Speaker:  Angela Willits, OK State Regents for Higher Education

Topic:  Reach Higher: Direct Complete

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Angela Willits is the Lumina Degree Completion Manager for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.  In this position, Angela serves as the program manager/developer for Reach Higher: DirectComplete, an adult degree completion initiative.  The initiative has been made possible through the Lumina Adult Promise grant awarded to Oklahoma State Regents in June 2017.  DirectComplete can provide links to financial and support services for adults who have some college credit but no degree, so that they may seek degree completion in fields critical to Oklahoma’s economic future.

Angela is a citizen of the Tohono O’Odham Nation. Prior to joining OSRHE, Angela taught at Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas; she worked for a Department of the Navy Health Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas; and she served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years.  Angela earned a Master’s of Social Work Degree, in Community and Administrative Practice, from University of Texas in Arlington, and holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Technical Management.  Angela brings over 25 years of technical training and workplace knowledge to her organization.