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Western Oregon University is proud to offer a public university presence in Salem Oregon.   

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This means that the courses will be affordable

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and they are backed by the quality of a Western Oregon University education.

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The Salem program is being offered at the Willamette Education Service District

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in its professional learning center.

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The facility is fantastic.  

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It's perfect place to launch the Western Oregon University campus here in Salem.

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Classrooms have all of the state-of-the art materials. It's everything you need.

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It's a very comfortable place.  The chairs are very comfortable.

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There's a little cafe where you can hang out and have a coffee or soda or something.

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And it's all just very easy to access.

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We'll be offering courses in support of a master's in organizational leadership,

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and an applied baccalaureate in liberal studies starting in fall of 2019. 

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And right now, we're getting started with courses

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in support of criminal justice, business, interdisciplinary studies, professional writing.

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The first class I'll be teaching for the adult learners program here in Salem

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is an acting for the camera class.

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Throughout my time at Western Oregon, I've been teaching now for 15 years, 

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without a doubt my favorite students are the non-traditional students, the adult learners.

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They bring in a maturity and a respect for the materials

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for the classroom that is just invigorating and inspiring for me

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so the thought of coming to a place where I'd be working primarily

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with non-traditional students was a real bonus.

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A hybrid course mixes online elements

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with face-to-face elements.

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And it provides our students with flexibility and convenience

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but also that essential face-to-face interaction with our excellent faculty.

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You can enroll in our courses here in WOU Salem

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through our online registration process at Western Oregon University.

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You'd go to our website for WOU Salem and you can click on the enroll button.

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