(Photo Credit: UCF Parade at Magic Kingdom)
Disney employees are in for the experience of their lives!
Disney World is offering a first-time opportunity for workers, offering free education for enrollment at the University of Central Florida. The UCF campus is a short drive from Disney World in Orlando, making it a perfect opportunity for employees.
The Walt Disney Company announced last year that they will be investing $150 million for a program called Disney Aspire to help educate their workforce. The program will cover tuition costs including application fees and books.
Currently, about 40 percent of Disney’s 85,000 full-time and part-time hourly employees have signed up for the program since it began in August 2018, Disney said in an update Thursday. According to recent statistics, more than 6,000 are taking classes and includes those working towards a high school diploma, a college degree or vocational skill.
“Since its launch, Disney Aspire has enabled thousands of Cast Members to dream bigger and reach higher,” said George Kalogridis, president of Walt Disney World Resort and a 1976 UCF alumnus who studied sociology, in a news release. “Adding UCF to this prestigious network of schools will provide our Cast Members with even more options to create the futures they imagine.”
Employees aren’t guaranteed admission to UCF and will not have a special advantage over other applicants. They must get accepted by the institution in order to receive benefits from the Disney Aspire program.
By: Maytinee Kramer
