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NEWPROGRAMS CRIMINAL JUSTICE
This graduate-level online certificate in Criminal Justice Management, is open to qualified students from across the country. The program will help equip law enforcement officers for better leadership roles by ensuring students are wellversed in all police procedures, including emergency, disaster, and security scenarios.
CYBER-ENGINEERING
The Master of Science in Cyber-Engineering dives into principles of electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. By combining these disciplines, students will develop the technical skills and insights needed to analyze and solve complex computing problems and maintain secure operations in a time when cyber risk is at an all-time high.
EARLY COLLEGE
Cumberlands has opened its Early College Program to McCreary County School District. This Patriot Pathways program allows high school students to enter an associate degree program prior to their high school graduation. Students can earn a high school diploma and a college degree at the same time.
FINANCE DEGREE
The Plaster Graduate School of Business is now offering a Master of Science in Finance degree program. Course content will include financial accounting and analysis; financial services, regulation, and ethics; economic analysis for decision making; financial planning and wealth management; big data and financial 6
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analytics; financial modeling and valuation; and global capital markets and international finance, among other topics.
PARALEGAL STUDIES
Cumberlands is now offering a new online associate degree in paralegal studies. The university is the second in the Commonwealth to offer this type of program. The associate degree in paralegal studies allows students to pursue a legal career without attending years of law school. Graduates from the program will have the practical skills and legal insights needed to become a legal support worker, legal assistant, or paralegal, among other vocations.
PRIOR LEARNING
Cumberlands’ new Prior Learning Program allows undergraduate and graduate students to gain credit for both professional and educational experiences that apply to their current studies. Undergraduate students have the potential to earn up to 75 percent of their degree through prior learning credit, and graduate students can earn up to 25 percent. The program opens doors for people who have a lot of life experience yet no completed degree.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Plaster Graduate School of Business at Cumberlands has added a new online Project Management Certificate program to its academic offerings. The graduate-level program is designed to equip students with the necessary skills, practical knowledge, professional tools, and innovative techniques they need to leverage themselves in the business world.
SOULSUPPORT For the 10th consecutive year, Cumberlands’ staff and students conducted the program Shoes 4 the Soul. This year’s program consisted of donating shoes, socks, t-shirts, and hygiene items to approximately 550 students across seven elementary schools, including Pleasant View, Pine Knot, Boston, Whitley North, Whitley East, Whitley Central, and Williamsburg Independent elementary schools. Cumberlands staff and students brought the items directly to the schools to be handed out by their family resource officers to the children who needed them. “Shoes 4 the Soul helps these children in a few different ways,” said Caitlyn Howell, director of Appalachian Ministries, who has organized the program for the last few years. “I think the biggest thing is the shoes. Shoes are a distinctive thing that builds confidence for the kids. We’re meeting some essential needs, but we’re also meeting psychological needs for these kids by providing a brand-new pair of shoes. In some ways, we’re reaching beyond physical needs and helping build confidence that they will carry with them into their future.”
