-: I worked in the veteran's services office
while I was here, I helped men and women
all over the world use their benefits.
And this was before distance learning
meant we really snail mail'd it to you, right?
But UMUC, and not many people know this, was set up
in 1947, to help the officers who had been field promoted
in World War II get a college degree.
Because they wanted to retain those
non-commissioned officers who were battle-hardened,
great leaders, demonstrated great leadership
in the most dire situations, to not have to drum them out.
So the Pentagon actually awarded that contract to
University of Maryland, and UMUC was born.
Still, UMUC caters to veterans,
military spouses, wherever they may be.
And the great thing about UMUC,
is once you have an official evaluation - 15 credits.
Once you have the 15 credits with UMUC,
they'll give you an official evaluation,
whether that course major changes, the minor changes,
whatever the requirements are, they won't move your cheese.
You can graduate 50 years later,
and it's gonna be based upon that official evaluation
that you got after you finished those 15 credits.
So that you only have to do the work
that they told you to do initially, no matter where you go.
And that's very important to military people,
or those that may have transitioned out
and are carrying credits from other places.
That they'll do that in their evaluation,
and that's what happened to me.
Baylor University, Bridgewater State College,
they took all those credits, and I graduated quicker here,
than if I went back to the school
that I got the 93 credits from,
because I'd be losing them faster
than I would gain them, as a widowed single parent.
So, it is an environment that caters
to military personnel, veterans, and military spouses.