>>ZAC LASHWAY: EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE IS FLORIDA’S FIRST HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE
FOUNDED MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO
BACK IN
1866. WELL THE SCHOOL IS
STEEPED IN HISTORY, IT’S
KEEPING COMPETITIVE. BRANDI
WALK INS HAD TO DROP OUT OF
SCHOOL MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO
WHEN SHE WAS INVOLVED IN
A CRASH. SHE HAD A WONDERFUL
CAREER BUT NEVER GOT HER DEGREE
UNTIL NOW SHE WAS ABLE TO
RECENTLY COMPLETE HER DEGREE.
THE NEW ONLINE BACHELOR’S
DEGREE PROGRAM IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION AT EWC.
>> AND NOW I HAVE AN 11TH
GRADER AND WE’RE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
COLLEGE IN. HOW IS EASY TO
START, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE
SURE YOU FINISH AND I KIND OF
FELT THE CLICHE FOR ME TO TALK
TO HER ABOUT COLLEGE AND FINISH
AND I
DIDN’T FINISH.
>> SO MY ULTIMATE GOAL WAS TO
GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GRADUATE
BEFORE SHE GRADUATED.
>> YEAH, AND I DID THAT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND WE’RE SO
PROUD OF HER JOINING ME NOW TO
DISCUSS THE NEW PROGRAM IS
MARCUS WILKES FROM EDWARD
WATERS COLLEGE GOOD MORNING.
MARCUS.
>> YEAH THAT THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING FOR THIS CONVERSATION
TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS NEW
PROGRAM.
>> PROGRAM AND WE’RE JUST ALL
IT’S JUST THE CELERY DEGREE
PROGRAM AND MANY MAY REMEMBER
AROUND YEARS AGO WITH COLOR
ON PROGRAM WITH STIFF FOR
CREDENTIALS FOR LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS.
BUT NOW THE NEW ACCELERATED
DEGREE PROGRAM GIVE STUDENTS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM THEIR
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION DEGREE
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND
HEALTH CARE.
MANAGEMENT. BUT OUR ONLINE
COMPONENT WORKFORCE OF 100%
COMPLETELY ONLINE IS WITH THE
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT
CONSTANT SEARCH.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: SO THIS
IS FOR ADULTS 23 AND OLDER AND
IDEALLY STUDENTS HAVE HAD
ALREADY TO COMPLETE THAT
ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE IS THAT
CORRECT.
>> THAT’S
CORRECT THAT AND THE IDEAL SOON
AS THIS IS JUST THE GREED WHICH
WOULD MAKE IT AN EASY 18 MONTHS
TO 24 MONTHS TO
2 YEARS TO TAKE THOSE CORE AND
MAJOR REQUIREMENT COURSES IN
THE 2 YEARS WITH THE THAT
BACHELOR’S DEGREE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: SOMEONE WHOM
MIGHT BE LACKING SOME OF THOSE
PREREQUISITE COURSES. IF
THEY’RE UNSURE
IF THOSE CREDITS WILL TRANSFER
TO CAN THEY CONTACT IS THERE
DISCUSSION THAT COULD BE HAD TO
SEE IF THOSE CREDITS
WILL TRANSFER.
>> SURE SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO
THROUGH AND YOU
DO IT A TRANSCRIPT EVALUATION
FROM ALL PREVIOUS INSTITUTIONS
WE GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE
THAT THOSE TRANSFER CREDITS AND
CALLED AND CALLED EVERY WATERS
COLLEGE I WOULD
DO THAT THE REGISTRAR’S OFFICE
WE DO THOSE THOSE TRANSCRIPT
EVALUATIONS AND THEN ONCE WE
SATISFIED AND YOU MIGHT
WISH AN THEN MOST OF THOSE
TRANSFERS THAT ARE ABLE TO COME
OVER WE TURN TOWARDS 120.
CREDIT HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED
FOR THE DEGREE TO BE TO BE OR.
>> IT CAN BE COMPLETED WITHIN 2
YEARS ONLINE AND OR IN PERSON.
>> THE PROGRAM IS 100% ONLINE. SO THAT’S THE THAT’S THE ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT
COMPONENT, SO IT’S
100% ONLINE TO BE TAKEN IN THE
COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME FROM
YOUR OFFICE BOXES ARE IN THE
EVENING. SO THAT MAKES IT
REALLY CAN BE FOR OUR CAREER
PROFESSIONALS FROM WORKING MOMS
WORKING DADS TO TAKE THEIR
COURSES AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THE MOST OF THEM COMING
IN TO CAMPUS OR YOU KNOW
LEAVING WORK AND HAVING TO RUSH
HOME TO GET DINNER READY
OR SEE ABOUT THEIR FAMILY AND
THEN COME INTO CLASS THOSE
100% ONLINE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND REALLY
PROVIDE LIKE YOU SAID THAT
FLEXIBILITY
JUST LIKE BRANDY WAS TALKING
ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS FINISHING
HER DEGREE BUT IT CAN BE
COMPLETED IN 2 YEARS.
>> ABSOLUTELY THAT’S WHY THE
IDEAL CANDIDATE HAS THE
ASSOCIATES 3.
>> I ALREADY
ALREADY EARNED.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YEAH, VIRTUAL
SESSION STARTS FEBRUARY 17TH
WEDNESDAY.
>> THAT’S WEDNESDAY FROM 3 DAYS
SO WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO THE STUDENTS WERE
INTERESTED.
>> WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE PROGRAM.
>> VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR YOU
KNOW YOU SEE BACK EU FORWARD
SLASH ADP
AND REGISTER OR GIVE US A CALL
IN THE OFFICE OF THE SUMMARY
DEGREE PROGRAMS AND I 2 ’04
4, 7, 0,
8, 0, 7, 4, THERE’S A LINK ON
THE WEB SITE WHERE YOU CAN
PRE-REGISTER IS A QUICK
REGISTRATION AND
WE WILL I WILL GO AHEAD AND
SEND HIS ONLY WE’LL BE SEEING
EVERYONE HOPEFULLY ON WEDNESDAY
AT
6 O’CLOCK.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND OF COURSE
WE’LL POST ALL THIS INFORMATION
ON OUR WEBSITE NEWS 4 JAX DOT
COM MARKETS WE APPRECIATE YOU
JOINING US. THIS MORNING.
KEEP US POSTED ON HOW THINGS
GO.
>> THIS UPCOMING ABSOLUTELY
THAT YOU FOR
INVITING ME. I HOPE THAT
EVERYONE JOINS AND LOOKING