BVU and Opportunity Living Join as Strategic Partners
Educational benefits package for Opportunity Living employees and their families expands within agreement with BVU that also offers additional workshops and more.
Buena Vista University (BVU) and Opportunity Living, of Lake City, Rockwell City, and Carroll, have become Strategic Partners, opening a variety of educational benefits now available to employees of Opportunity Living.
Under the Strategic Partnership initiative, Opportunity Living employees, spouses/domestic partners and their children may receive grant funding to lower the overall cost of education while enrolled in classes at BVU’s Storm Lake campus. Partner grant funding also reduces the cost per credit hour for students enrolled in BVU’s convenient online/hybrid undergraduate programs or BVU’s online organizational leadership graduate program.
Additional training programs, workshops, and more are also available to Opportunity Living through BVU.
“These [Opportunity Living] homes and our Activity Center in Lake City continue to provide opportunities for both clients, their families, and the public. This Strategic Partnership with BVU is but another step in growing our organization and the region it serves through education.”
Shannon Mahannah, Opportunity Living's Chief Executive Officer
“We are excited to expand our benefits package for employees and their families through this Strategic Partnership with Buena Vista University,” says Opportunity Living’s Chief Executive Officer, Shannon Mahannah, a BVU graduate. “Enabling our employees to access higher education will serve to strengthen them both personally and professionally.”
“This is a wonderful development for BVU and for the employees and families of Opportunity Living,” says Katie Smith, BVU Director of Strategic Partnerships. “To see staff members and their families receive a savings while continuing their education is rewarding. To see how a BVU education can help create stronger communities, and organizations like Opportunity Living, is transforming.”
“We are proud to be home to 82 clients within 13 homes throughout Lake City, Rockwell City, and Carroll,” says Mahannah. “These homes and our Activity Center in Lake City continue to provide opportunities for both clients, their families, and the public. This Strategic Partnership with BVU is but another step in growing our organization and the region it serves through education.”