Wayne Community College has been named a “Military Friendly® School” for the fifth year.
The Military Friendly® Schools list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to dedicate resources to ensure their success in the classroom and after graduation.
Approximately 1,600 colleges, universities and trade schools on this year’s list exhibit leading practices in the recruitment and retention of students with military experience. The full list can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com.
This semester, the college is serving 430 military members, veterans, and dependents in college-credit courses on its campus in Goldsboro and at the Watkins-Das Education Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. That number represents around 12 percent of the curriculum student body.
For the sixth consecutive year, Victory Media created the Military Friendly® Schools list from the analysis of responses to approximately 100 survey questions that represent best practices to successfully attract and support military students. The survey is made available free of charge to the more than 8,000 schools approved for Post-9/11 GI Bill funding.
Along with the Military Friendly® Schools list, Victory Media announced the launch of Schools Matchmaker on GIJobs.com. The free Matchmaker tool enables student veterans and prospective military students to review more than 4,000 schools approved for Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition benefits, as well as schools that have earned the elite Military Friendly® Schools designation. With one click, prospective students can view schools that meet their individual search criteria, as well as a short sub-list of qualifying schools designated as Military Friendly®. Schools in the Matchmaker tool have the option to include information just for military students, including student veteran and alumni “success profiles” and live student reviews.
About Victory Media:
A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business since 2001, Victory Media has worked tirelessly to establish our Military Friendly® designation as a trusted, free resource to assist service members and their families seeking civilian success. Its assessment survey process is now open year-round and delivered to schools as a complimentary service, along with rights for qualifying schools to use the basic Military Friendly® Schools logo and to receive a free, basic listing in the annual list publication and in the online Schools Matchmaker tool.
About Wayne Community College:
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.