Capella News

MINNEAPOLIS, March 3, 2008 – The National Alliance of Community and Technical Colleges (NACTC) has named Generosa López-Molina, a doctoral student in Capella University’s (www.capella.edu) School of Education, as the next president of its executive board. The NACTC is a consortium of 31 community and technical colleges from across the nation, first assembled in 1979 by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) at Ohio State University. (more…)

Online university’s podcasts focus on experience of earning an online degree

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 20, 2008 — Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited, fully online university with more than 20,000 students, has released its latest Inside Online Education podcast. It features a conversation with Feranda Williamson, the new dean of Capella’s School of Undergraduate Studies. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 5, 2008 – Research shows that only about 15 percent of higher education students still fit the traditional definition of a college student: age 18 to 22, living on campus, and going to school full time. That is the inspiration for The Other 85 Percent (www.theother85percent.com), a new blog by Capella University Vice Chairman Michael Offerman that challenges the traditional view of how to best serve today’s college students. Capella University (www.capella.edu) is an accredited, fully online university with more than 20,000 students. (more…)

HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2008 — San Jacinto College District, located near Houston, has joined Capella University’s Education Alliance Program. Capella (www.capella.edu), an accredited*, fully online university that serves more than 20,000 students, offers a broad selection of online degree programs focused on higher education faculty, administrators and students. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 29, 2008 — Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited, fully online university with more than 20,000 students, has awarded $10,000 scholarships to ten students enrolled in Capella’s project management specializations. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 25, 2008 — The Florida Association of Community Colleges (FACC) has joined Capella University’s education partnership program, which will provide education benefits to FACC members.  FACC is the professional Association for Florida’s 28 public community colleges, their boards, employees, retirees, and associates. Capella (www.capella.edu), an accredited*, fully online university with more than 20,000 students, offers a strong selection of online graduate degree programs focused on higher education faculty, staff and administrators. More than 1000 colleges and universities have employed Capella students or alumni. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 18, 2007 – More than 1,000 PhD and master’s online degree students from Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited, online university, will gather in Anaheim, Calif., beginning Dec. 27 to take part in the online university’s next residential colloquium. The event will take place at the Hyatt Orange County. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17, 2007 – Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited, fully online university, has released its latest Inside Online Education podcast. It features a conversation with Dr. Byron Howard, Sr. and Dr. Janet Brown-Howard, both recent graduates of Capella’s K-12 Education Leadership doctoral program, about their experience of earning their PhDs together.

These regular podcasts feature interviews with Capella students, faculty and staff who share the experience of online education from a first-person point of view. They are typically about 15 minutes long and are available at http://www.capellacommons.com. Listeners can subscribe to the podcast at http://www.capellacommons.com/rss/. They are also available via subscription from iTunes.
About Capella University
Founded in 1993, Capella University is an accredited*, fully online university that offers graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, psychology, public health, and public safety, and bachelor’s degree programs in business, information technology, and public safety. Within those areas, Capella currently offers 104 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 15 certificate programs. The online university currently serves more than 20,000 students from all 50 states and 56 countries. It is committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).
 
*Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), http://www.ncahlc.org.
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online university (http://www.capella.edu/online_university.aspx),
online learning (http://www.capella.edu/online-learning-degree-programs.aspx).
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MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2, 2007 – The Minnesota Tekne Awards named Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited, fully online university based in Minneapolis, the winner in its Technology User category at an award ceremony last night at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Capella, which was a finalist along with Ecolab and Honeywell, was chosen for demonstrating an “innovative application of products or services resulting in dramatic business improvement or market advantage.” (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, October 30, 2007 – Dr. AnnaLynn Schooley, a core faculty member with Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited*, fully online university based in Minneapolis, has been named president-elect of the Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She will serve a three-year term. Dr. Schooley teaches clinical courses, such as pre-practicum residency, and field experience courses, where students intern in mental health agencies, in the online university’s School of Human Services. (more…)