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“Military education is part of the DNA of UMUC,” said Javier Miyares, the university’s acting president. “Last year, we enrolled 92,000 students, and a little more than half of them are military or military affiliates—veterans, dependents.”
(left) for 65 years, UMUC has taught the troops wherever they are called to serve. (ABOVE) DEAN Ray ehrensberger at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam, 1966, and (below left) at camp red cloud, Korea, 1958, with Mason g. daly, director of the far east division.
That included troops fighting in Afghanistan, some of whom were awarded their degrees in bunkers sheltered from rocket attack. “Military education is part of the DNA of UMUC,” said Javier Miyares, the university’s acting president. “Last year, we enrolled 92,000 students, and a little more than half of them are military or military affiliates—veterans, dependents.” John F. Kennedy was the second president to recognize UMUC’s commitment to the nation. From the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the Cuban Missile Crisis to the construction of the Berlin Wall and Chinese threats against Taiwan, the Cold War kept U.S. military personnel on alert around the world. UMUC faculty were with them. As weapons became more sophisticated, education became more crucial.
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education grants to returning veterans or opportunities for college enrollment for active duty troops in the United States or around the world, the U.S. government promised that if you joined the military, you would have the opportunity to earn a college education. Many analysts see this as one of the great contributions to the growth and success of the American economy in the postwar world. And from the beginning, Maryland has been in the forefront in war zones and outposts around the world. A program that began as a branch of the University of Maryland’s education department has grown to its own separate university—University of Maryland University College. In May, thousands of military personnel and their dependents at UMUC locations around the world earned bachelor’s, master’s, and even doctoral degrees.
“Technological advances in weaponry and tactics have placed new skill requirements and responsibilities upon our military,
increasing the need for higherlevel education and training.” —Letter from President Ronald Reagan www.umuc.edu | 9 | Achiever