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About WGU Advancement The promise of higher education, fulfilled.
WGU Advancement's mission.
WGU Advancement is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2018 as the official fundraising arm of Western Governors University (WGU) and its affiliates.
Since its founding, WGU Advancement has dedicated itself to making high-quality, career-based education affordable and attainable for all by increasing and improving access to higher education and accelerating innovations in learning on behalf of students. WGU Advancement partners with foundations, corporations, associations, employees, students, and alumni to support scholarships, explore new learning models, and implement new technologies that reinvigorate the promise of higher education.
Mission.
We advance the mission, vision, and goals of Western Governors University and its affiliates.
Vision.
To create transformational, intergenerational, positive change.
WGU's mission.
WGU's mission is to change lives for the better by creating pathways to opportunity.
Governance.
WGU Advancement Board of Directors
Carol D'Amico
Executive Vice President, National Engagement and Philanthropy, Strada Education Network
Robert Frankenberg
Owner, NetVentures and Board Member, Sundance Institute
David Grow
Chief Operations Officer, Western Governors University
Annalisa S. Holcombe
President, WGU Advancement
Scott D. Pulsipher
President, Western Governors University
WGU Advancement Team.
WGU Advancement Bulletin
Stay up to date with WGU Advancement's most recent efforts and achievements by viewing our latest Bulletin.
WGU Advancement's Year in Review
Learn about the achievements our donors helped WGU Advancement accomplish last fiscal year, from July 2019 to June 2020.
WGU Advancement news.
6.2.2021
WGU Northeast Employees Give to Support Our Students
As a way to help reduce economic hardships for our students, many colleagues donate to need-based scholarships, like the WGU Employees Give Back Scholarship and the WGU Student Emergency Aid Fund. In fact, 74% of all charitable gifts received by WGU Advancement in 2020 came from WGU employees.
Follow the link below to read inspirational stories about WGU Northeast Night Owls giving back.
11.17.2020
WGU Receives $4.8M Grant to Develop and Lead Character Education Curriculum
WGU received a $4.8 million grant from The Kern Family Foundation. With the grant, WGU can integrate character education into two graduate degree programs within WGU’s Teachers College and create the Character Education Profession Learning Program (CEPL), to be housed in the Center for Professional Learning at the Teachers College.
10.23.2020
Lilly Endowment Grants WGU Indiana $1 Million to Propel Strategic Skill Translation Initiatives
WGU Indiana has been granted $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its initiative, Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities, to help working students in Indiana easily transfer skills-based educational credentials into traditional higher ed student information systems through a learner owned record called an “Achievement Wallet."
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