Western Governors University
WGU, www.wgu.edu, is an online university for the 21st century. We are driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs. Since its establishment in 1997, WGU has grown into a national university, serving more than 180,000 students from all 50 states. The university continues to open doors for adult learners who need flexibility to achieve their education and career goals. WGU’s innovative competency-based academic approach makes it possible, allowing individuals to fit their education into their lives, not the other way around. WGU was founded by the governors of 19 U.S. states. WGU is also supported by over 20 major corporations and foundations who believe in WGU’s commitment to producing highly competent graduates. Curious about our new look and feel? Read more here: https://www.wgu.edu/blog/2025/12/new-look-focused-on-pathways-to-opportunity.htmlwww.wgu.edu
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Sep 12, 2026
AmityHOST
You kind of just learn to manage AI.
AmityHOST
And it not it's not my passion I was just like yeah this would be a good avenue but I'm kind of dying and yeah I'm like I could totally get in I could start WGU the only thing that's holding me up is this calculus class because I just it's not that I can't do it and I think that's what's driving me crazy I'm like I'm not I'm a finisher I need to finish it's not that I can't do it it's just I don't have the capacity after an intense day to then do calculus
LauraHOST
this is your calling I don't know.
LauraHOST
Who else do we need to get to tell you this? I'm serious.
Brad FusterGUEST
And it may not happen quickly because, as we said, slow to change.
Brad FusterGUEST
And if you look at online learning, like these big behemoth mega-scale universities, Southern New Hampshire, University of Maryland, Western Governors, Arizona State, these are awesome kind of first-to-market hyperscale universities.
Brad FusterGUEST
But they're so big now, it's going to be difficult for them, as I said, to either bolt on or redesign And we're at a moment where we're building from scratch, from the ground up.
Brad FusterGUEST
So I do believe the institutions that will thrive into the future will be making decisions very similar to the ones that we're making now, which is really exciting to be on the front end of something, you know.
Kevin PadworskyGUEST
We are so excited.
Kevin PadworskyGUEST
Jeremiah will have his first national commercial for WGU University.
Kevin PadworskyGUEST
It will air in October, and so we are super excited for that.
Chanda Thomas WhitfieldHOST
Wow.
Stacey HurstHOST
was broadcast as well.
Stacey HurstHOST
Thank you to Grant from the Lilly Foundation that Western Governors University benefited from.
Stacey HurstHOST
So we had many, many people there.
Stacey HurstHOST
Lindsay, I know you've heard Dr. Moat so many times, but the focus was Specifically, she was addressing what pre-service teachers needed to know basically day one.
speaker_2PANELIST
Almost half of their trust is derived from the mission.
speaker_2PANELIST
If you want a master class in how this works at scale, look at Western Governors University.
speaker_3HOST
Well, Dell Guru is a completely different beast, though.
speaker_3HOST
I mean, they're entirely online and competency-based.
Joe SallustioHOST
He's Scott Pulsifer.
Joe SallustioHOST
He's CEO and president of WGU, Western Governors University.
Joe SallustioHOST
Scott, welcome back.
Hunter DavisHOST
Legendary.
Karen SmithGUEST
And that idea just sounded better and better by the day.
Karen SmithGUEST
So I eventually enrolled in a program through WGU to get my master's in middle school mathematics education.
Anthony GodfreyHOST
And you've been teaching here at South Hills for your whole career?
Karen SmithGUEST
Yes.
Myra MarangiGUEST
I had just moved with my eighth graders from Traynor Middle School, so 2020 to 2021.
Myra MarangiGUEST
2021 to 2022 I started at Hug and was teaching freshman biology, and I was going to school at WGU studying biological sciences and was halfway through and swimming along.
Myra MarangiGUEST
I had my first case of COVID around that time, too, so that was really rough, but I was just busy studying, doing my teacher route, and teaching my fitness classes that I've always taught the last, like, 30-something years.
Jamie VaughnHOST
Just living life-
Brian FlemingGUEST
And I did some IT work in the Navy.
Brian FlemingGUEST
And so I earned my cybersecurity degree through Western Governors University.
Brian FlemingGUEST
And I figured with a degree, I'll be set to just land any cybersecurity job.
Brian FlemingGUEST
That's not how cybersecurity works.
Drum McNaughtonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Evan KroppGUEST
Western Governors is a great example of a school that will help you-
Drum McNaughtonHOST
Yeah
Evan KroppGUEST
... with that competency-based education.
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