{"id":1998,"date":"2022-04-28T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:52:08","slug":"amazon-career-choice-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/amazon-career-choice-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon teams with Oregon State to offer statewide employees tuition benefit to learn on campus, online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"editor-note\"><strong>Editor&#8217;s note: <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;\">This story was originally published on the Oregon State University <a href=\"https:\/\/educationalventures.oregonstate.edu\/news\/amazon-career-choice-collaboration\/\">Division of Educational Ventures news site<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2014 Oregon State University today announced a collaboration that assists Amazon hourly employees in Oregon in pursuing a college degree by enrolling in OSU courses on campus and online.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon workers in Oregon will benefit from tuition assistance to pursue more than 200 Oregon State programs on the Corvallis campus or at OSU-Cascades in Bend, as well as 90-plus programs through OSU Ecampus, the university\u2019s nationally ranked online education division.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest in a series of collaborations Ecampus has formed with organizations and employer networks to provide educational solutions for working adults. It is the first such alliance that gives students the ability to learn in person or online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOSU is Oregon\u2019s statewide university, and this collaboration is true to the spirit of our mission to serve people in our state,\u201d said Becky Johnson, Oregon State\u2019s interim president. \u201cWe are working to expand access to higher education for all qualified students, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and this collaboration with Amazon will help us achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"textBox\" style=\"width: 20%;\">\n<h4>MEDIA CONTACT<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Send an email to Tyler Hansen, OSU Ecampus senior writer and communications manager\" href=\"mailto:tyler.hansen@oregonstate.edu\">Tyler Hansen<\/a><br \/>\n541-737-5740<\/p>\n<h4>SOURCE<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Send an email to Lisa L. Templeton, OSU Ecampus associate provost\" href=\"mailto:lisa.l.templeton@oregonstate.edu\">Lisa L. Templeton<\/a><br \/>\n541-737-1279<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.oregonstate.edu\/amazon-career-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Career Choice<\/a> program assists full- and part-time employees as they learn new skills to advance their careers at Amazon or elsewhere. The program collaborates with institutions like Oregon State that support working adults academically, assisting them with job placements and providing educational pathways that lead to career success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to Oregon State coming on board as an education partner, adding to the hundreds of best-in-class offerings available to our employees,\u201d said Tammy Thieman, global program lead of Amazon\u2019s Career Choice program. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to empowering our employees by providing them access to the education and training they need to grow their careers, whether that\u2019s with us or elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, more than 50,000\u00a0Amazon\u00a0employees around the world have already participated in Career Choice, and we\u2019ve seen firsthand how it can transform their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon operates fulfillment centers in Hillsboro, Portland, Salem and Troutdale, with additional warehouses expected to open next year in Canby and Woodburn. More than half of Amazon Career Choice participants identify as Black, Hispanic or Indigenous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to support adult learners wherever they live, and teaming with Amazon is an exciting, innovative way to give Oregonians increased access to high-quality OSU programs that meet their needs,\u201d said Ecampus Associate Provost Lisa L. Templeton.<\/p>\n<p>Ecampus has corporate collaborations\u00a0with organizations such as Guild Education, Peet\u2019s Coffee and the Professional Hockey League Players\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-30-<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Oregon State University Ecampus:\u00a0<\/strong>As a leader in online education, Oregon State Ecampus provides access to exceptional learning experiences that transform the lives of students in Oregon and around the world. OSU Ecampus delivers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs and over 1,600 classes online and in a hybrid format. Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/\">ecampus.oregonstate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>Oregon State University formed a collaboration that enables Amazon hourly employees in Oregon to pursue a college degree by enrolling in OSU courses on campus and online. Amazon workers will benefit from tuition assistance to pursue more than 200 OSU programs on the Corvallis campus, at OSU-Cascades in Bend or online through OSU Ecampus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,661,702,2,682],"tags":[598],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-corporate-and-workforce-education-unit","category-educational-ventures","category-in-the-news","category-press-releases","tag-workforce-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/Amazon-X-OSU-tb-800x450-1.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-we","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2692,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/oregon-association-chiefs-of-police-collaboration\/","url_meta":{"origin":1998,"position":0},"title":"OSU teams with Oregon police chiefs association, offers tuition benefit to 6,500+ employees","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"December 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Editor's note: This story was originally published on the Oregon State University Division of Educational Ventures news site. 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