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After 25 years in the food-service industry, Kelley Hicks has learned to accept one persistent aspect of her personality. “I’m a total control freak,” she admits, laughing. But as a student in the MBA program at University of Phoenix, Hicks notes that “getting my MBA is helping me learn to delegate some of my responsibilities, and that’s a good thing.”...

“This is your future — your time to shine,” Shermona Woodley tells students at the University of Phoenix Knoxville Campus. “Don’t let anything get in your way.”

Since graduating in 2012 with a bachelor’s in health administration, Woodley ...

When you think of a typical college class, you likely picture a setting in which students focus on an instructor at the front of the room and have little opportunity to engage with the material they’re supposed to learn. At University of Phoenix, however, Classrooms Without Boundaries (CWOB) offer an interactive alternative....

For University of Phoenix alumna Mary Ann O’Neil, a rain puddle is not an obstacle — it’s an opportunity.

That’s how the founder of Successtrogen.com approaches life these days. “It can be the littlest things that make me stop and think,” she says. “Like that ...

Hiring Our Heroes is a national program created by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation that helps veterans and military spouses find civilian jobs through a variety of resources, including job fairs. University of Phoenix is the organization’s education partner.

To help prepare tomorrow’s educators for what they’ll face in the trenches, some University of Phoenix College of Education students get to practice their teaching and management skills in mock K–12 classrooms. The classrooms are up and running at the University’s Indianapolis and Salt Lake City campuses, and another is in development....

If you’re about to get out of the military or already have finished serving your country and need a civilian job, you’re in luck: University of Phoenix is partnering with Hiring Our Heroes — a program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation — to sponsor the Start Strong Event at 11 campuses in April and May. The goal: To help active-duty servicemembers, veterans and ...

Former police detective Anthony Maez’s retirement lasted less than a year, and he couldn’t be happier about it.

In 2008, soon after leaving a 20-year career with the Albuquerque Police Department, Maez joined the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office to help ...

John Dixon has tunnel vision — at least when it comes to his career.

The ability to zero in on a goal helps explain Dixon’s rise from the tough streets of Philadelphia to chief of police in Petersburg, Virginia. “When I see something I want, I’m willing to do everything I can to go after it,” he ...

Forget those gritty crime dramas on TV: The job of a suburban police chief isn’t usually like that. But it’s not necessarily “Mayberry” either.

For Mark Henderson, it’s academic. Literally. In fact, now that he has a master’s in administration of justice and security from University of ...

You’ve probably heard of the National Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but did you know the federal government also maintains an on-call emergency response force made up solely of medical personnel?

A funny thing happened to Chris Woodward on the way to completing his bachelor’s degree: He became a better baseball player.

“If I’d known then what I know now,” says the former major leaguer, “I’d have gone back to school a lot sooner.”...

Crystal Neufeld isn’t your typical MBA student. What sets her apart is how she’s using what she’s learning in her University of Phoenix degree program: to run a domestic abuse shelter.

She enrolled in the MBA program last August — when she became executive ...

Some third-graders say they want to be firefighters or ballerinas when they grow up. Not Dana Taylor. She wanted to be an interpreter for the deaf. Even as a girl, she was fascinated that people could “talk” without actually speaking, she says.

Working in the front office of Rudy’s Towing Service and Wrecking Yard, Christel Garcia gets a lot of grief from some male customers.

“They assume because I’m a woman, I won’t be able to answer their questions about car parts,” says Garcia, 31, a student in the MBA program at University ...

Christa Sorenson loves to party — especially when it’s for a good cause. The longtime enrollment advisor for University of Phoenix education programs and health care programs is passionate about helping others. With an emphasis on fun, her fundraisers are usually packaged as after-work happy hours, weekend comedy shows or girls’ shoe-shopping sprees....

Succeeding in business is often about whom you know. But how do you stay in touch with the people you meet to continually expand your network and help boost your career?

Consider calling on your fellow alumni for help. At University of Phoenix, ...

Shiri Appleby’s lack of a college diploma didn’t prevent her from landing acting roles alongside Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and dozens of other performers.

In fact, college degrees are rarely talked about on TV and movie sets, says ...

Single parenthood and job rejection. Racial prejudice and self-doubt. Those are the kinds of challenges some of these University of Phoenix graduates overcame to earn their degrees. In recognition of Black History Month, they share their personal experiences as well as their inspiring success stories:

You’ve heard of people jogging, biking or even walking cross-country, but what about driving a Segway® scooter? That’s exactly what University of Phoenix School of Business graduate and current MBA student Jason Day did last summer to raise awareness about veteran suicide.

Growing up in Mumbai, India — where she lived with her family in a one-room house without electricity or running water — Hazel Downing believed school was her best chance for a successful career.

“My parents placed high value on education,” says Downing, who holds a ...

In recognition of Black History Month, five University of Phoenix instructors talk about how the desire to contribute to their communities led them to the classroom. Although not all of them began their careers with the idea that they would teach, once they did, there was no turning back. Here are their stories:...

For many University of Phoenix School of Business faculty members, teaching is only one aspect of their work life. A lot of them have demanding professional careers — some at top companies — which enable them to bring real-world business examples into the classroom.

When two of the nation’s top teachers had an opportunity to pay forward a full-tuition scholarship to University of Phoenix, both selected educators from their own school districts.

As state nominees for National Teacher of the Year, these teachers received ...

David Kenneth Waldman had an epiphany that changed his life during a trip to Thailand in 1990. He had traveled to the northern Mekong River region to visit a young girl he’d been sponsoring financially through a nonprofit organization, Plan International.