UNIVERSITY NEWS
University earns rankings from national publications Park University’s School of Business was ranked the No. 1 “Best for Vets” business school in the country by Military Times magazine in March. As part of the rankings, Park’s veterans’ staff and academic support both received four stars out of a possible four, the only college/university in the rankings to earn the distinction. Nadejda Bucsan (left) and Cody Croan
Bucsan, Croan honored with Outstanding Parkite Award Park University students, faculty and staff were recognized for their exceptional scholarly efforts from the 201213 academic year at the University’s annual Honors Convocation in April on the University’s Parkville Campus. The most prestigious honor bestowed on any student at Park University — the Outstanding Parkite Award — went to seniors Nadejda Bucsan, business administration/management major, and Cody Croan, English writing major. The Outstanding Parkite Award is given to one senior female and one senior male student on the Parkville Campus who best exemplify the ideals of the University in their character, conduct, scholarship and student activity participation. In addition, the University recognized its outstanding faculty with the presentation of the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award to Brian Shawver, associate professor of English, and the Distinguished Humanities Faculty Award to Dennis Okerstrom, ‘74, Ph.D., professor of English.
Park University was ranked No. 10 in the nation for the quality of its online programs, according to rankings released in January by the Guide to Online Schools. The criteria the Guide to Online Schools used included (in order of weighting): recommendation rates; cost of tuition and textbooks; retention rates; repayment rates of student loans; and accreditation, as well as student reviews. For the fifth consecutive year, Park was selected as one of the top military-friendly colleges and universities in the country by Military Advanced Education magazine. Park was selected for inclusion on the list in the magazine’s 2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities, which provides information in four key categories of consideration to service members, veterans, their spouses and dependents (in order of assigned weighting): support services, flexibility, financial assistance and military culture. Military Times, an independent source for news and information for the military community, and its associated newsweeklies, ranked Park on its “Best for Vets: Colleges 2013” list as No. 2 among all private colleges/universities in the country and No. 3 overall in the “online and nontraditional” category (schools that serve military students primarily online or through a network of small campuses). The publication gave Park “4 stars” (out of four) for its academic support services — the only school in the category to receive this mark — and “3.5 stars” for its military/veterans staff. Park University continues to hold down the top spot as the No. 1 ranked value among private universities/colleges in the United States, according to Parents & Colleges, an online resource for parents of college-bound students. Park has been ranked No. 1 in the category “Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges and Universities” since the summer of 2010.
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