Capella News

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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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 11, 2007 — Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited,* fully online university, has been named one of the top 30 military-friendly institutions by Military Advanced Education magazine. Capella will be highlighted in the publication’s December issue. Approximately 17 percent of the online university’s students are members of the military, their families, or veterans. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 10, 2007 – Dr. Christopher Lucies, a core faculty member with Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited,* fully online university, has been named president-elect of the Texas Mental Health Counselors Association (TMHCA). Dr. Lucies, who teaches for the CACREP (the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) counseling education and counseling studies programs in the online university’s School of Human Services, was elected in September. He will serve a three-year term: one year as president-elect, one year as president, and one year as a consultant to the TMHCA board. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 3, 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. Chris Cassirer, dean of Capella University’s School of Human Services, regarding Capella’s status as the first and currently only online university to receive accreditation from CACREP (the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) for two master’s degree specializations. (more…)

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…)