R 171315Z SEP 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 463/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/NPS DISTANCE LEARNING SELECTION//
REF/A/MSGID: MARADMIN 320/13//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/USD P&R/YMD:20121206//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/C 465/YMD:20120625//
NARR/REF A IS DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT.  REF B IS DODI 1322.25 W/CH1, VOLUNTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.  REF C IS MCO 1200.17D, MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES MANUAL.//
POC/NPS ADMISSIONS AT ADMISSIONS(AT)NPS.EDU//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DISTANCE LEARNING PANEL CONVENED ON 27 AUG 2013 TO SELECT APPLICANTS FOR ADVANCED DEGREE DISTANCE LEARNING AND CERTIFICATE DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED THROUGH NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL (NPS), AT MONTEREY, CA.  THE QUALITY OF THE MARINES CONSIDERED AND THEIR RECORDS REAFFIRM THAT THE CORPS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AND PROMOTE LEADERS OF HIGH CALIBER.  CANDIDATES WERE ASSESSED ON BASIC ELIGIBILITY, ACADEMIC COURSEWORK (SPECIFICALLY PREVIOUS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COURSES), AND WHETHER NPS OFFERED THE PROGRAM DURING THIS INITIAL ITERATION.
2.  THE PANEL RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS FOR MATRICULATION:
2.A.  ADVANCED DEGREE DL PROGRAM
NAME                    DISC                    START
COLBY, K.P.             311-SYS ENG             JAN 2014
DELLAGALA, F.           836-PROG MGMT           APR 2014
GARDNER, B.E.           311-SYS ENG             JAN 2014
HOHMANN, B.             836-PROG MGMT           APR 2014
HUTSON, T.              311-SYS ENG             JAN 2014
JAMES, A.P.             805-EMBA                SEP 2013
KALMAR, L.              805-EMBA                APR 2014
LAMPERT, C.             311-SYS ENG             SEP 2013
MOTT, B.                836-PROG MGMT           APR 2014
RUVALCALBA, M.A.        835-CONT MGMT           JUL 2014
SEEMAYER, C.R.          836-PROG MGMT           APR 2014
STREETER, J.W.          311-SYS ENG             JAN 2014
ZIMMER, M.D.            805-EMBA                APR 2014
2.B.  CERTIFICATE DL PROGRAM
NAME                    DISC                    START
HUTCHINSON, J.          262-HUM SYS INT         SEP 2013
NEWBOLD, B.J.           273-SPA SYS             SEP 2013
MCDONALD, P.B.          262-HUM SYS INT         SEP 2013
ROWLETT, J.M.           281-SYS ANA             SEP 2013
RIVERAPEREZ, P.F        289-COST EST ANA        JUL 2014
3.  SELECTED OFFICERS MUST CONTACT NPS IMMEDIATELY UPON NOTIFICATION AND ENSURE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT IS SIGNED AND SUBMITTED.  THESE DEMANDING PROGRAMS REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL TIME COMMITMENTS IN AND OUT OF CLASS.  MOST PROGRAMS CONTAIN SYNCHRONOUS COURSES THAT REQUIRE PARTICIPATION AT SPECIFIC TIMES.  MATRICULATION FEES, TEXTBOOKS, EDUCATION MATERIALS, AND ALL SIMILAR FEES WILL BE BORNE BY THE STUDENT.  PROGRAM COMMENCEMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
4.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN T. D. WEIDLEY, COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND, PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//