{"id":1551,"date":"2023-02-09T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:04:08","slug":"purdue-global-chancellor-dooley-to-appear-on-the-balancing-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q1\/purdue-global-chancellor-dooley-to-appear-on-the-balancing-act","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Global Chancellor Dooley to appear on \u2018The Balancing Act\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Perhaps no television talk show is more appropriate for\u00a0Purdue Global<\/a>\u00a0than \u201cThe Balancing Act.\u201d After all, Purdue Global students \u2014 adult learners \u2014 stand out for their ability to successfully take classes while also holding down a job, caring for dependents and dealing with whatever life throws at them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Purdue Global Chancellor Frank Dooley<\/a> will appear on \u201cThe Balancing Act airing on Lifetime TV\u201d at 7:30 a.m. ET and PT on Feb. 13 and Feb. 21. He is interviewed by Montel Williams, distinguished television host, actor, motivational speaker and U.S. Navy veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a pleasure visiting with Montel and an honor to share the Purdue Global story,\u201d Dooley said. \u201cWe have such positive momentum with our university, and it\u2019s important that we spread the word far and wide.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their eight-and-half-minute conversation, which was recorded in South Florida, Dooley and Williams discussed the importance of affordable online learning for adult learners. Between 25 and 40 million Americans have valuable life experience and some college credit, but no degree. They also talked about Purdue Global\u2019s myriad certificate offerings for those individuals who have a degree and aspire to continue learning to upskill and grow their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWorking adults often need access to more education, and Purdue Global provides that to them,\u201d said Dooley, noting that the university\u2019s most popular programs \u2014 among the more than 175 offered \u2014 are\u00a0cybersecurity<\/a>,\u00a0information technology<\/a>,\u00a0nursing<\/a>,\u00a0criminal justice<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0applied behavioral analysis<\/a>. \u201cThey want to earn a degree they can be proud of and one that employees will respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dooley explained that Purdue Global courses feature lectures, discussion boards, seminars \u2014 and plenty of student support for those who need it. Courses are taught by skilled faculty members armed with educational technology and enhanced delivery methods to make classes easy to access and navigate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like that Montel used the phrase \u2018life gets in the way\u2019 when talking about adults going to school, because that\u2019s a really accurate depiction of life,\u201d Dooley said. \u201cWe believe Purdue Global is the perfect place for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williams spent 22 years in the U.S. Navy, and Purdue Global is a military-friendly school for both current and retired members. Dooley cited Kelvin Gumbs<\/a>, a Navy veteran who earned two Purdue Global degrees. Gumbs provided the keynote address at the October 2022 commencement ceremony<\/a> and now works for the university as it strives to do an even better job serving the military. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Purdue Global<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue Global delivers personalized online education tailored to the unique needs of adults who have work or life experience beyond the classroom, enabling them to develop essential academic and professional skills with the support and flexibility they need to achieve their career goals. It offers personalized paths for students to earn an associate, bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s or doctoral degree, based on their work experience, desired pace, military service, previous college credits and other considerations \u2014 no matter where they are in their life journey. Purdue Global is a nonprofit, public university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It is affiliated with Purdue University\u2019s flagship institution, a highly ranked public research university located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue University also operates regional campuses in Fort Wayne and Northwest Indiana, as well as serving science, engineering and technology students at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\/purdue-global\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About The Balancing Act<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Balancing Act\u00ae is a morning show created and produced by BrandStar<\/a> that offers sensible solutions and essential information in a fun, entertaining format; providing resources to help people do life better. The Balancing Act features everything from delicious recipes, style makeovers and dream getaways to parenting tips and the latest news in health and wealth. Tune in to The Balancing Act weekdays at 7:30 a.m. (ET\/PT) on Lifetime\u00ae, and find all previously aired episodes on TheBalancingAct.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n
\n

\n Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Matthew Oates,\u00a0oatesw@purdue.edu<\/a>
Source:<\/strong>\u00a0Frank Dooley <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Perhaps no television talk show is more appropriate for\u00a0Purdue Global\u00a0than \u201cThe Balancing Act.\u201d After all, Purdue Global students \u2014 adult learners \u2014 stand out for their ability to successfully take classes while also holding down a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,420],"tags":[],"department":[50],"source":[333],"purdue_today_topic":[72],"coauthors":[123],"class_list":["post-1551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global","category-unlisted","department-global","source-purdue-global","purdue_today_topic-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1551"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8685,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions\/8685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"purdue_today_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/purdue_today_topic?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}