UC Online partners with Cincinnati Reds to provide employees, dependents educational benefits

New partnership opportunity helps to recruit and retain employees in a tight job market

The University of Cincinnati Online is excited to announce a partnership with the Cincinnati Reds.

Front office employees of the Reds and their families will now have access to a high-quality online education at reduced tuition costs.

UC Online’s business partnership program is for companies, organizations and agencies seeking to provide high-quality education benefits to their employees to support retention, boosting skills and talent development. This program allows employees and their qualified family members the ability to receive employer support when they enroll in an online program offered by the University of Cincinnati.

Businesses, organizations and agencies who partner with UC Online can offer this scholarship to employees and qualified family members. With over 100 programs offered online, employees can learn the skills needed for professional and organizational development.

I'm very grateful for the scholarship as it will provide some financial relief in these difficult economic times.

Jamie Ramsey Cincinnati Reds employee

headshot of Cincinnati Reds employee, Jamie Ramsey

Jamie Ramsey, Cincinnati Reds employee. Photo provided by Jamie Ramsey.

Cincinnati Reds director of media relations, digital content, Jamie Ramsey, is taking advantage of the tuition scholarship. Ramsey has been with the Reds since 1997.

“UC's online program seemed like a perfect fit in terms of what the program offered and how courses were structured,” said Ramsey. “I'm very grateful for the scholarship as it will provide some financial relief in these difficult economic times.”

"UC Online is pleased to partner with the Cincinnati Reds offering this tuition scholarship that helps to develop, educate and retain their employees through a high-quality, high-touch online degree experience,” said Jason Lemon, PhD, vice provost for UC Online. “Cincinnati Reds employees who take courses at UC Online will feel supported from start to graduation.”

Featured photo at top of Great American Ball Park courtesy of Canva.

UC Online is ready to work with your business, organization or agency to form a corporate partnership. For more information about the program, please visit https://online.uc.edu/corporate-partners/.

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