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WGU Nevada Announces New Scholarships for Veterans
Online, competency-based university honors veterans with new scholarship program
LAS VEGAS - (November 4, 2015) In commemoration of Veterans Day and to honor all those
who have served our country, nonprofit, online WGU Nevada is launching a new scholarship program to
help veterans and their spouses go back to school and earn their bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
The WGU Nevada Salute To Veterans Scholarship, valued at up to $2,500 per student, will be
applied at the rate of $625 per six-month term, renewable for up to four terms, toward WGU Nevada’s
already-low tuition of about $3,000 per term for most programs. WGU Nevada will award at least five
scholarships to new students throughout the state. Applications are being accepted now through January
31, 2016 at nevada.wgu.edu/veterans. Additional military scholarships are available for active-duty
personnel and their families at nevada.wgu.edu/militaryappreciation.
“As a military spouse, I needed the flexibility that WGU Nevada provides. This was crucial to my
success,” said Carly Merritt, who recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary
Studies and recently began her first year teaching kindergarten at a Las Vegas elementary school. “Over a
span of a few years, my husband and I moved from California to Guam to Hawaii back to California and
finally to Nevada. Being able to study and complete coursework anywhere I had an internet connection
allowed me to earn my degree and move my career forward.”
WGU Nevada’s parent university—Western Governors University—has been honored for eight
consecutive years by Military Advanced Education Magazine among the Top Military-Friendly Colleges
and Universities and five consecutive years as a Military Friendly® School by
militaryfriendlyschools.com. WGU Nevada’s degree programs are designed to provide the kind of
flexibility that nontraditional students like veterans and their families need. Of the 1,100 students
currently enrolled at WGU Nevada, nearly 150 are active-duty military personnel, veterans, or dependent
family members of military personnel.
WGU Nevada uses an innovative approach to earning a degree called competency-based
education, which measures learning rather than time spent in class. Students earn their degrees by
demonstrating mastery of the subject matter they need to know to be successful—real-world
competencies developed with employer input. Designed to meet the needs of adult learners, competencybased education allows students to take advantage of their knowledge and real-world experience to move
quickly through material they already know so they can focus on what they still need to learn. WGU
faculty members work one-on-one with students as mentors, offering guidance, support, and
individualized instruction. While WGU Nevada’s degree programs are rigorous and challenging,
competency-based learning makes it possible for students to accelerate their programs, saving both time
and money.
The WGU Nevada Salute to Veterans Scholarship is open to new WGU Nevada students who
have been officially admitted to WGU Nevada. While multiple scholarships will be awarded, it is a
competitive program, and scholarships will be awarded based on a candidate’s academic record, readiness
for online study, and current competency, as well as other considerations. For more information,
visit nevada.wgu.edu/veterans.
About WGU Nevada
WGU Nevada is an online, nonprofit, competency-based university established to expand Nevadans’
access to higher education throughout the state. Formed through a partnership between the state of
Nevada and nationally recognized Western Governors University, WGU Nevada is open to all qualified
Nevada residents. The university offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the
high-demand career fields of business, K-12 teacher education, information technology, and health
professions, including nursing.
Degrees are granted under the accreditation of Western Governors University, which is accredited
through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Teachers College programs
are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and nursing
programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)*.
For more information, visit the WGU Nevada website, nevada.wgu.edu, or call 877-214-7005.
*Western Governors University offers nursing programs that are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
(One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 5380, Washington, DC 20036, 202-877-6791).