Message from Mary Hawkins

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover: Thanks to a new partnership, USL players will be able to balance their professional soccer careers and pursue their goals of earning a college degree at Bellevue University.

Photo by Matt Bills

Message from Mary Hawkins…. ........... 2 Kim Ruengert............................ 3 Jesse Ceballos............................... 4 Heather Carroll… ........................ 5 Andrea Gaylord.......................... 6 David Burd…. ............................... 7 I/O Pysch Program…...................... 8-9 Milton and Marsha Kleinberg…. ........... 10-11 USL Partnership…. ....................... 12-13 Eric Ewing…. ............................ 14 Around Campus ......................... 15 2021 Signature Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Mission Statement Bellevue University provides career-oriented, cost effective, open access education through select undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.

Vision In a rapidly changing higher education environment, Bellevue University boldly adapts and innovates so our students and university can be wildly successful.

Values Student Success Integrity Value of education Innovate Care for Others

GOING FOR YOUR GOALS

As a non-profit open access university, Bellevue University does more than talk about opportunity, it throws the door wide open to hard-working and deserving students from a variety of backgrounds.

One of the ways we reach out and connect with students from diverse backgrounds is through partnerships. The relationships we forge with community colleges who support their students in their quest to earn a bachelor’s degree; with organizations who pay for a portion or all of their employees’ tuition; with military bases and branches; and with academic institutions that are on the other side of the globe are all very different.

But all of our partners share our approach to serving working adult learners. They develop programs with success in mind from the very beginning. You can read more about one of our newest partnerships – with the United Soccer League – starting on page 12. Another way we welcome students and support them is through our design of academic courses and degree programs and through the individuals we hire to teach tomorrow’s leaders. Turn to page 14 and read more about Eric Ewing, one of our adjunct professors. Eric brings a wealth of real life experience, including 20 years in the Navy, to healthcare management students, and we’re fortunate to have him as part of our faculty team.

While times continue to be uncertain, what I’m most sure about is that Bellevue University alumni and students will continue to achieve their goals and, in the process, create a brighter future for themselves, their families, their organizations and everyone in our connected world.

Dr. Mary Hawkins President, Bellevue University