to understand who we are, i need to tell you the story of umuc. we were established in 1947 at the university of maryland as a department that was charged with serving adult students, particularly those who were returning gis from world war ii. in 1949, we became the first university to send faculty overseas to teach our troops stationed in germany, and this was the beginning of umuc's global reach. by 1956, we had established divisions to deliver higher education in both europe and asia, and in 1963, we became the first u.s. university to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. in 1970, we became an independent fully accredited university that is part of the university system of maryland. over the years, our legendary faculty have traveled overseas to teach boots on the ground classes in the war zones of kosovo, iraq and afghanistan and today, we go where the military goes. the story of our history is important because it is at the core of who we are as a university. today we are the largest public online university offering four-year degrees in

and this was the beginning of umuc's global reach. by 1956, we had established divisions to deliver higher education in both europe and asia, and in 1963, we became the first u.s. university to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. in 1970, we became an independent, fully accredited university that is part of the university system of maryland. and over the years, our legendary faculty have traveled overseas to teach boots on the ground classes in the war zones of kosovo, iraq and afghanistan. and today, we go where the military goes. the story of our history is important, because it is at the core of who we are as a university. today we are the largest public online university offering four-year degrees in the united states. we enroll 90,000 students annually in more than 90,000 -- excuse me, in more than 90 graduate and undergraduate degree programs, certificate programs, specializations and even micro masters programs. in fall 2017, we served 50,000 active duty military service members, reservists, veterans and their dependents.

and this was the beginning of umuc global reach. by 1956, we had established divisions to deliver higher education in both europe and asia. and in 1963, we became the first u.s. university to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. in 1970, we became an independent fully accredited university that is part of the university system of maryland. and over the years, our legendary faculty have travelled overseas to teach boots on the ground classes in the war zones of cost owe vo, iraq, and afghanistan. today we go where the military goes. our story is important because it is at the core of who we are as a university. today, we are the largest public online university offering four year degrees in the united states. we enroll 90,000 students annually in more than -- excuse me, in more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificate programs, specializations and even micro masters programs. in fall 2017, we served 50,000 active duty military service members, reservists, veterans and their dependents. we have been ranked t

interview to any candidate out of massachusetts that completed a micromasters in cloud computing from umuc, who's here, on edx, or a micromasters in ai from columbia or cyber security from rit. they guaranteed an interview. so we're getting more and more corporates involved in similar job-related approaches. so, once we make education modular, omnichannel, in that universities begin to offer not just in-person courses but efficient online courses as well, we can move into life along learning where learners can take these kourgcourses throughout life. here are some examples we can expect in five to ten years from universities if we do it right. one example. why not create new modular programs like micromasters. we will launch microbachelors within the next year or two and do the same modularization of the bachelor's degree. already launched with asu, that's a precursor to the microbachelors. another example. imagine if the government could recognize micromasters for financial aid. wouldn't that be cool? employers are already recognizing it for jobs. imagine if we could create a universal cr