Newsroom :: UMT Participates in Sugar Grove Education Fair

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 7, 2007 – To support local military education, UMT participated in the second annual education fair at the Sugar Grove Naval Base in West Virginia on May 4, 2007.

At the fair, UMT representatives, Dr. C. Eric Kirkland and Mrs. Connie Mills represented UMT academic and training programs to hundreds of military personnel and high school students who attended the event. Dr. Kirkland and Ms. Mills also met with the Education Service Officer (ESO) at the Sugar Grove Education Center.

Mrs. Mills commented about attending the fair, “We have a substantial number of students from Sugar Grove. So this is a great opportunity to meet them face-to-face and answer some of their questions.”

“UMT is popular among military personnel, as we provide substantial tuition and book scholarship to military students and their spouses attending our degree programs.” Dr. Kirkland pointed out.“In 2006 alone, UMT’s military scholarship mounted close to one million dollars.” To view UMT’s military benefits that support our military active duty and retired personnel, click here.

UMT also attended the first Sugar Grove Education Fair in 2006.

UMT is an online university that specializes in education in the areas of acquisition management, program management, and project management. It is Arlington, VA based and is a strategic partner of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). UMT’s Project Management degrees and certificate programs earned Specialized and Professional Accreditation by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Its project management degree program is the largest in the world, with some 2,500 students working toward degrees in acquisition management and project management. For more information about UMT, go to www.umtweb.edu.