WGU Texas Presents Education Service Center, Region 20 Teacher Appreciation Scholarship

SAN ANTONIO, June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a surprise presentation at Athlos Leadership Academy in San Antonio, WGU Texas presented teacher Breanna Longbrake with a $2,000 scholarship, coinciding with Teacher Appreciation Week. WGU Texas and the Education Service Center, Region 20 (ESC-20) launched a corporate partnership one year ago expanding access to higher education for ESC-20 employees, ISDs and charter schools. The agreement includes scholarships and tuition discounts.

"Through the partnership with ESC-20 and WGU Texas, we are able to increase high-quality educational opportunities for our employees," said Athlos Leadership Academy Principal Hector Gomez. "Scholarships like the one presented today are a prime example of how we can encourage educational advancement and pay tribute to our teachers. I am proud of Breanna and what she has been able to achieve."

WGU Texas and ESC-20 established a strategic partnership in 2016 with the goal of providing pathways to high-quality educational opportunities that support educators and address the statewide teacher shortage.

"I am grateful to receive the ESC-20 Teacher Appreciation scholarship," said Breanna Longbrake. "This scholarship will go a long way in helping me finish my degree at WGU Texas." Breanna is a high school math teacher at Athlos Leadership Academy, a charter school in the ESC-20 region. She is attending WGU Texas pursuing her Master's in Teaching, Mathematics.

"The corporate partnership we have established with ESC-20 demonstrates a strong commitment and focus on education," said WGU Texas Chancellor Veronica Vargas Stidvent. "Texas teachers are the real heroes in their communities, and we were happy to play a part in this scholarship award."

ESC-20 employees, partner school districts and charter schools can learn more about the corporate partnership at http://texas.wgu.edu/ESC20 and the ESC-20 website http://www.esc20.net/.

About WGU Texas
WGU Texas is an online, nonprofit, competency-based university established to expand Texans' access to higher education throughout the state. Formed through a partnership between the state of Texas and nationally-recognized Western Governors University, WGU Texas is open to all qualified Texas residents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the high-demand career fields of business, K-12 teacher education, information technology, and health professions, including nursing.

Degrees are granted under the accreditation of Western Governors University, which is accredited through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Teachers College programs are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).*

Learn more at texas.wgu.edu or call 1-877-214-7011.

*Western Governors University offers nursing programs that are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 5380, Washington, DC 20036, 202-877-6791).

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