About Our Sponsors

UniversityNow’s mission is to make a high-quality college education available to everyone.

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, UniversityNow operates Patten University, which offers Associate, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and is regionally-accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

As the winner of a competitive grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and EDUCAUSE, UniversityNow was recognized as a "breakthrough learning" platform and next generation model for post-secondary education that employs individualized instruction and cutting-edge technologies designed to facilitate student-to-instructor and peer-to-peer learning and support that is customized to each student’s needs.

Importantly, UniversityNow's self-paced platform is flexible enough to accommodate the demanding schedules of working adults, so students never need to choose between career demands vs. completing their education.

Through its Employer Solutions initiatives, UniversityNow has partnered with America's leading employers -- including federal, state and local government agencies -- to make it possible for working adults with tuition assistance benefits to earn a college degree at no cost to them.

Learn more by visiting UniversityNow’s website at www.unow.com

Deloitte is proud to team with the Department of Defense to solve its most difficult operational challenges in a cost affordable, innovative, and value driven way. Drawing from industry-leading experiences serving the government, Deloitte provides deep capabilities in human capital transformation, IT integration, organization and strategy, audit readiness, and predictive analytics. Serving more than 80 percent of the world’s largest companies, we have reach back to leading practices in the private sector to help the DoD tackle an increasingly complex and performance driven environment.

For over 28 years, the Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc. (COE) has been a trusted partner helping federal agencies measurably improve efficiency and effectiveness. COE works collaboratively to gain a deep understanding of each organization’s mission and values so that a solution to one problem does not create more challenges in other areas. We help align strategy, processes, and people to perform at their best. We are committed to measuring—and optimizing—the efficacy of our strategies and tools, all of which are time-tested to deliver results that matter. Headquartered in the Washington DC area, COE offers performance management, strategic human capital consulting, organizational assessment and business process re-engineering, as well as program evaluation and information technology consulting through the GSA MOBIS schedule, the OPM TMA contract, the Army PEO-EIS Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Engineering BPA, and the OPM Information Technology Services BPA. Visit us at www.center4oe.com.

(MGS) leverages the unmatched recruiting resources of the Monster Worldwide network to connect government and education employers with quality job seekers. Our solutions are specifically created for the Federal, State and Local, and Education sectors and include strategies that attract, assess, hire and retain diverse candidates.

YRCI is a veteran-owned business and cleared facility on the GSA Schedule 738X, for Human Resources (HR) and EEO. Our core business is providing professional HR services to the federal government. Our services include: recruitment and staffing; classification and position management; personnel and payroll processing; employee and labor relations; retirement counseling and calculations; and employee benefits. Expert HR advisory services, OPF/eOPF maintenance support, training, timekeeping, and policy writing are also skill sets of our staff members. As an integral part of today’s federal hiring practices, YRCI has added the capability of providing Personnel Security Services and assistance to the federal government.