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| Student Profiles |
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Jennifer West, M.S. Special Education Student
Gregory Rondot, B.S. Information Technology Student
Roger Jerman, M.A. in Teaching Science Student
Sharing her WGU Experience: Tessa Ashworth, B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies Student and Spouses to Teacher Scholarship recipient
A True
WGU Family Affair: Charice Black, MED Learning and Technology; Dale Nelson, M.A. in Teaching Science; Dottie Brereton,
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies; Dean Brereton, M.S. in Nursing Education
Michael Perry, B.S. Information Technology Graduate and MBA Student
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| Graduate Profiles |
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Trudy Sutherland, B.A. Social Science Graduate
Jennifer Tenney, B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate
Michael Friesen, MBA Graduate
David Dart, B.S. IT Management Graduate
A Student's Story: Dorothy Etheridge, B.S. Business Management Graduate
Laura Barber, M.A. in Teaching Science Graduate
Wilfrid Ky, B.S. Information Technology Graduate
William Sparkman, B.A. Mathematics Graduate
Elizabeth Hayes, M.A. in English Language Learning Graduate
Michael Alvarez, MBA in Healthcare Management Graduate
Elizabeth Carroll, M.A. Learning and Technology Graduate
Tara McDougall, B.S. Business Management Graduate
Bill Luton, B.S. Business Management and MBA Graduate
Stefanie Kelly, B.S. Marketing Management Graduate
Gary Carmichael, M.A. Learning and Technology Graduate
Bill Parisen, B.S. in Business and MBA Graduate
Profile Archive
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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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| Gretchen Burr, WGU graduate, high school teacher |
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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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| Jeffrey Cravy, WGU graduate student |
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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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| Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc. |
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