USU News

USU is excited to announce this year's commencement speaker, Dr. Marla Weston. Dr. Weston dedicated her career to improving the professional practice environment for nurses and the quality of care for patients. She currently focuses on assisting healthcare organizations, governmental agencies, and nonprofit associations with creating a positive practice environment; leadership and board development; strategic planning; employee well-being; and enhancing value for their customers, members, and constituents. She launched Nurse Capital, which provides venture capital for nurse entrepreneurs disrupting the healthcare industry with innovations in technology, devices and equipment, and clinical programs. She serves as a strategic advisor to several start-up healthcare companies, including Practicing Excellence, Mobella Health, MIDAS Healthcare Solutions, and Prolucent Health. She is a co-author of the blog, Calling the Leadership Circle.

College of Education Dean, Laurie Wellner Publishes in the Journal, Teaching Ethics

The University congratulates Violeta Seitz, who will be the featured student speaker. Violeta Seitz is a nurse practitioner in Tracy, California, where she and her husband, an Internal Medicine physician, operate a primary care practice. She received her Master's degree in Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) with distinction in February 2024 and FNP board certification from the ANCC. Before becoming a nurse practitioner, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honors from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, and worked as an ambulatory care and labor and delivery nurse.

Los Angeles, CA – UNITED STATES UNIVERSITY (USU) today announced the launch of three new Arizona Department of Education (ADE)-approved teacher credential pathways, opening new routes into the classroom for aspiring teachers, career changers, and current school staff throughout the state.

LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- United States University (USU), a subsidiary of the parent company Aspen Group, Inc. ("AGI") (OTCQB: ASPU), today announced a new strategic alliance with PLAY MUSIC-ENJOY LIFE! (PMEL) and RADCO Music Group, LLC, a multi-award-winning Music and Wellness organization based in the Greater Los Angeles area. This collaboration expands USU's growing portfolio of innovative academic and community partnerships and, introduces PMEL's new after-school group piano instruction program for K–12 students across the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and other public school districts throughout the state of California.