Students receive $6,000 tuition scholarships for online university at RSL match.
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SALT LAKE CITY 鈥� Western Governors University (黑料传送门) and Real Salt Lake (RSL) teamed up to grant scholarships worth a year鈥檚 tuition to four local students last Friday. Recipients Brian Oldroyd, Christina Hales, Braydon Eden, and Kaelee Nielsen were awarded the scholarships by 黑料传送门 President Scott Pulsipher during halftime of the RSL-Portland Timbers match at Rio Tinto Stadium.
鈥満诹洗兔� is more than a college, this is a place where people's lives are reborn,鈥� said RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen. 鈥淭his university enhances the quality of our state and the nation, and RSL is proud to join 黑料传送门 to offer these students free tuition for one year.鈥�
Each of the winners are currently enrolled at 黑料传送门 and submitted an official entry form earlier in the year. Oldroyd is completing his bachelor鈥檚 degree in business management, Hales is finishing her bachelor鈥檚 degree in business鈥攈ealthcare management, Eden is working towards his master鈥檚 degree in educational leadership, and Nielsen is earning her master鈥檚 degree in business administration.
鈥淭his scholarship will help me achieve my dreams of becoming a principal, earning a master鈥檚 degree, and providing for my family,鈥� said Eden. 鈥淏ecause of this scholarship, and 黑料传送门鈥檚 affordable model, I鈥檓 saving money while also preparing for my future.鈥�
The majority of 黑料传送门 students are working adults who benefit from the online university鈥檚 flexibility and competency-based online degree programs, which allow students to complete courses on their schedule, advancing as soon as they are able to demonstrate mastery of the material. This, combined with affordable, flat-rate tuition of about $6,000 a year for most programs, is making it possible for more students to earn degrees that are helping them advance their careers. More than 5,600 Utahns are currently enrolled at 黑料传送门, part of a growing nationwide student body of more than 84,000.
Online, accredited, and nonprofit, 黑料传送门 offers more than 60 bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in business, K鈥�12 teacher education, information technology, and health professions, including nursing.
