New agreement between WGU and Indiana’s Ivy Tech Community College provides credit transferability, reduced tuition, and application fee waiver
Salt Lake City — Completing a bachelor’s degree just became more affordable for graduates of Indiana’s Ivy Tech Community College, thanks to a new agreement with Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu. Under the terms of the agreement, Ivy Tech graduates who have completed their associate degrees are eligible for an application fee waiver, a 5 percent discount on WGU’s already-affordable tuition, and a generous transfer policy. In addition, the online, competency-based university is earmarking ten scholarships valued at up to $2,000 each for qualified Ivy Tech grads.
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Chet Kaminski, a parishioner at St. Pius X in Granger, is glad his church noticed a need.
Under the direction of Norm Robertson, who owns a staffing agency, St. Pius already was holding seminars aimed at helping unemployed members.
But the idea to do more came up in a staff meeting, said Betsy Quinn, director of stewardship and evangelization, and the Rev. Bill Schooler opted to expand the effort.
The end result is the Employment Resource Ministry, which holds meetings every Wednesday night at 7 in the Parish Education Center in Room 213. It is run by Robertson.
For people like Kaminski, who was laid off from his job as a plant manager at National Standard in November, it has truly been a godsend.
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Chet Kaminski, a parishioner at St. Pius X in Granger, is glad his church noticed a need.