All Press Releases for July 14, 2016

Career Step Partners with Oregon State University

Oregon State University joins Career Step's trusted network of academic partners.



    LEHI, UT, July 14, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Career Step, an online provider of career-focused education and corporate training, is pleased to announce Oregon State University's new status as an academic partner. Oregon State is Career Step's first academic partner in Oregon.

"We are excited for our new partnership with Oregon State University," said Ryan Ewer, Vice President of Academic Partnerships. "Oregon State appreciates the vital role continuing and adult education play in helping learners advance their careers, and we look forward to working together closely to provide students with top-quality career training that will help them succeed in the workforce."

Oregon State University features a strong professional and continuing education department, and it will now include Career Step's Professional Medical Coding and Billing with PCS, Medical Transcription and Editing, Medical Administrative Assistant with EHR, Computer Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Executive Assistant, and Medical Billing programs among its offerings. The programs will be marketed through the school's 36 county extension offices, specifically focusing on reaching out to military spouses who can benefit from MyCAA funding.

"We are excited to offer Career Step's top-notch training to our students," said Melanie Mitchell, Director of Professional and Continuing Education at Oregon State University. "Their courses fit right into our goal of improving our students' performance, personal development and quality of life with high-quality learning resources. We look forward to helping our students get the skills they need to start careers in growing fields through this partnership."

Career Step's academic partnership program has helped provide students with opportunities to train in growing industries through joint ventures with higher learning institutions for more than a decade. The schools usually offer the courses through their continuing education departments, helping students quickly start new careers.

More information about Career Step's partnership with Oregon State University is available at CareerStep.com/osu. To learn more about Career Step's academic partnership program, please visit CareerStep.com/partner.

About Career Step
Career Step is an online provider of career-focused education and corporate training. The company has trained over 100,000 students for new careers, has more than 150 partnerships with colleges and universities nationwide, offers a variety of continuing education courses for healthcare professionals and has educated more than 8,000 health information professionals through its Corporate Training Division. Career Step provides training for several of the largest and most respected healthcare employers in the nation and is committed to helping students and practicing healthcare professionals alike gain the skills they need to be successful in the workplace--improving lives, advancing careers and bettering business results through education. More information can be found at http://www.careerstep.com or 1-800-246-7836.

About Oregon State University Professional and Continuing Education
OSU Professional and Continuing Education provides online and onsite professional development for corporations, non-profits, government agencies and individual learners. In addition to highly customized team training, PACE offers in-demand certificate programs in subjects ranging from human resources and project management to instructional design and web development, as well as exclusive workshops in craft beer and cider production and more. To learn more, visit https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog.

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