Let's have a little competition: who is the latest night owl? What is the latest you’ve ever stayed up doing schoolwork? #wgugrad #stlouis #wgunightowl
What would you ask Sage?? We've been #interviewing #students and #graduates across the country and are excited to share these amazing #stories and conversations with you, COMING SOON!
Terry Stigdon has always believed she was created for service. A dedicated nurse, Terry spent nearly 20 years at Indiana’s Riley Hospital for Children in the pediatric intensive care unit, emergency medicine, and trauma center serving children and their families at their most vulnerable and frightening life moments. While at Riley, Terry also pursued her master’s degree in nursing leadership and management from WGU. In late 2017, Terry received a call from the office of Indiana’s Governor Eric Holcomb. “When I got tapped to be the Executive Director of Indiana Department Of Child Services, all I could see was an opportunity to serve a lot of kids and their families that really needed help now, just like when I was at Riley,” says Terry. She was appointed executive director as part of Gov. Holcomb’s sweeping reform of the state’s child welfare agency. In her first year in her new position, Terry implemented changes aimed at offering the best service to Hoosier children and families. “I came in with a spirit of giving people the space to act and lead in a way they need to enact change. I believe in the best in people, and I love to see people be more than they ever thought they could be. It really did work. We saw wonderful outcomes working with families and children.” As a result of her efforts to provide the right care to the right child at the right time, the state has seen a decrease in children in residential treatment and foster care. Thank you for all that you do, Terry!! #fostercare #publicservice #wgugrad #nurse #healthcareprofessional
Self care moments are important for all of us! Take a minute and do something you love, just for yourself and no one else 💙 hang in there
"I did it, y’all. Finally finished up my MBA - Healthcare Management program. WGU’s first commencement weekend of the year was held in NOLA this past weekend. When the 2023 commencement weekend locations were released back in December, I had asked my dad which one we should attend thinking he’d just choose the one in Seattle this summer, but he surprised me by picking NOLA, so voila! Tickets were booked! So blessed to have been able to spend this past weekend with my parents as well as my Rashah, my Ading Jazzy, and my Bubbies joining us from Portland. Thank you for coming along for the ride and cheering me on. Seriously. It meant the world to me to have you join me and my parents. I love you three to the moon and back a million times. And to everyone else who’s offered words of encouragement and allowed me to endlessly complain about exams and papers since basically the pandemic started 🤣 I appreciate you for real, for real. Thanks, y’all! It’s been a super eventful journey full of detours and pit stops that lasted longer than they should have, but I made it! 🥳" REPOST: @mae.c.mae , congrats! We can't wait to see where your degree and experience takes you! #womenshistorymonth #wgugrad #wgu #mba #healthcare #nola
We are already in the 3rd month of this year! Have you had any new opportunities come your way that you took, or DIDN'T take? Tell us more! #wgu #luck #opportunity #march #wgunightowl #stpatricksday
"2022 gave me so many blessings. I got engaged, finished school, got an amazing job, and we found out about our new little blessing. This weekend was full of so much joy and happy tears.. walking across that stage made everything so worth it. I can’t wait to do it again…Thank you to all of my family who traveled to join me on this day." REPOST: Congrats @msbrielementary ! We can't wait to hear about your adventures as a teacher! #Teacher #wgugrad #wgu #wguteacherscollege #2023graduate #womenshistorymonth
It's Pi Day! What are 3.14 things that help you with your studies?? Maybe one of them is pie 👀 #pi #pie #wgu #piday
What were you doing 20 years ago? Watching a beloved musical in its Broadway debut? Buying a new pair of fuzzy boots? Reading the newest bestseller? Downloading a 99-cent song from the new Itunes store? In March of 2003, WGU was busy founding our Teachers College, which has now served over 66,000 students in the last 20 years. Happy anniversary Teachers College! #throwback #early2000s #teaching
It’s important to self evaluate your emotions on a regular basis, but especially when entering a new learning environment, communication situation, or relationship. So tell us, how are you feeling today? #socialemotionallearningisneeded #socialemotionallearning
What a tremendous week we’ve had at this year’s #SXSWEDU! WGU had fantastic representation from our leadership, who led impactful conversations around supporting diverse learners, working together to expand healthcare access, and more! We also had an awesome trivia night with over 200 of our new #highered best friends 🤓