NPS DISTANCE LEARNING SELECTION MESSAGE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 17-18
Date Signed: 6/28/2017 | MARADMINS Number: 335/17
MARADMINS : 335/17
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MARADMIN 335/17
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/NPS DISTANCE LEARNING SELECTION MESSAGE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 17-18//
POC/CAMARDO, LOUIS/LTCOL/UNIT: NPS/TEL: 831-656-2794/EMAIL: CAMARDO@NPS.EDU//
GENTEXT/Remarks/1.  The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distance Learning Board (DLB) convened on 13 February 2017 in order to select applicants for advanced degree and certificate Distance Learning (DL) programs administered through NPS at Monterey, CA.  Applicants were assessed on basic eligibility and previous academic coursework.  Reasonable accommodations were made to ensure selections were aligned with each Marines(apostrophe) desired curriculum.  Marines who did not specify alternate programs were only considered for their primary program selection.
2.  One hundred Marines applied for DL programs across 14 curricula this year.  Marines who applied for curriculum 805 should refer to paragraph 4 below for further information regarding their selection timeline.  The following Marines have been selected by the DLB and approved by the respective academic departments for matriculation:
2.A.  Advanced Degree DL Program Selections (read in three columns).
Name                      Curric             Start
Bellamy, Albert D         363                Sep 2017
Blond, Kyle E             311          Underway
Conti, Daniel D           311          Underway
Day, Christopher          363          Sep 2017
Diaz, Luis D              363          Sep 2017
Eastman, Eric A            311          Sep 2017
Galloway, Travis J        379          Apr  2018
Houser, Christine M       363          Sep 2017
James, Calischaran               363          Sep 2017
Lippert, Michael T        312          Underway
Marbach, Peter J          311          Sep 2017
Montgomery, Christopher          359          Sep 2017
Schaafsma, Jonathan D     359          Sep 2017
Wellman, Aaron            692         Sep 2017
2.B.  Certificate DL Program Selections.
Name                      Curric       Start
Christ, Ryan E            281          Sep 2017
Colby, Kyle P             273          Sep 2017
Evers, Matthew            268          Sep 2017
Forester, Sean M          268          Sep 2017
Harmon, Michael P         256          Jul 2017
Hernandez, Jorge A        268          Sep 2017
Horvath, Joseph C         262          Sep 2017
Lebo, Stephen             289          Jul 2017
Miller, David M           268          Sep 2017
Rudolf, John C            262          Sep 2017
Scudder, Caroline         282          See Note 1
Smith, Natalie            256          Jul 2017
Stopinski, Raymond M      262          Sep 2017
Stusse, Nathaniel B       268          Sep 2017
Yoon, Hee W               262          Sep 2017
3.  The NPS DL advanced degree and certificate programs are as follows:
3.A.  Advanced Degree DL Programs.
311 Systems Engineering
312 Aviation Systems Engineering
359 Human Systems Integration
363 Systems Analysis
379 Cost Estimating and Analysis
692 Homeland Defense and Security
805 Executive Master of Business Administration
3.B.  Certificate DL Programs.
256 Cyber Security Fundamentals
262 Human Systems Integration
268 Data Science
273 Space Systems Operations 281 Systems Analysis
282 Systems Engineering
289 Cost Estimating and Analysis
4.  Marines who are selected for curriculum 805 will be notified by the NPS Graduate School of Business and Public Policy on 30 June 2017 and can expect to begin classes in September 2017.  Points of contact are Dr. Christina Hart at cchart@nps.edu or Dr. Ken Doerr at khdoerr@nps.edu for more information.
5.  Note 1:  A new command participation agreement is required upon Permanent Change of Station.
6.  Program commencement is subject to availability of funds.  A program point of contact will be provided upon completion of enrollment.
7.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Robert S. Walsh, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.//