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News from the Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation

May 2009

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Capella University

Capella supports your success before you enroll, during your studies, and after you graduate, so you can earn a degree while you keep the rest of your life moving forward. Our support services include:

  1. Enrollment counselors who help you choose what’s right for you
  2. Capella library to support your research and scholarship
  3. Financial aid counselors to guide your education financing choices
  4. Career counselors to help you grow in your current role and look ahead to the future
  5. Academic advisors to keep you on track and connect you with resources
  6. Disability Services to help find ways to eliminate barriers to learning
  7. Academic Success Center to maximize the personal and professional potential of learners like you
  8. Alumni Association to keep you connected to the Capella community

Through an education alliance, Maricopa Community Colleges faculty , staff and alumni receive a 10 percent tuition reduction on Capella University courses. Capella offers a wide range of graduate degree specializations for education professionals. With more than 30 doctoral specializations, you could advance your career in higher education by gaining the skills and credentials to apply your expertise in your profession.

Scholarship Opportunity: $5,000 Scholarships for Project Management or Business Analysis

As a Maricopa Faculty, Staff or Alum you are eligible for many other opportunities, including: Ten $5,000 scholarships are available for students pursuing project management or business analysis. Award winners must be enrolled in 1 of the 7 eligible specializations during January, February, or March 2010:

  1. PhD in Information Technology with a specialization in Project Management
  2. PhD in Organization and Management with a specialization in Project Management
  3. MBA with a specialization in Project Management
  4. MS in Information Technology with a specialization in Project Management
  5. MS in Information Technology with a specialization in Business Analysis
  6. BS in Information Technology with a specialization in Project Management
  7. BS in Business with a specialization in Project Management

Visit www.capella.edu/maricopa for complete eligibility requirements and application details. Applications are now being accepted: Deadline is November 10, 2009.


Webinars

Taking charge of your leadership development webinar
Learn from the best—this webinar presents strategies and practices that successful leaders use. As an aspiring leader, you will hear about the kinds of competencies that enable them to lead well and what you can do to master the skills and approaches they use.

Special education: Learning from the past and anticipating future trends webinar
If you teach in the special education field or aspire to, this webinar will provide an overview of the history of special education and emerging trends in the field. Special attention will be given to the personal disposition of the successful special education teacher or administrator.

The emerging importance of the professional doctorate webinar
Increase your understanding of the emerging importance of the professional doctorate generally, and the EdD specifically, and how they are a means of better preparing the next generation of leaders to solve real world, contemporary educational problems.

Learn more at www.capella.edu/maricopa.