Waubonsee, Aurora University sign admissions agreement to provide seamless student transfer

Waubonsee Community College recently signed a guaranteed admissions agreement with Aurora University. Signers included Waubonsee President Dr. Brian Knetl and Aurora University President Dr. Susan Rivera-Mills.

Waubonsee Community College and Aurora University recently signed a Guaranteed Admissions Agreement. The agreement provides a seamless opportunity for Waubonsee students to complete a bachelor’s degree at AU after completing coursework at Waubonsee.

Any Waubonsee student who has completed a transferable associate degree at Waubonsee with a minimum grade-point average of 2.25, submits a required application and supporting documentation and meets all other admission requirements, will automatically be admitted to AU at the junior level and will be deemed to have met AU’s lower-division general education requirements.

Waubonsee President Brian Knetl and Aurora University President Susana Rivera-Mills officially signed the agreement.

“We are affirming a long partnership and there is more mutually cooperative work to come,” Knetl said in a news release.

“By signing this agreement, we are providing a simplified and streamlined pathway for our students to maximize student success,” Rivera-Mills said in the release. “It opens all kinds of possibilities to be innovative.”

There are specific admission and academic requirements for this program. Visit waubonsee.edu/transfer for information.