Global Online Center
Through the College of Adult and Graduate Studies’ Global Online program, you can earn your degree entirely online. Thousands of adult students have earned their degrees at Colorado Christian University without ever setting foot on campus.
Your time is valuable.
No need to worry about commuting or being on time to class. You can log in to view presentations, participate in discussions, and submit assignments each week when the time is right for you. You can manage your time to suit your busy schedule, even with job and family responsibilities. All deadlines and expectations are published in advance so you know exactly what to do.
You are not alone.
You’ll enjoy learning in a robust online environment that connects you with your instructor and fellow students around the world through group discussion, document sharing, and e-mail. You’ll experience community in a personal way even though the platform is a virtual one. Each course is interactive and structured so you always know what to expect, and our supportive staff is always available to assist you.
Your program travels with you.
CCU’s Global Online program is portable. If your job requires travel, you don’t need to put off your education until that “someday” when you “get off the road.” You can log in to your course from anywhere. And if you are in the military, you can start your program while you’re based stateside with full confidence that your studies won’t get interrupted if you get deployed. CCU’s online program goes with you so that you can continue your progress without disruption.
Your views are welcomed and respected.
CCU’s high quality online programs integrate faith and values in every course you’ll take. No matter what your faith background or practice may be, you’ll feel welcomed and respected at CCU. Your CCU degree will be more than an academic major — you’ll have opportunities to examine new knowledge through the prism of a Christian worldview which will multiply your leadership impact at home, church, work, and in the community.
Your goals are aggressive.
CCU’s College of Adult and Graduate Studies understands that speed-to-completion is a priority for most adult students. If your goal is to finish your degree as soon as possible, CCU offers several ways to accelerate the path to your diploma. You can transfer in past credits earned at accredited institutions, earn credit for prior life learning and experience, earn credit for job training, and earn credit by exam. You are closer to you degree than you think.
The goal of Colorado Christian University’s RN-BSN degree-completion program is to help develop compassionate and competent nurse leaders who will help transform health care through Christ-inspired nursing practices. Offered through CCU’s College of Adult and Graduate Studies, the online program is specially designed for the RN seeking a bachelor’s degree.
The RN-BSN program is designed for adult learners who are busy with work and family commitments. You will have the opportunity to join other nurses in a cohort and take the core classes together. Classes are taken one at a time in a five-week online format. Small class sizes, professional application, and colleague relationships encourage individualized learning and networking. Students also have direct access to national and international faculty experts and leaders in healthcare.
Please take time to explore the RN-BSN online program Web pages. Meet the Program Director, examine the admission and entry requirements, investigate the curriculum, and read Frequently Asked Questions. You can conveniently apply online at any time.
BSN Program Benefits
* Study and network with Christian nurses from around the world.
* Complete each course in five weeks while you work.
* Encounter evidence-based curriculum with informatics, bioethics, health policy, and global health.
* Integration of faith, learning, and living while emphasizing Christian theory, leadership, and spiritual care.
* International transcultural focus.
* Opportunity for an international capstone immersion experience.
* Nationally recognized doctoral prepared Christian nurse faculty.
Lawrence Reed has spent his life as an economist, but he doesn’t look to the Dow or to fiscal policies to fix America. Ultimately, only character will cure the country. “If we allow character to erode, we will not be the type of people who will thrive in a free society,” Reed says. “If character slips, it means you’ve lost integrity, self discipline, humility, patience and a respect for the lives and property of others.”
Character, liberty and a free society − that’s the message Reed will deliver to students and business leaders at CCU’s 7th annual Values-Aligned Leadership Summit (VALS) on Wednesday, April 22.
Reed is head of the Foundation for Economic Education, and the author of Great Myths of the Great Depression. He is one of five speakers, all known for their contributions to business and free enterprise, who will address an audience of Colorado business leaders acting as mentors that day to hundreds of CCU undergrads and MBA students. The all-day symposium will be held at the Westin Tabor Center downtown. (For a schedule of speakers and details on how to attend, please visit the VALS Web site).
The speakers will stress the importance of free enterprise in preserving liberty. An equally important message is that countless American businesses are being run with integrity and character, contrary to the negative messages coming out of Washington.
Other speakers include: Dan Cathy, president of Chick-fil-A, Inc., a company which practices an ethics-first business model; Robert Woodson, founder of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, which uses free-enterprise solutions to tackle poverty problems; Joseph “Bud” Ahearn, a retired senior executive with CH2M HILL, the employee-owned company which Fortune ranked among “the 100 best companies to work for.”
The opening address will be delivered by CCU president Bill Armstrong, who served as U.S. senator from Colorado (1979 to 1991) and is a former executive in the real estate and financial services industries.
The students will be paired at tables with Colorado business men and women to exchange ideas and absorb lessons from one of the worst economic meltdowns in U.S. history. Reed will tell the audience that the answer to this economic crisis isn’t slathering on crushing taxpayer debt and more government entanglements.
“At the moment, America is in a crisis of character that’s showing up not just in crime rates but also in very shortsighted government policies,” he says. Instead of standing aside to let people solve their own problems, the current Washington strategy is to convince Americans to be more dependent – “vote themselves a living and let the government provide.”
Reed wants the VALS audience to understand that when people give up self reliance and personal integrity, liberty itself is at stake. “You may have heard the saying – ‘If you will not govern yourself, you will be governed.’ You can’t expect government to be any more moral than the people it represents,” Reed says. “Right now, we’re wasting on a grand scale and eating away at people’s liberties – we’re going to be in hock up to our eyeballs and they’ll be telling us how to run our lives.” It’s a dark picture, but Reed says he will also deliver a message of hope. “I do think Americans are waking up. People are raising the alarm about excessive government spending and debt and the collapse of personal character. I realize these are dark times, but that shouldn’t discourage us or make us retreat from battle.”
It’s a battle that Reed, 55, joined when he was unusually young. Although he grew up as a baby boomer during the tumultuous, left-wing clamor of the 1960s, his lifelong ideas about freedom took root in a deceptively simple movie classic, The Sound of Music.
As a kid growing up in the cozy safety of western Pennsylvania, what grabbed Reed wasn’t the music so much as the movie’s disturbing sub-theme. The main characters, the Von Trapp family, had to flee for their lives when the Nazis came to power. That got him thinking about personal liberty for the first time: “It struck me that this perfectly fine family wanted to be left alone and this rotten regime came in and wanted to take over.” So Reed became a ’60s countercultural protester, joining the Young Americans for Freedom and subscribing to magazines that furthered the causes of liberty and the idea that free markets and free minds are inextricably linked. Ironically, one of his first subscriptions as a kid was to The Freeman. The magazine is published by the foundation which Reed now heads.
As he addresses audiences across the country, he’s hopeful that many young people are beginning to understand what liberty requires to keep it alive. He likes to use a simple example to show people the consequences of character – and its lack – on a society. First, he asks students whether they’ve bought iPods and other expensive electronics. When they answer yes, he asks if they had a tough time getting the package open – and he gets knowing chuckles. The reason they have to fight to open a simple thing like a sealed package is that the manufacturers have had to make them virtually impregnable to deter thieves. “That’s called a “character premium,’” he tells his audiences. “If this was an honest society, manufacturers wouldn’t have to do that.” The message is getting through.
“There’s a growing concern among young people about what they will inherit in the not too distant future,” Reed says. “And when I throw in references to the collapse of character, I’m getting more nods.”
By: Jean Torkelson
Examining How Business Can Boost Economic and Social Growth in Free-Market Economies, “Changing the Paradigm for the Next Generation of Leaders”
April 7, 2009 — Colorado Christian University is less than one month out from this year’s Values-Aligned Leadership Summit (VALS). Entering its seventh season, the annual conference has become a popular highlight among members of the Denver business community who are interested in promoting ethical business frameworks, practices, and leadership. VALS 2009 will be held on Wednesday, April 22, at the Westin Tabor Center, 1672 Lawrence Street, Denver.
This year’s theme is “The Role of Business in a Free-Market Economy.” The day will feature interactive audience survey, networking opportunities, and roundtable discussion among executives and students. The impressive list of nationally recognized speakers includes:
• Lawrence W. Reed, President, Foundation for Economic Education – “Character, Liberty, and the Free Society”
• Robert L. Woodson, Founder and President, Center for Neighborhood Enterprise – “The Role of Free Enterprise in Addressing Poverty”
• Dan T. Cathy, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chick-fil-A, Inc. – “The Role of Businesses in the Community”
• Joseph A. “Bud” Ahearn, Retired Senior Executive, CH2M HILL, Ltd. – “The Role of Businesses in the Lives of Their Employees”
• William L. Armstrong, President, Colorado Christian University – “The Role of the University in a Free-Market Economy”
VALS 2009 will also include special presentations on economics and the role of free markets in the world economy by CCU faculty members Dr. William Mesa and Tamara Hannaway, as well as an appearance by John Andrews, a former Colorado Senate president and the current director of CCU’s new Centennial Institute (www.centennialccu.org).
Established by the CCU School of Business and Leadership, the VALS series was introduced to affirm values-based leadership in corporate environments in order to “change the paradigm for the next generation of leaders.” Each year, hundreds of executives and businesspeople gather for thought-provoking discussion with peers, and to share their wisdom and experience with students enrolled in CCU’s undergraduate business and MBA programs. Topics of discussion are frequently themed around the issues of stewardship, ethics, and values-based decision making and strategy.
For details about VALS 2009, or to register to attend and/or sponsor the event, visit the VALS Web site, call 303.963.3160, or send correspondence to ccuvals@ccu.edu.
In April 2010, the first four students to complete the online RN-BSN degree program had the opportunity to meet in San Jose, Costa Rica as part of their capstone experience course. The capstone experience provided the opportunity to meet in person, work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team, and to form lifelong professional bonds and friendships. The capstone experience is designed to allow students to demonstrate their integration of knowledge and clinical competency — through working within an interdisciplinary team in discipline-specific practice, students demonstrate leadership within professional collegial relationships and integrate faith, learning, and nursing ministry.
