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4 unusual facts about Western Governors University


Mike Leavitt

While Governor, Leavitt and Roy Romer of Colorado were the two key founders of Western Governors University in 1997, one of the first exclusively online schools in the nation.

Western Governors University

WGU Indiana was the first state established school created June 11, 2010 by Executive Order 10-04, signed by then governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels.

In 2010, the first state-established school, WGU Indiana, was founded by Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana, and the school reached 20,000 students for the first time.

In 2010, the university’s president, Robert Mendenhall, was named 2010 CEO of the Year by Utah Business Magazine.



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WGU Indiana

The Chancellor reports to Western Governors University President Robert Mendenhall.