Preferred Businesses

PREFERRED BUSINESSES

As part of our benefits for our member organizations, we developed relationships with a variety of businesses across the country to offer special services and discounts.

Contact

Graduate programs admissions

Danesha Coulson
954-958-6092
druiz@purdueglobal.edu

Undergraduate programs admissions

Joseph Essaye
954-489-6621
jessaye@purdueglobal.edu

Military employees

Jeff Smith
407-208-3598
jsmith@purdueglobal.edu

Purdue University Global is a public, nonprofit school designed to provide working adults in America with online access to an affordable, world-class education. Lutheran Services in America is partnering with Purdue Global to offer employees of our member organizations and their immediate family members a 20 percent tuition reduction for undergraduate programs and 14 percent tuition reduction for graduate programs.
Eligible family members include spouses, domestic partners, parents, siblings and children.
As a benefit of membership, Lutheran Services in America members are eligible for a 25 percent discount on accreditation from Social Current (formerly Council on Accreditation).

Contact

Kara Plum
805-755-4281
kplum@chooseust.org

Through our partnership with UST, members have access to essential workforce, HR and unemployment solutions that meet the unique needs of nonprofit employers. UST offers cost-saving programs designed to improve cash flow, mitigate risk, ensure HR compliance, and add operational efficiencies so you can do more to impact your local communities.

Service highlights include:

  • Comprehensive unemployment claims administration and expert advice paired with unique funding options to help mitigate unemployment costs and build a financial asset for your organization.
  • A cloud-based HR platform of integrated resources and training supported by live HR experts to answer complex questions, helping nonprofits create a safe, compliant, and productive workplace.
  • Award-winning outplacement and career transition services that add impact to your severance packages and build goodwill with employees.

Whether your primary focus is to protect your assets, ensure compliance, reduce unemployment costs, or to build a thriving work culture to keep your employees engaged, UST has a solution for you. Over 2,200 nonprofit employers saved more than $59 million in HR and unemployment claims costs with UST Workforce Solutions in just one year alone. To learn more, visit them online or contact a dedicated UST workforce consultant for a free program evaluation at 888-249-4788.

LEARN MORE

Bola Sodeinde
Senior Director of Business Operations
bsodeinde@lutheranservices.org

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