville Soccer Club and Western Governors University - Tennessee (WGU), to sponsor and co-raise a future service dog as a part of the organization’s Puppy with a Purpose Program®.
  • Celebrating 20 years, America’s VetDogs, a national nonprofit based in New York, provides specially trained service dogs to veterans, first responders and active-duty service members with disabilities, free of charge.
  • The pup will attend community events and select home matches to expose him to various environments that will help mold him into a confident and calm future service dog.
  • Fans can follow the pup on Instagram at @NSCPup to stay up to date on his training and local appearances.

KFC Foundation Partners with Western Governors University to Make College Degree Opportunities Accessible for KFC Restaurant Employees

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火曜日, 1月 24, 2023
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The KFC Foundation, in partnership with Western Governors University (WGU), today announced that KFC restaurant employees* will have the opportunity to receive 100 percent paid tuition when attending WGU to earn their degree.

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  • "Every year we look for new ways to support and enhance the lives of KFC restaurant employees," said Emma Horn, Executive Director of the KFC Foundation.
  • "What better opportunity to be able to offer team members than a flexible college degree program from Western Governors University that can fit seamlessly into their schedule.
  • Western Governors University is an accredited online university dedicated to making higher education accessible for as many people as possible.
  • I'm thankful that the KFC Foundation has entrusted WGU as its education partner to expand pathways to opportunity for KFC employees."

CORRECTION - WGU Labs Partners With Nucleos To Pilot Degree Programs For Incarcerated Learners

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金曜日, 2月 10, 2023
Justice, Education, Pell, Bureau, Imprisonment, Accelerator, SALT, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Recidivism, Second, Partnership, Prison, WGU, Vera Institute of Justice, Pell Grant, Medicine, Drug, Western Governors University, Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza

WGU Labs , an affiliate of Western Governors University (WGU), has entered into a strategic partnership with Nucleos , a social impact company with a mission to promote a more just society through education and training, to explore the potential for WGU to deliver bachelor’s degree courses to incarcerated people.

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  • WGU Labs , an affiliate of Western Governors University (WGU), has entered into a strategic partnership with Nucleos , a social impact company with a mission to promote a more just society through education and training, to explore the potential for WGU to deliver bachelor’s degree courses to incarcerated people.
  • The collaboration will leverage the Nucleos Learning Platform to bridge the existing IT infrastructure of prisons and deliver coursework to yield a bachelor’s degree.
  • Just recently, the Department of Education ruled that incarcerated individuals will again have access to Pell Grants, starting July 2023.
  • The Accelerator at WGU Labs will collaborate with Nucleos to determine how WGU can deliver degree programs to incarcerated people in correctional facilities by utilizing the Nucleos Learning Platform.

WGU's College of Information Technology Adopts InScribe's Digital Community Platform, Empowering Online Students to Connect, Share, and Problem Solve

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水曜日, 1月 18, 2023
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DENVER, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InScribe, which delivers game-changing digital community solutions, is expanding student support and engagement in the College of Information Technology at Western Governors University (WGU). InScribe's platform integrates directly into WGU's digital curriculum, seamlessly connecting their online students with an active support network of peers and faculty so they can ask questions, find information, share ideas, and problem-solve anytime, anywhere.

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  • "Not only do our students learn in a self-paced manner, but our degree programs require some pretty complex interactions.
  • "With InScribe, we are building the sense of community our online students crave while also giving them the tools they need to dig in and problem-solve with each other.
  • Students in WGU's College of Information Technology can seamlessly access their digital communities directly from WGU's digital curriculum via a "need help" link on each activity in the student's learning path.
  • "WGU's vision to create a digital community that emphasizes active and ongoing peer-to-peer support encourages students to more deeply interact and engage.

WGU Labs Partners With Nucleos To Pilot Degree Programs For Incarcerated Learners

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火曜日, 1月 10, 2023
Pell Grant, SALT, Bureau, Vera Institute of Justice, Second, Education, Imprisonment, Justice, Recidivism, Partnership, WGU, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prison, Accelerator, Medicine, Drug, Western Governors University, Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza

The collaboration will leverage the Nucleos Learning Platform to bridge the existing IT infrastructure of prisons and deliver coursework to yield a bachelor’s degree.

Key Points: 
  • The collaboration will leverage the Nucleos Learning Platform to bridge the existing IT infrastructure of prisons and deliver coursework to yield a bachelor’s degree.
  • Just recently, the Department of Education ruled that incarcerated individuals will again have access to Pell Grants, starting July 2023.
  • The Accelerator at WGU Labs will collaborate with Nucleos in creating one such pathway by supporting the delivery of WGU’s educational model through the Nucleos platform.
  • Nucleos’ delivery of WGU courses will allow people involved with the justice system to access the same federal college funding available to all Americans.

ProfNet Expert Alerts for December 16, 2022

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金曜日, 12月 16, 2022
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Below are experts from the ProfNet network who are available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area.

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