Twenty-five Wounded Service Members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Receive Full Scholarships to Colorado Technical Universit
March 27 2008 - 10:59AM
Business Wire
Twenty-five United States service men and women at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center have been awarded full Wounded Warrior Scholarships
from Colorado Technical University Online (CTU Online). Recipients
were chosen by a ten-person scholarship selection board including
former military officers and Career Education Corporation educators
and chaired by Tammy Duckworth, Director of the Illinois Department
of Veterans� Affairs, a Major in the Illinois Army National Guard,
and a Wounded Warrior herself. The recipients, who come from across
the country, were honored at a dinner on March 8, 2008, at Walter
Reed, which was attended by General Richard A. Cody, the Vice Chief
of Staff of the U.S. Army. Nineteen of the recipients will pursue
associate degrees, five will pursue their bachelor�s, and one
recipient will enter a master�s program. In developing the one-time
scholarship program, CTU Online worked with the Helping Our Heroes
Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides a way for
donated funds and services to directly reach our injured service
men and women. "Our service members fight for our freedoms and give
us the opportunity to pursue our dreams. When these brave men and
women come home, they deserve to have every opportunity, including
a quality education,� said Illinois Department of Veterans� Affairs
Director L. Tammy Duckworth. �I was honored to help select the
Wounded Warrior scholarship recipients. These 25 young service
members have their entire lives ahead of them and, after reading
their applications, I know that they will continue to excel." All
tuition costs, course materials and fees are included in each
scholarship, along with a laptop computer for each scholarship
recipient. Pearson Learning Solutions, part of Pearson Education,
will underwrite the education material costs of any course taken
through Career Education Corporation/CTU Online that uses Pearson
materials (such as text books or e-books). Apple will provide a
MacBook computer to each student. Candice Reed, a Wounded Warrior
currently recovering at Walter Reed, will use her scholarship to
pursue an associate degree in accounting and, upon completing her
education, will be the second member of her family to have
accomplished that task. The first was her step-father, an engineer,
whom she considers a role-model. Reed enlisted in the Army
immediately following high school graduation and the experience has
increased her self-confidence and discipline, two traits that will
serve her well as she enters the civilian world. She does not
anticipate that life will be easy going forward, but she is
confident that she can overcome obstacles as they come. �The
stories these service men and women shared were truly
inspiring�recalling challenges they faced as civilians, adversities
experienced in combat, and recognizing that they must now adjust
their aspirations for the future,� said Dr. Wallace Pond,
Chancellor, CTU Online. �Soldiers who have pledged to serve and
protect their country are now faced with yet another challenging
set of circumstances, and it is our hope that the education they
receive from CTU will provide them with new skills to reach their
goals.� About Colorado Technical University and CTU Online Since
1965, Colorado Technical University (CTU) � an institution of
higher learning that provides career-oriented education by teaching
applied industry-current programs -- has given students a pathway
towards personal, academic, and professional advancement. Colorado
Tech offers degree-track programs at the Associate, Bachelor's,
Master's, and Doctoral levels in a wide range of fields of study.
For more information on CTU, visit www.coloradotech.edu. Through
its web-based virtual campus, CTU Online, the university offers
degree programs that are 100% online. For additional information on
CTU Online, visit www.ctuonline.edu. Colorado Technical University
is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of
the North Central Association. Colorado Technical University is a
member of the Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO) network of
schools, colleges and universities. For additional information,
please visit www.careered.com. About Pearson Education Pearson
(NYSE: PSO) is the global leader in educational publishing,
assessment, information and services, helping people of all ages to
learn at their own pace, in their own way. The company is home to
such respected brands as Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall,
PowerSchool, Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Longman and many
others. Pearson�s comprehensive offerings help inform targeted
instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of
every student. Pearson�s other primary businesses include the
Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. About Helping our
Heroes Foundation Helping Our Heroes Foundation (HOHF) is a
501(c)(3) whose mission is to provide support for those service
members wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring
Freedom (Afghanistan). The foundation was created at the request of
the United States Army after it took Karen Theobald Conlin, HOHF
President, to visit troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. An all
volunteer organization, HOHF has no paid staff but rather works
with a volunteer contingent. Services provided include: air travel
grants, financial grants, educational and career support, morale
events and mentoring. For further information please visit
www.hohf.org.
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