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New Pell Grant Program Removes Barriers

Jackson State University and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are taking part in a new federal program that aims to increase low-income students’ access to college. Starting this semester, about 10,000 high school students across the country can use Pell Grants for dual enrollment courses for the first time. Most students pay for dual enrollment […]

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El Paso Gets One Stop Center for Veterans

Emergence Health Network (EHN) is proud to announce the Grand Opening of the El Paso Veterans One Stop Center. EHN received a $500,000 grant from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for Veterans’ Assistance and close to $123,000 from the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for the development of the first of its kind “Veteran […]

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Air Force Veteran Serves Community Through Art

I seldom create things to please other people; I normally create things with the mindset that I’m making something that I would want to display in my own home,” said the man with many accolades and awarding-winning pieces adorning the walls around his drafting table. Before retiring in 2010, then Master Sgt. Cody Vance was […]

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Wounded Warrior Project Helps K.C. Veteran Find a Job

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After serving the United States during times of war, it’s still harder for veterans to find jobs than civilians. When you add an injury on top of that veteran status, the odds are even steeper. A recently released study shows many employers see veterans as heroes but they don’t necessarily see […]

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Oregon Expo Will Help Veterans Learn about Benefits

The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ second annual Veteran Benefit Expo will be held Sept. 8 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland. The event brings together close to 100 federal, state and local providers of programs and services that benefit veterans and their families. Read More

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Summit Highlights Challenges for Student Veterans

DANVERS — Instead of recalling the fog of war, a group of college veterans spoke about the support they have received and the fog of trying to navigate their school and their veterans benefits, during a Veterans Education Summit held at North Shore Community College Wednesday. The daylong summit brought together representatives from 22 state […]

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Veterans Center Starts Textbooks to Troops Program

University of Southern Mississippi senior Ashley Thames, a member of the Air Force Reserve and a nursing student, said a new program called Textbooks for Troops will help her save money on the nursing textbooks she needs to complete her education. “It will be helpful”, she said. “We spend a lot of money on tuition. […]

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A Veteran Makes His Own Success Story

Measuring success is much more than quantifiable and qualitative results. Depending on a person’s culture success could be defined with several different meanings. Business success may be determined by revenue, success on the battlefield is determined by victory. But, how does a person measure personal success? “Success is to be measured not so much by […]

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Mental Health Aid Helps Veterans in Transition

Military service teaches resilience, responsibility, teamwork and persistence — traits that translate well into the civilian business world. But the chain of command, the path to promotion and the freedom to make your own decisions are very different in the military versus civilian settings, and that can be daunting to service men and women transitioning […]

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Michigan Tech Recognized as Veteran Friendly

HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech is the gold standard in many areas of academics. Now they are also getting recognized for helping veterans. Michigan Tech is now a gold-level Veteran-Friendly school, the recognition coming from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency. Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Director James Redford said, “There are seven standards that we measure against […]

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Programs Help Veterans in Transition

Military veterans often face significant challenges in re-acclimating to ‘normal’ life in the United States. These challenges may be rooted in mental, emotional and psychological issues resulting from the trauma and stresses of war. Physical injuries can be seen, but internal struggles (what Humans of New York photographer Brandon Stanton calls “invisible wounds”) frequently remain […]

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Skills Program Aids Transitioning Military

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) and Southside Virginia Community College are offering a free course to train veterans or transitioning military members as computer numeric controlled machinists. “This is a huge opportunity worthy of consideration,” Bruce Sobczak, director of workforce development at CCAM, a Prince George County-based research consortium between industry and university […]

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