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International

Spontaneous Synergy Happens in a Diverse Classroom

A kind of magical synergy can break out in a university classroom that is diverse when unlikely circumstances coalesce. Where else would a 21-year-old Pakistani man and a 37-year-old U.S. Army Ranger from Ohio find themselves together in rural southeastern North Carolina?

Policy

Alabama VA Board Names Retired Rear Adm. W. Kent Davis Next Commissioner

Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs has recently appointed retired Rear Adm. W. Kent Davis to be its next commissioner. An active duty veteran of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, Davis has experience in all service branches, serving a total of over 30 years in the military with more than 11 years of […]

Veterans

Coastal Carolina University Receives Boeing Grant to Support Veterans Transition Program

Coastal Carolina University has received an $80,000 grant from Boeing South Carolina to support a new “Boeing Skills to Lead – Veterans Career Transition Program” in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. “We are very thankful for this grant and excited to partner with Boeing to assist the many veterans and military […]

Academics

UTSA, OLLU Researchers to Use NEH Grant For Female Military History Archive Project

Two researchers from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) have received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the establishment of a digital oral history archive dedicated to women in the military during different periods of war. During the two […]

Veterans

Free Boots to Business Program Helps Transitioning Service Members, Families Become Successful Business Owners

Looking to start your own small business? A new program at the Airman and Family Readiness Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio can provide you with knowledge that can help you become a successful business owner. The program, called Boots to Business (B2B) is a free business ownership education and training program […]

Funding

Park University Offers Tuition Assistance to Coast Guard Students During Government Shutdown

Park University, a nonprofit, private institution located in Parkville, Missouri, has announced it is assisting U.S. Coast Guard members during the partial federal government shutdown.

Academics

Mott Community College Recieves MVAA Grant to Support Veterans Beginning College Career

Mott Community College (MCC) has received a Military Credit Equivalency grant from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) to support veterans make the most of their military education as they begin their higher education career. Mott Community College is one of seven institutions that received over $258,000 in grant funds from the Michigan Veterans Affairs […]

Academics

Two Military Education Institutions Affected by Partial Government Shutdown

Military educational institutions across the country have generally been unaffected by the partial government shutdown as a result of the Department of Defense continuing to be funded, however the Coast Guard Academy and National War College in Washington, D.C. have been affected. The U.S. Coast Guard receives funding from the Department of Homeland Security, one […]

Funding

Most Military Branches are Seeing an Increase in TA Benefit Usage, Except for the Army

According to data from the U.S. Department of Defense, usage of the military tuition assistance (TA) benefit has been stable across most military branches, except for the Army, which has seen significant drops in usage of the benefit. In fiscal 2018, the U.S. Army recorded approximately 82,000 military service members and veterans using the TA […]

Policy

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Trump Transgender Military Ban to Move Forward

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted a U.S. Department of Justice request to allow the Trump administration to move forward with its plan to prohibit transgender military service from occurring while policy challenges take place in the lower courts. The earliest that the Supreme Court could act on the transgender military service issue would be […]

Academics

U.S. Army Cyber Center, University System of Georgia Partner to Help Active Service Members Earn Degrees in Cyber Fields

The U.S. Army Cyber Center in Augusta and the University System of Georgia (USG) have recently signed an agreement that will help active duty military and reservists earn a degree in cyber careers.

Veterans

UCLA, Brentwood School Under Fire for Allegedly Shortchanging Veterans

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Brentwood School have been accused of shortchanging veterans by advocates who claim that neither institution is giving veterans the services they were promised under their leases at a VA property in West L.A. UCLA assured veterans they would receive game tickets, family welfare services and legal clinic […]

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