Chris Moon Goes from Sergeant Major to Civilian with Help from CMU
One of CMU’s greatest supporters at Fort
Riley in Kansas is Clistus “Chris” Moon. Chris started his master’s degree
program with CMU after retiring from the army as a Sergeant Major. In less
than a year and a half – Chris is a very hard worker – he completed his
Master of Science in Administration degree with a concentration in Public
Administration.
Chris started out looking for an MBA degree but when he read through the
curriculum for the MSA from CMU, he felt it was better suited to career
plans. “The MSA was a better fit than the MBA,” says Chris. “It just made
more sense. The MSA has the right mix of content for anyone in the army or
civil service. You learn people skills, administration skills, management
skills. You get financial courses, too, but it’s not all about the money.
It’s just a great degree for people like me.”
Larry Brockson, CMU program administrator at Fort Riley, says it’s people
like Chris that are often drawn to CMU’s MSA program. According to Larry,
“Chris Moon was a focused energetic student who realized that after he
retired from the army he would need a graduate program that would prepare
him to use his training and experience in the civilian sector. He wanted
knowledge, not just a piece of paper and he found that in CMU’s MSA
program.” The weekend class format offered by CMU was also a big help to
Chris whose schedule includes helping out with this three children –
Natalie, Sylvia, and Hunter. He took most of his classes at Fort Riley but
was able to take three online and one at nearby Fort Leavenworth.
Today Chris is a Staffing Specialist at the Southwest Civilian Personnel
Center at Fort Riley. He credits his master’s degree from CMU with helping
him secure his new position. “Being in the master’s program at CMU
definitely helped,” says Chris. “The Human Resources people here at Fort
Riley knew the CMU program and knew people who came out of it received a
quality education and could perform to the level they need.”
Chris must have liked the program. His wife is now working on her MSA in
Human Resources Administration at CMU.
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