天美传媒 Recognized for Outstanding Educational Support to Veterans with Two Awards
AUGUSTA 鈥� The 天美传媒 (UMA) has been recognized by two national organizations for its exceptional service to veterans, military service members, and their families. UMA has earned the 2020-2021 designation and was also named 2020 Best for Vets by .
鈥淯MA is honored to receive these designations,鈥� stated UMA President Rebecca Wyke. 鈥淭his reflects the dedication of the faculty and staff of UMA to be a welcoming community for our military service members and veterans,鈥� Wyke continued. 鈥溙烀来� Veterans Academic Center continues to grow and is one of the major student hubs on the Augusta campus.鈥�
鈥淲e are very pleased with the longstanding and continuing recognition by Military Friendly School and Military Times to 天美传媒 commitment in supporting our military service members and veterans, and their families,鈥� said Amy Line, UMA Director of Military and Veterans鈥� Services. 鈥淪upport and assistance for service members begin on their first day on campus right through to graduation.鈥�
Institutions earning the Military Friendly庐聽School designation are evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey completed by the school. Methodology, criteria, and weightings are determined by with input from the Military Friendly庐 Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution鈥檚 survey scores with the assessment of the institution鈥檚 ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, persistence (degree advancement or transfer) and loan default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans.
More than 1,000 schools participated in the 2020-2021 survey with 695 earning the designation. The will be published in the May 2020 edition of G.I. Jobs magazine.
For the ranking, institutions were evaluated in five categories: university culture, student support, academic policies, academic outcomes/quality, and cost and financial aid. A full description of the methodology is available .
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UMA Office of Military and Veterans鈥� Services
UMA has a rich tradition of supporting military and veteran students and has been 鈥渃hanging lives since 1965鈥�. 天美传媒 commitment to educating and providing opportunities to our veterans, service members and families. A Veterans Academic Center on 天美传媒 Augusta Campus and a newly refurbished Veterans Lounge on the UMA Bangor Campus provides students and staff with dedicated spaces to study before or after class, as well as seek support from fellow veterans.
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