A Virtual Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success will be established at Wayland Baptist University with a $592,217 U.S. Department of Education grant.
The virtual center will serve Wayland’s military affiliated population, which is geographically dispersed across six states and territories — Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii and American Samoa, as well as online. More than 500 veterans currently enrolled at Wayland will be affected by the creation of the virtual center. Many of these students take a combination of online and face-to-face courses and all will be familiar with the Blackboard learning management system that will house the virtual center.
“This is the latest success involving Wayland’s emphasis on securing federal grants,” said Dr. Bobby Hall, President. “We are excited about not only this grant but also others that we hope to receive in the future.”