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Air Force Master Sgt. Jose Alvarado Applies Class Lessons to his Sensitive Military Job
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May 29, 2024
Alvarado and his team at Ramstein Air Base in Germany were charged with putting up missile defense sensors that would provide alerts about inbound munitions throughout the European theater.
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Ҹ and OpenClassrooms Form Transfer Credit Alliance
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May 28, 2024
OpenClassrooms students who are in its apprenticeship program and successfully complete courses in certain programs can transfer up to 55 credits to UMGC.
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History Conference Spotlights Undergraduate Research
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May 23, 2024
The two-day conference hosted by Ҹ students last month featured nine research projects from around the world. The research addressed aspects of world history, and small cash prizes were awarded for the top four presentations.
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Janine Smith Completes Doctorate and Realizes Decades-long Dream
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May 22, 2024
“After entering the management ranks, I searched for certifications or degrees that could differentiate me from other managers,” Smith explained. “One such program was UMGC's DBA program.”
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A Devastating Loss Motivated India King-Hamilton to Pursue a Degree
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May 21, 2024
Shortly after the death of her husband due to cancer, King-Hamilton remembers sitting in the living room wondering how she was going to support two children with just a high school diploma. She said that is when she made a conscious decision to go back to school.
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Jaimon Graves Cater Connects Military Service and UMGC Degree to Public Engagement
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May 20, 2024
Graves Cater choose to major in political science because of his interest in understanding how government works “and its capacity to improve people’s lives.”
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50 Years Later, Michele Gray Cobham Earns College Degree
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May 17, 2024
The Palm Springs, California, resident walked across the stage at UMGC’s Grad Walk to accept her Associate of Arts degree on Mother’s Day, surrounded by her family.
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With Babies in Arms and Friends and Family Close By, UMGC Graduates Celebrate Their Achievements
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May 16, 2024
For UMGC President Gregory Fowler, graduation is more than an opportunity to confer degrees. He also sees it as a chance to showcase the broad spectrum of supporters who encouraged each UMGC graduate across the finish line.
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Ҹ Offers New M.S. in Clinical Professional Counseling
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May 16, 2024
The new program will offer specific areas of focus, including substance use, dependency and addictions; marriage and family counseling; child and adolescent counseling; military culture and family dynamics; gerontological counseling; and sex therapy.
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Rita and Edward Yawson Start a Family, Including Twins, on the Way to UMGC Degrees
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May 15, 2024
When the Yawsons stepped on stage to collect their diplomas at Grad Walk on May 10, tiny Elia and Eliana were in their arms and Simone, nearly 2, was at their side.
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Centenarian Marks His Graduation—Nearly 60 Years After Earning His UMGC Degree
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May 14, 2024
On April 30, at an event Milton thought was to inaugurate a conference room in honor of him and his late wife, UMGC President Gregory Fowler, had a surprise. Fowler conferred on Milton—one of the university’s oldest and most distinguished alumni—a Bachelor of Arts degree and presented a diploma and a mortar board with tassel that Milton donned with pride.
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Deployment and a Death Put Brittany Adjei on Her Academic
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May 13, 2024
The member of the Georgia Army National Guard stepped onto the stage at UMGC’s 2024 Grad Walk and proved that she can stick to a goal—even through a military deployment in Afghanistan, even through the death of her child’s father, even through a relocation.
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