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3/21/13 Valley Morning Star, "DRIVE TO SUCCEED: Moses Mendoza"
3/18/13 The Atlantic, "Imagine No College Debt (It Isn't Hard to Do)"
2/13/13 "Navigating a Changing Journey through Postsecondary Education", Chancellor Milliron's Guest Blog for Educate Texas
2/11/13 Fast Company,"Most Innovative Companies 2013"
2/2/13 Amarillo Globe-News, Guest Column, "Administrators: Aim high in educational endeavors"
12/5/12 Hays Free Press, "The non-traditional path to higher education"
12/1/12 WGU mentioned in The Economist
11/29/12 The New York Times, "An 80-Year-Old Graduate With an Online Marketing Degree Kept His Promise"
11/11/12 The Texas Tribune, "State's Online University Graduates its First Students"
11/10/12 Austin American-Statesman, "Western Governors University’s Texas branch marks 1st commencement"
10/19/12 Reuters, "Five online classes to rev up your career" and "Getting the most out of an online education"
10/18/12 TIME, "Can an Online Degree Really Help You Get a Job?"
10/4/12 Office of the Governor, "Gov. Perry Promotes Competency-Based Learning and Technology as Keys to Improving Higher Education"
10/1/12 The Chronicle of Higher Education, "Reflections on the First Year of a New-Model University"
9/21/12 Austin American-Statesman, "ACC gets $4.5 million to develop innovative courses"
9/12/12 American RadioWorks, "A School of Clicks, Not Bricks"
8/23/12 Bloomberg Businessweek.com, "WGU: A Second Chance at College"
8/3/12 WGU Texas Celebrates First Anniversary with Enrollment Over 3,000
August 2012 EDUCAUSE Review, "You’re the Game Changer in Next-Generation Learning" by Chancellor Mark D. Milliron
7/26/12 Inside Higher Ed, "Graduate First, Transfer Later"
7/22/12 Emerging Ed Tech, Mark Milliron’s Sobering, Honest, and Inspiring Keynote Address at CT2012
7/18/12 Campus Technology, "Analytic, Blended Learning Keys to Educational Success"
6/8/12 Houston Chronicle.com, "Want to do well on the job? Then finish school first"
5/31/12 Campus Technology, "Having Deeper Learning Conversations"
4/22/12 Austin American Statesman, "Texas branch of Western Governors University making mark in cyberspace"
4/20/12 San Antonio Express News, "Getting higher education credential crucial"
4/2/12 The Dallas Morning News, "Help dropouts finish what they started"
3/27/12 WGU President Mendenhall Participates in The Atlantic Town Hall Event
3/6/12 Austin360.com, "Colleges should use tech advances to adjust education strategies, online university chancellor says"
2/16/12 Austin American-Stateman, "Rhodes, Milliron: Crossing the finish line"
1/3/12 NPR - All Things Considered, "Online School Helps Grown-Ups Finish College"
11/27/11 Listen to WGU Texas' Radio Spots
11/9/11 Dr. Mark Milliron to Lead WGU Texas
8/29/11 Washington Monthly, "The College For-profits Should Fear"
8/25/11 The New York Times, "Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree"
"Weekly Prompts From a Mentor"
8/21/11 The Daily Cougar, “Online nonprofit university needs support”
8/19/11 Office of the Governor, "WGU Texas Latest Step to Help More Texas Earn College Degrees"
8/19/11 Old River-Winfree Community News, "WGU Texas Latest Step to Help More Texans Earn College Degrees"
8/19/11 Online, Continuing, and Professional Education Update by UPCEA, "Rick Perry starts a university…"
8/11/11 Texas Insider, "Gov. Perry Announces Creation of WGU Texas"
8/10/11 San Antonio Express-News, Texas continues building on higher ed successes
8/4/11 Degree Pivot, "New Online University for Texas"
8/3/11 Dan Branch Website, "Texas to Create Faster, More Affordable University"
8/3/11 The Star-Telegram, "Perry’s order creates Texas online university"
8/3/11 Texas Business, "Texas Creates Western Governors University Texas"
8/3/11 The American Independent, "Perry issues executive order creating WGU Texas, promising cheap, online degrees"
8/3/11 Houston Chronicle, "Perry launches online Texas university"
8/3/11 Governor Perry Announces Creation of WGU Texas
8/3/11 The Texas Tribune, "Perry Announces Creation of New Online Texas University"
8/3/11 Austin Statesman, "Texas getting branch of online university"
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— Phyllis Boone
B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies (K-8) Graduate
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— Melissa Richards
B.S. Business Management Graduate
