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5 Things to Look for When Choosing an Online Degree Program
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Searching for the right school to earn your degree online can be challenging. Here are 5 things students wish they’d known to look for before choosing a college!
Read MorePosted By: JBU Online Undergraduate - 11/6/19 8:00 PM

5 Tips for Balancing Life, Work, and Grad School
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Managing your life as a graduate student can be challenging. Learn how to balance Life, Work, and Grad School with 5 Simple Tips!
Read MorePosted By: JBU Graduate School - 11/6/19 6:00 PM

Teacher.org Names the John Brown University Graduate School Among the Best Value EPPs Offering ITP Master’s Programs
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
In a field that is open to qualified candidates with a bachelor’s degree, a master’s is the path to becoming a teacher that is less frequently traveled. It represents a more advanced level of preparation, and tends to be the option of choice for a special kind of aspiring teacher with an extraordinary level of commitment to providing students with exceptional learning experiences.
Read MorePosted By: JBU Graduate School - 10/30/19 7:00 PM

4 Study Hacks that Turn Commute Time into Study Time
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Nearly every student in the history of education yearned for more time. We’re luckier than our technology-deprived ancestors - these 4 modern study hacks let you make use of your commute time, so you have more time for study!
Read MorePosted By: JBU Graduate School - 10/29/19 4:00 PM

Understanding the Outdoor Industry From the Ministry Side To the Business Side
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Colton Laptad is a student in the Outdoor Program Management (OPM) master’s program. Because of JBU’s Graduate School Pathways program, he has been working on graduate classes since last summer while still earning his bachelor’s degree.
Read MorePosted By: JBU Graduate School - 10/9/19 3:00 PM

Five Simple Ways to Protect Yourself Online
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Many of us spend a significant amount of time online--we conduct business, take classes, maintain financial responsibilities, and engage in social content. But how many of us are taking the proper precautions to maintain internet safety? It’s actually not as difficult as you think to protect yourself online. Practicing internet safety doesn’t have difficult to implement. Here are a few quick, easy tips to keep you protected online.
Read MorePosted By: JBU Online Undergraduate - 10/8/19 2:00 PM

4 Steps to Successfully Leading Change
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
It's happened. You’ve been “awarded” the responsibility of implementing a change. Whether the change is critical to your organization’s success or just a new way of doing things, these four steps will help you manage it successfully.
Read MorePosted By: JBU Graduate School - 10/1/19 3:45 PM

Faith and Perseverance: How One Working Mom Finished Her Degree & Unlocked Her Dream Job
Monday, September 30, 2019
Trina Holman is the Director of Development at John Brown University and an alumna of JBU’s degree completion program. Like many of the students in JBU’s degree completion program, events in Holman’s life put a halt to her college education. In her interview, she provided insight on why she wanted to return to school, why JBU was the right fit for her, and how it opened up new opportunities.
Read MorePosted By: JBU Online Undergraduate - 9/30/19 9:00 PM

Teaching Through Experience
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
In Dr. Greg Robinson and Mark Rose’s book Lessons of the Way: Using Adventure Activities to Explore the Way of Jesus, they talk about 5 ways that using experiential learning can be valuable in assisting and accelerating learning.
Blog image by: Katherine Lehn
Read MorePosted By: JBU Graduate School - 9/25/19 8:00 PM

Moving Up In Higher Education
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Bjornsen received her Master of Arts in Higher Education in May 2019. She was recently hired to be the Director of Student Success at Mount Vernon Nazarene University after graduating. We conducted an interview in order to get insight on her experience in Higher Education Master's program.
Read MorePosted By: JBU Graduate School - 8/20/19 9:00 PM
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