WGU Promotes Philyaw-Rogers To Partner Solutions Executive, Transfer Engagement
DURHAM, NC – Western Governors University, an accredited online university with more than 178,000 students nationwide, has announced that Tenita Philyaw-Rogers has been promoted from senior strategic partnerships manager (SPM) to partner executive, transfer engagement. Based in North Carolina, Philyaw-Rogers will now take on an expanded national role in coordinating transfer agreements and engagement between WGU and its partner community colleges.
As a senior strategic partnership manager, Philyaw-Rogers focused on community college partnership signing, growth and development for the past four years. In this role, she oversaw the engagement of 176 institutions in the Southeast region and signed partnerships with 21 North Carolina community colleges.
In FY23, Philyaw-Rogers was recognized as the top community college SPM, where she signed 22 new partnerships in a single year, including the entire Technical College System of Georgia. She has also led WGU’s all-region engagement with Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society for community colleges.
Philyaw-Rogers has more than 27 years of experience in higher education. Prior to joining WGU, she served as director of transfer articulation for the University of North Carolina System and director of transfer services for North Carolina Central University. She was also appointed to the North Carolina Community College Advising Board and serves on seven local and national advisory boards, and committees focused on community college and higher education. Philyaw-Rogers earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in American history from North Carolina State University and her Master of Arts degree in American history with a minor in education from North Carolina Central University.
“We are excited to have Tenita in a role where her extensive higher education experience can be utilized in advancing our national transfer engagement work with over 560 community colleges across the country,” said Mary Hendrick, Ed.D., WGU’s director of community college partnerships. “Her commitment to expanding higher education access and streamlining transfer processes will be invaluable to our continued community-college-transfer commitment.”
Established in 1997, WGU is an accredited nonprofit university offering more than 80 online bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the fields of K-12 education, information technology, business, and healthcare. WGU currently has more than 350,000 graduates across all states, territories, and overseas military installations.
For more information about WGU in North Carolina, visit nc.wgu.edu.
About Western Governors University
A nonprofit, online university established in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors with a mission to expand access to high-quality, affordable higher education, WGU now serves more than 172,000 students nationwide and has more than 350,000 graduates in all 50 states. Driving innovation as the nation’s leading competency-based university, WGU has been recognized by the White House, state leaders, employers, and students as a model that works in postsecondary education. In less than 30 years, the university has become a leading influence in changing the lives of individuals and families and preparing the workforce needed in today’s rapidly evolving economy. WGU is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and has been featured on NPR, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and The New York Times. Learn more at wgu.edu and wgu.edu/impact.