Fayetteville State University is proud to announce its selection as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to bachelor’s degrees and certificate programs to learn new skills for career success.

“We’re excited to offer Amazon employees the opportunity to pursue bachelor’s degree and certificate programs to elevate their career success,” said Vice Chancellor of Strategic Enrollment and Student Success Pamela Baldwin, Ed.D. in a press release. “With a brand-new Amazon facility on Bragg Boulevard that will create more than 1,000 jobs in Fayetteville, this collaboration supports our mission in a multitude of ways as we work to enhance the lives of our students and community members.”

Amazon’s Career Choice program is an educational benefit that empowers employees to learn new skills for career success at Amazon or elsewhere. The program meets individual learners where they are on their education journey through a variety of education and upskilling opportunities including pre-paid college tuition, industry certifications designed to lead to in-demand jobs and foundational skills such as English language proficiency, high school diplomas and GEDs. In the U.S., the company is investing $1.2 billion to upskill more than 300,000 employees by 2025 to help move them into higher-paying, in-demand jobs.

Amazon has had over 4,000 participants in Career Choice in North Carolina since the program launched 10 years ago, with more than 2,000 participants just last year alone. To date, the program has invested $14 million in skills training and education for employees in the state. The most popular Pathways field of study in North Carolina has been technology. There are currently over 15,000 Career Choice-eligible employees in North Carolina who can participate in these programs.

“We’re looking forward to Fayetteville State University coming on board as an education partner for Career Choice, adding to the hundreds of best-in-class offerings available to our employees,” said Tammy Thieman, Global Director of Career Choice at Amazon, in a press release. “We’re committed to empowering our employees by providing them access to the education and training they need to grow their careers, whether that’s with us or elsewhere. We have intentionally created a partner network of third-party educators and employers committed to providing excellent education, job placement resources and continuous improvements to the experience. Today, over 200,000 Amazon employees around the world have participated in Career Choice and we’ve seen first-hand how it can transform their lives.”

For more information on Amazon’s Career Choice, visit: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/career-choice. For more information on Fayetteville State University, visit: www.uncfsu.edu.