Kari Nuszkiewicz, a student in UW-Platteville's online criminal justice master's program, has received the Dawn Drake Excellence in Distance Education Scholarship worth $500.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in child psychology and is pursuing her master’s degree with an emphasis in victim and offender services, with a Child Advocacy Studies Certificate. After graduation, she hopes to develop programs and materials for mandated reporters and would like to pursue a career in forensic interviewing.

For the third consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and its Distance Learning Center (www.GoUWP.com), have been named to Military Advanced Education's 2012 Guide to Top Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities. Published annually, the guide provides information regarding college options for U.S. service people and veterans.

Institutions are selected based on five criteria: the number of American Council on Education credits the school will accept; Service member Opportunity Colleges participation; on-campus active duty/veteran assistance; support provided to the families of service members; and the sophistication and effectiveness of its distance learning programs.

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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville has reached a top 20 spot in GetEducated.com’s "Best Buys" for an online master's degree in criminal justice. It's the second time in less than five months that UW-Platteville Online has earned a Best Buy designation.

"The value of higher education, especially in criminal justice, has never been greater," said Dr. Cheryl Banachowski-Fuller, program director for the university's master's program in criminal justice. "So, it's vital to ensure programs remain accessible by keeping tuition affordable."

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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Distance Education programs (UW-Platteville Online) has surpassed 1,000 graduates. From its beginning as an innovative correspondence service, the program now reaches more than 2,500 students worldwide.

“We're not scrambling to reach 100,000 students. And that's OK, because we understand that there's a real person behind every degree we grant,” said Dawn Drake, executive director of alternative delivery systems.

The distance learning program began in 1978, offering a single bachelor's degree: business administration and its first graduating class numbered five in 1981. UW-Platteville launched its first completely online program in 1999 with a master's degree in project management. The first online graduating class consisted of 13 people in 2001.

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Chuck Millhollan, a 2003 graduate of UW-Platteville Online’s master program in project management, earned the 2011 Kerzner Award sponsored by the International Institute for Learning Inc. (ILL) and administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading project management member association.

As director of program management at Churchill Downs, he created the Churchill Downs, Inc. Project Management Office, which has evolved into an Enterprise PMO responsible for leading projects and programs across all business units, including four thoroughbred horseracing tracks, three casinos, two software development groups, and a bloodstock research group.

Another UW-Platteville Online graduate Olatunde Olatona, was a top five finalist for the Kerzner Award. He worked with Action Missionaire Interafricaine (AMI) in Mali, Africa, to enable the small community of Farakala realize its dream of a high school.

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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville, an accredited pioneer in distance learning for the last 33 years, is among the top schools in the nation for an affordable online bachelor degree in business.

GetEducated.com, a consumer group that publishes impartial online university rankings, recently released its list of the Best Colleges Online for an affordable business degree at the bachelor level. The online degree rankings were objectively calculated by comparing tuition and distance education fees at 67 regionally accredited or regional candidate universities that offer 136 distance bachelor degrees in business administration.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville and its Distance Learning Center have earned a top 25 spot in GetEducated.com’s "Best Buys" for online criminal justice degrees.

GetEducated.com, an online consumer watchdog and advocate for prospective distance education students, rates and compares online schools and degrees based on cost and quality, student satisfaction and credibility. The Best Buy designation indicates that UW-Platteville Online provides a high-quality bachelor’s degree in criminal justice for under $45,000.

“Our criminal justice program is one of the very best values out there,” said Cheryl Banachowski-Fuller, director of UW-Platteville Online’s criminal justice program. “That value is directly due to the reputation of the university and its criminal justice program. We're grateful for the recognition by and believe our students will benefit.”

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