IU Northwest named a 2015 Military Friendly School® by Victory Media

rot1Victory Media Inc. has named Indiana University Northwest a 2015 Military Friendly School, according to the media entity’s most recent ranking of colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide.

This is the third consecutive year IU Northwest has been recognized as a Military Friendly School.

The list honors the top 15 percent of higher education institutions that have committed to embracing the needs of active-duty and veteran students.

IU Northwest is proud to educate 115 veteran students this academic semester.

“We are honored to be recognized as a Military Friendly School, as my campus colleagues and I work diligently to best serve the educational needs of our veteran and active-duty students, and of those students who have made a future commitment to the U.S. Armed Forces through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program on our campus,” IU Northwest Chancellor William J. Lowe said.

The IU Northwest’s learning experience is rooted in adaptability, accessibility and support services, all important principles that help make students, but particularly veteran students, successful.

“IU Northwest offers programs that allow former and current service members to transition the skills that were acquired on active duty and transform them to skills that can be applied in civilian occupations,” Lowe said. “Making higher education work for our veteran students is central to the IU Northwest mission.”

Now in its sixth year, the 2015 Military Friendly School® list was compiled through extensive research and a data-driven survey of schools nationwide.

About Military Friendly® Schools
The Military Friendly® Schools designation process includes extensive research and a data-driven survey of schools nationwide approved for Post-9/11 GI Bill funding. The school survey, methodology, criteria and weightings were developed with the assistance of an Academic Advisory Board comprised of educators from schools across the country.

About Indiana University Northwest
As one of seven Indiana University campuses, IU Northwest leads the region as the premier, urban campus dedicated to serving the needs of more than 6,000 students from the state’s most diverse and industrialized region. Committed to helping its local Northwest Indiana communities thrive, IU Northwest is best known for providing a personal, quality and affordable education close to home. IU Northwest positions its students to be leaders with more than 70 undergraduate, graduate and pre-professional degree options available from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and Human Services, the School of Business and Economics, and the School of Education. The campus is also host to IU School of Medicine-Northwest, which actively involves students in research and local healthcare needs through its four-year medical doctorate program. For more information, please visit www.iun.edu.