NU receives Gold status for the third time for its high quality
of services to active-duty military and Veterans, as well as
providing world-class support to military spouses and
dependents
SAN
DIEGO, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
National University(NU) — a
Veteran-founded nonprofit serving a very diverse population of
non-traditional, working, and military-affiliated students –— today
announced that it has been designated a Gold status Military
Friendly School and a Top 10 Military Friendly Spouse School for
the year 2024 by Military Friendly®.
"It's gratifying for National University to be recognized for something
that we have dedicated ourselves to doing for more than 50 years –
offering world-class experiences to our military-affiliated
students." - Meg O'Grady, NU senior vice president of military and
government affairs.
The designation process carefully values, analyzes, and ranks
the highest quality of services and commitment to active-duty
service members, Veterans, and spouses provided by educational
institutions. NU has been awarded this gold Military Friendly
School designation for the third year – and the Military Friendly
Spouse School award for the second year in a row.
Approximately 25% of NU's total student body is military
affiliated, as are half of NU's undergraduate students.
"It's gratifying for NU to be recognized for something that we
have dedicated ourselves to doing for more than 50 years – offering
world-class experiences to our military-affiliated students," said
Meg O'Grady, NU senior vice president of military and government
affairs. "We are particularly honored to receive the Military
Friendly Spouse designation given that we have worked so hard to
expand services, opportunities, and also employment to spouses in
recent years."
Over 1,800 schools participated in this year's Military
Friendly® survey. Of those, 537 schools earned award-level Gold,
Silver, or Bronze designations, with 243 awarded Gold for their
leading practices, outcomes, and effective education programs.
In recent years, NU has sought to build on its services to
military-affiliated students by creating more opportunities for
military spouses and dependents. NU offers several scholarship
opportunities, including the Whisper Military Spouse Scholarship
named after Whisper Snyder, a recent NU graduate and military
spouse. This scholarship awards recipients $10,000 in tuition benefits and other financial
support while they pursue their degrees. In addition, NU offers a
discounted tuition rate to eligible active-duty military, active
reserve, and National Guard members and their spouses and
dependents.
"When I first was considering applying for my master's program,
I was hesitant," Snyder said. "I had just found out I was pregnant.
I was also working, and I was a wife. So I was like, 'There's no
way I can add one more thing.' But National allows you to add one
more thing. It's doable!"
In addition to its academic offerings, NU provides comprehensive
career-related support tailored to military spouses. This
encompasses several key initiatives. The NU Military Spouse Hiring
Initiative—created in partnership with Hiring our Heroes—encourages
spouses to apply for positions at National
University. Spouses also benefit from personalized
assistance to enhance job search and interview skills. Furthermore,
the NU Military Spouse Employee Networking Group serves as a
valuable online resource for military spouse employees, offering
them community and support.
As a Military Friendly School, NU is proud to offer education,
career, and peer support services through the NU Veteran Center. In
addition to assisting U.S. Veterans in their transition from
military life to higher education, the NU Veteran Center provides
support to all of our military-connected students.
The university continually expands its efforts to support
military-connected students, including these recent
initiatives:
- NU partnered with PsychArmor, a San Diego-based nonprofit dedicated to
strengthening education support for the U.S. armed forces,
Veterans, and their families across the nation.
- The university also sponsored Rosie's List and The Rosie
Network, which promote businesses owned by military community
members, connecting them with valuable online programs, resources,
and mentorship that foster growth and success.
- Leveraging a $500,000 grant from
the National Science Foundation, NU developed a new B.S. Data
Science degree aimed at helping military service members and
Veterans transition into the in-demand fields of data science and
artificial intelligence technology.
- Two new Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) tailored to serve
military spouses and Veterans were recently launched.
About National University
National University, a Veteran-founded
nonprofit, has been dedicated to meeting the needs of hard-working
adults by providing accessible, affordable higher education
opportunities since 1971. As San
Diego's largest private nonprofit university, NU offers over
190+ online and on-campus programs with flexible four-week and
eight-week classes and one-to-one graduate education models
designed to help students reach their goals while balancing busy
lives. Since its founding, the NU community has grown to 130,000
learners served per year—50,000 degree-seeking students and 80,000
workforce and professional development students—and 230,000 alumni
around the globe, many of whom serve in helping industries such as
business, education, health care, cybersecurity, and law and
criminal justice. To learn more about National
University's new possibilities in education including
next-generation education, value-rich education, and whole human
education, visit NU.edu.
About Military Friendly® Schools
The Military Friendly® Schools list is created annually based on
extensive research using public data sources for more than 8,800
schools, and responses to the proprietary, Military Friendly®
Schools survey. Survey questions, methodology, criteria, and
weighting were developed with the assistance from an independent
research firm's and advisory council of educators. It is
administered for free and open to all postsecondary schools
wanting to participate and receive award recognition in Gold,
Silver, Bronze categories. Criteria available at:
http://www.militaryfriendly.com.
Media Contact
Ashleigh Webb, National University, 760-889-3494, awebb@nu.edu,
https://www.nu.edu/
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