Southwestern College Professional Studies has teamed with the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) to help students earn their CCAF degree.
The new initiative is called General Education Mobile (GEM).   
Currently, airmen sign up for and complete five courses of general education classes required for their CCAF degree either at a local or online college.  Often times though, the airman’s education is interrupted by deployments, temporary duty assignments, and changes of station. 
As a result, the general education requirements often are the last degree requirements airmen complete; some airmen take up to 10 years to finish them all.
Southwestern College is the first four-year institution that is involved with the GEM initiative.  With the GEM, students near the beginning of their education will enroll for those general education classes as a single five-course sequence taken online through Southwestern College Professional Studies. Credits will transfer and apply toward the CCAF degree.
“The General Education Mobile is a wonderful opportunity for airmen,” says Heather Kesterson, coordinator of military education for Southwestern College Professional Studies.  “It enables them to accomplish the general education portion of their CCAF in a straightforward and timely manner.  Our service men and women do so much for our country that anytime we can help them accomplish their goals, we are proud to do so.”  
For more information, contact Kesterson at (316) 684-5335 ext. 220.