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µþ³¢°¿°¿²Ñ±õ±·³Ò°Õ°¿±·Ìý– Cook Group has partnered with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios’s Bloomington campus to provide a continuing education program, called Achieve Your Degree^â„¢, for its employees through My Cook Pathway. Cook and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios are seeking to recruit more Cook employees into the program and to financially assist them with completing post-secondary credentials.

^™ (AYD), established by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios, is a tuition-deferral program, which enables Cook’s employees to take classes at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios in-person or online. Through financial aid and  these educational opportunities are available with no upfront or out-of-pocket costs to the student. Cook Group students begin in classes designed to earn them a specialized certification that leads to an associate degree in one of the programs below:

• Accounting
• Biotechnology
• Business Administration
• Cyber Security/Information Assurance
• Engineering Technology
• Hospitality Administration
• Information Technology Support
• Network Infrastructure
• Software Development
• Supply Chain Management

Since initiating the program, more than 1,000 employees have advanced their education and career skills with Cook Group.

In addition to the seven Cook Group companies, other Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios Bloomington Achieve Your Degree partnerships include, Bell Trace, Boston Scientific, Circle Prosco, Inc., Clipper & Soul, German American Bank, IU Credit Union, Old National Bank, Paoli Health & Living Community, Singota Solutions, Stonecroft Health Campus, and Hearthstone Health Campus.

For more information about taking part in Cook Group’s educational perks program contact your local Cook HR team.

For information about offering tuition-deferred educational perks to your own employees at low or no-cost through Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios’s Achieve Your Degree program, contact Jessica Duncan, director, at jduncan71@ivytech.edu or call (812) 330-6349.