The CCME award recognizes an institution for its significant contributions to the cause of military education. At last year’s CCME conference, Bob Bothel, Director of Voluntary Education for the US Coast Guard, asked, “All of you say you are ‘military friendly’. Is that the truth, or is it simply a marketing ploy?” CTU’s Mitchell noted that this year’s award “brought full circle the challenge made last year by Bothel and it inspired us to continue in our commitment to military education. There is still more that can be done, of course. We just hope the privilege of winning this award will challenge other schools to do more in their support and in their programs as well.”

Dr. Wallace Pond, Chancellor of CTU Online – the university’s Web-based virtual campus who, along with Mitchell, accepted the award said, “It is rewarding to have our efforts acknowledged with this honor. At CTU, we committed to becoming THE provider of choice to military students and we’ve aligned the university with the very special needs of highly mobile military personnel. This CCME award validates that we are moving in the right direction and that we have become a truly military-friendly institution.”

This prestigious award follows on the heels of other honors recently bestowed on the university for its support for American service men, women and their families. In 2007, CTU placed among the top 10 institutions in the Military Advanced Education Top 30 Colleges. MAE’s Top Colleges honor is awarded to the most military-friendly universities in the United States