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- Wednesday, May 1st at 11am MT
- Tuesday, June 11th at 12pm MT
- Tuesday, August 13th at 12pm MT
- Friday, September 13th at 12pm MT
- Tuesday, November 12th at 12pm MT
- Tuesday, December 10th at 5pm MT
The Four Pillars of Creating Mentally Healthy Workplace
Presented by: Kim LaMontagne | President/CEO, Corporate Mental Health Trainer, International Speaker, and Author
In this powerful webinar, Kim will address the four pillars of creating a mentally healthy workplace. She’ll help us begin the challenging conversations around these pillars: RECOGNIZE, SHARE, CHANGE, CREATE. We must recognize the impact of unaddressed mental health and substance misuse in the workplace, share the lived experience to bring the human connection to mental health and substance use; change the perception of mental health in the workplace to decrease stigma; and, create a safe workplace culture that fosters open dialog about mental health.
Kim LaMontagne, MBA is a President/CEO, Corporate Mental Health Trainer, International Speaker and Author. She was a TOP PERFORMING CORPORATE PROFESSIONAL, TRAILBLAZER, MENTOR, COACH AND LEADER.
She appeared to be happy, confident, a great leader and a top performer. Inwardly, she felt unworthy, ashamed, incapable, and like an imposter. She was a nightly wine-drinker. Her typical serving of wine was between 5-8 glasses a night, followed by blackouts and hangovers. Her HIGH PERFORMANCE IN THE WORKPLACE CONCEALED THAT SHE WAS STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL MISUSE AND SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
NOW SHE TEACHES LEADERS HOW TO CREATE A WORKPLACE CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE SPEAKING OPENLY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
Articulate YOUR Value: The Tips and Tools for Building a Winning Resumé!
Presented by: Jeremy Hardiman | Founder and Owner, Articulate YOUR ValueT
The resumé is a critical component to securing your next job opportunity. While constructing or revamping your resumé can be a daunting task, it is not impossible. The goal of this workshop is for participants to walk away with an improved understanding of what it takes to develop a document that creates a compelling case for consideration for future opportunities. Topics will include techniques for navigating the “new gatekeepers” (applicant tracking systems), resumé best practices, transitioning resumé credentials into prepared interview responses (STARs), and most importantly, the art of branding YOU!
Jeremy Hardiman is a dynamic professional resumé writer, motivator, and career coach with a successful record of equipping job seekers with the necessary tools, including the confidence, to compete for jobs in a highly competitive market. Be prepared because Jeremy’s workshops are educational, engaging, and packed with energy!
Professional Power Play: Using Values & Strengths in Storytelling
Presented by: Tai Brown | Author and Leadership Coach
“Tell me about yourself." Have you ever encountered this prompt during an interview and wondered how to answer it? Do you find yourself rambling on for five minutes, trying to figure out what will strike a chord with the interviewer? The Professional Power Play workshop will help you lay a foundation for effectively telling your story.
Tai M. Brown, MBA, Ms. Ed, is an author, presenter, and leadership coach whose workshops feature introspection, teamwork, and open dialogue leading to a better way to control our narrative. Tai hosts the popular ONE QUESTION Leadership Podcast.
Annual Trivia Competition – WGU SHRM and WGU National Black MBA Association®
Presented by: WGU SHRM and WGU National Black MBA Association®
Mark your calendars and join the WGU NBMBAA® Virtual Club and WGU SHRM Virtual Student Chapter (Society for Human Resource Management). Come one come all to our semi-annual joint student chapter trivia event! Connect with peer professional organization members for a fun way to test your leadership, business, and DE&I knowledge against others.
Both faculty advisors and chapter leaders from each student club will attend. The top three student member winners will be awarded a gift certificate to the WGU for Life online store in the following amounts:
- First Place Winner: $100
- Second Place Winner: $50
- Third Place Winner: $25
Staff/faculty play for fun but not eligible to win.
Developing Your Own Business: Forging the Path
Presented by: Dr. Jelani Ellington | Entrepreneur, Innovator, Consultant
Have you thought about starting your own business? Have you started it and could use an expert’s insights? If so, don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from Dr. Jelani Ellington about things to consider, how to start and forge the path, as well as how to sustain and grow your business.
Dr. Jelani Ellington has made name for himself as an entrepreneur, innovator, consultant, speaker, author, media personality, and expert in diversity, equity, and inclusion. He serves as Innovatus' Chairman, CEO, and President. Its goal is to use innovation, diversity, and insights to change lives, advance equity, and bring about long-lasting change.
Dr. Ellington is results-driven executive with years of senior leadership experience leading consulting, analytics, data science, business operations, and strategy functions. Proven ability to drive cultural and execution transformation, reduce costs, grow revenue, and optimize business operations. Diverse experience includes mergers & acquisitions and business reorganizations in Fortune 50 companies. Consistently rank among companies’ top performers.
WGU NBMBAA® Holiday Celebration and Trivia
Come Celebrate with us at our Holiday Celebration and Trivia party. Our theme will be a color party. Choose your favorite holiday color and then everything you wear, eat or gift (for Toys for Tots) should be that color. We will also have NBMBAA® and Holiday trivia for a chance to win WGU swag!
Previous Webinars
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Business Master's Degrees
Business
Master of Business Administration
The flexible MBA program you need, focused on business management,...
The flexible MBA program you need, focused on business management, strategy, and leading teams:
- Time: Graduates can finish in 12 months
- Tuition: $4,755 per 6-month term
- Courses: 11 total courses in this program
Skills for your résumé you will learn in this program include:
- Leadership strategies
- Talent management
- Communication
- Data collection and interpretation
- Financial statements
Our competency-based model gives you an innovative learning experience you won't find anywhere else—and our MBA grads tell us they loved accelerating their program to see a faster ROI.
Business
Management and Leadership – M.S.
An online master's degree focused on change management, innovation, and...
An online master's degree focused on change management, innovation, and leading teams:
- Time: 60% of graduates can finish in 17 months.
- Tuition: $4,755 per 6-month term.
- Courses: 10 total courses in this program
Skills for your résumé that this program will teach you:
- Leadership
- Management
- Coordinating
- Communications
- Performance Management
- Planning
Develop a comprehensive suite of leadership skills and your confidence to navigate changing business structures.
Business
MBA Healthcare Management
Prepare for a career leading private or public healthcare organizations....
Prepare for a career leading private or public healthcare organizations.
- Time: WGU lets you set a schedule so you can finish your MBA in just one year.
- Tuition: $4,755 per 6-month term.
- Courses: 11 total courses in this program.
Skills for your résumé you will learn in this program include:
- Regulatory compliance
- Patient care improvement
- Service line development
- Healthcare trends
- Health policy and legislation
Healthcare is big business in today's complex economy. Steer your career with this specialty MBA.
Compare online business degrees
This program is not the only online business degree WGU offers that is designed to create leaders in the field of healthcare. Compare our health leadership degrees.
Business
MBA Information Technology Management
Earn the online college degree that can move your career into IT upper...
Earn the online college degree that can move your career into IT upper management:
- Time: Graduates can finish in 12 months
- Tuition: $4,755 per 6-month term
- Courses: 11 total courses in this program
Sample careers and jobs this business degree will prepare you for:
- Management
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Innovation
- Communications
- Information Systems Security
Learn to navigate emergencies, execute strategies, and optimize systems with the competencies within this specialty MBA.
Business
Accounting – M.S.
Become better qualified to pursue a greater variety of public and private...
Become better qualified to pursue a greater variety of public and private accounting positions:
- Time: 62% of grads finish within 19 months.
- Tuition: $4,755 per 6-month term.
- Courses: 10 total courses in this program
Skills for your résumé that this program will prepare you for:
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Tax Planning
- Financial Management
- Online Communication
- Research
This MAcc program is designed to prepare you for the CPA exam and also the CMA or CIA exams.
Business
Marketing – M.S.
Two online marketing master's degree options with a focus on either...
Two online marketing master's degree options with a focus on either digital marketing or marketing analytics.
- Time: 61% of graduates finish WGU master's programs in 18 months
- Tuition: $4,530 per 6-month term
- Courses: 10 total courses in this program
- Specialization: Students choose from two specializations to focus their marketing studies on digital marketing or marketing analytics
Skills for your résumé that you will learn in this program:
- Management
- Strategic Planning
- Digital Marketing Analytics
- Presentations
- Market Research
- Communications
A marketing master's degree will help you prepare for a wide range of exciting marketing careers.
Business
Human Resource Management – M.S.
A SHRM-recognized master's degree in human resource management...
A SHRM-recognized master's degree in human resource management
- Time: 61% of graduates finish this program within 18 months.
- Tuition: $4,755 per 6-month term
- Courses: 10 total courses in this program
Skills for your résumé that you will learn in this program include:
- Performance Management
- Communication
- Management
- Planning
- Talent Acquisition
- Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
Earn your M.S. in Human Resources and help companies create excellent cultures.
Technology
Accelerated Information Technology Bachelor's and Master's Degree
Earn both your bachelor’s in IT and master’s in IT management at a faster...
Earn both your bachelor’s in IT and master’s in IT management at a faster pace with fewer courses.
- Time: Approximately 5 years.
- Tuition: $3,735 per 6-month term for the bachelor's degree; $3,940 per term for the master's portion.
- Courses: 42 total courses in this program.
Certifications included in this program at no additional cost:
- CompTIA A+
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA IT Operations Specialist
- CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist
- Amazon AWS Cloud Practitioner
- ITIL®*^ Foundation Certification
- PMI CAPM
- LPI Linux Essentials
Skills for your résumé that you will learn in this program:
- Scripting and programming
- Networking and security
- Systems and services
- Data management
- Business of IT
This program allows students to earn their bachelor's degree in IT and move directly into a master's degree in IT management, cutting down on the total number of courses to complete.
Technology
Data Analytics – M.S.
Lead businesses with strong analysis skills:...
Lead businesses with strong analysis skills:
- Time: 61% of graduates finish within 20 months.
- Tuition: $4,055 per 6-month term.
- Courses: 11 total courses in this program.
Skills for your résumé that you will learn in this program:
- Data Analytics Lifecycle
- Data Science and Advanced Analytics Applications
- Data Mining Techniques
- Machine Learning
- Data Management
Master data mining, visualization, and SQL—and lead analytics at the business of your choice.
Health & Nursing
Master of Healthcare Administration
A master's focused on managing comprehensive, value-based care, directly...
A master's focused on managing comprehensive, value-based care, directly in line with innovations in health and healthcare.
- Time: 60% of grads finish within 21 months.
- Tuition: $4,755 per 6-month term.
- Courses: 12 total courses in this program.
Skills for your résumé that you will learn in this program:
- Collaborative Leadership
- Healthcare Models and Systems
- Healthcare Financial Management
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Healthcare Information Technology
Your rich experience in a health-related field can mean more when you bring a master's level of understanding to the problems that organizations need to solve.
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Education
Education Technology and Instructional Design – M.Ed.
The M.Ed. in Education Technology and Instructional Design from WGU is for...
The M.Ed. in Education Technology and Instructional Design from WGU is for instructional designers tasked with creating engaging and immersive virtual learning experiences that can substitute for on-ground instruction.
No teaching license required.
- Time: 62% of students finish this program in 10 months.
- Tuition: $3,975 per 6-month term
- Courses: 12 total courses in this program.
This program includes two tracks for students to choose from:
- The K-12 pathway
- The Adult Learner pathway
Skills for your résumé included in this program:
- Learning Experience Design
- Assessment and Learning Analytics
- Learning Technology
- Research Methodology
Develop training and instruction expertise to help you in the classroom, in educational settings, or in corporate world.
Technology
Information Technology Management – M.S.
A degree for experienced IT professionals ready to lead....
A degree for experienced IT professionals ready to lead.
- Time: 60% of graduates finish within 18 months.
- Tuition: $3,940 per 6-month term.
- Courses: 10 total courses in this program.
Included in your program—at no extra cost—is the opportunity to earn the valuable PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification.
- Technology operations and integration
- Sourcing and planning
- Risks and influence
- Solutions development
- Project management
Maximize the opportunities that your IT career path has afforded you—earn your master's and keep moving up.
Scholarships Available
Master Your Future Scholarship
Valued up to $2,500 toward a WGU master's degree!
Resiliency Grant
Worth up to $4,000 for students who are facing significant financial barriers in pursuing a WGU degree.
Alumni Master's Scholarship
Up to $2,500 for returning WGU graduates seeking a master's degree.
