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Academics

New tradition honors veteran graduates

FIU’s Office of Veteran and Military Affairs held its first Graduating Veterans Recognition Ceremony in December. Surrounded by families and friends, fall graduates were honored for their academic achievements and contributions. This year, in addition to the customary red, white and blue cords, graduates received camouflage stoles to commemorate their unique distinction and service. Read […]

Other News

ASU awarded $2.4-million grant to fund DoD research project

The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University has announced plans to provide strategic recommendations to the nation’s military to improve patient care for service members. ASU is partnering with Active Innovations, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), and Expression Networks to develop recommendations for a fully integrated supply chain organization model to include […]

Military

83-Year-Old Veteran to Earn a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University

Johnnie Jones, an 83-year-old Marines veteran will receive a Ph.D. from Louisiana State Univeristy (LSU) during the College of Agriculture ceremony on Friday, Dec. 14. Jones joined the Marine Corps when he was 18, and began his studies at LSU when he was deployed to Vietnam as a squad leader. “I wanted to stay connected, […]

Veterans

University of Missouri Law School provides free legal advice to veterans

The University of Missouri Law School provides free legal advice to veterans in receiving benefits. Community Engagement Specialist in Community and Economic Development Meridith Berry says the help is available to any veteran having difficulties with their veteran benefits. Read more

Policy

Rep. Mark Takano poised to lead House Committee on Veterans Affairs

Rep. Mark Takano’s experience with veterans started before he reached Capitol Hill. His great uncles served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a U.S. Army unit of Japanese Americans who fought in World War II. They served even as their loved ones, including Takano’s grandparents and parents, were held in internment camps in the United […]

Veterans

Ranger College recognizes veteran who doubted he would ever graduate

Ranger College administrators awarded Brownwood veteran Jeffery Allen Phillips, who graduated with honors Friday night, with a special recognition for inspiring fellow students and staff members. Ranger College President William Campion called Phillips a personal hero while honoring Phillips in front of hundreds inside the Coggin Avenue Baptist Church. Read more

Other News

Maxwell group aims to give families other options than second-rate local schools

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A newly formed group at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama is aiming to improve the education options for military families. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the group plans to tackle a variety of topics. Among them: Increasing attendance at the on-base school; a streamlined application process for Montgomery’s magnet schools; and more […]

Veterans

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran presses VA for proper housing payment to veterans

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran joined Republican and Democratic colleagues Thursday requesting an inspector general investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs’ failure to properly pay student veterans the housing allowances mandated by the new GI Bill. Moran, a Kansas Republican, said the inquiry should address allegations the VA declined to reimburse veterans for unpaid or […]

Academics

A special relationship: The US military and Swiss universities

From aerial surveillance cameras to autonomous reconnaissance drones: Swiss universities are participating in projects funded by the US military. What are the guidelines when it comes to such sensitive collaboration? Argus Panoptes is a giant in Greek mythology who has a hundred eyes. He was tasked by the Goddess Hera to guard her priestess Io […]

Veterans

Book covers long military career of Penn Yan native

PENN YAN — About eight years ago, Terry Mitchell’s wife told him about a writing group at Syracuse University for war veterans. Started a couple of years earlier by two SU professors, its name, simply, was the Syracuse Veterans Writing Group. Mitchell was intrigued. Read more

Veterans

Military veteran, ASU Online student, graduates with honors after 20-year journey

Johnathon Orrell took his first college class in 1998. After 20 years of juggling military service, working full-time and being a single father, he is now completing his degree and graduating from Arizona State University with honors. This month, he will earn a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies After a chance […]

Veterans

VA still paying millions in GI Bill tuition to ineligible for-profit schools: Watchdog

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued the latest in a series of five audits charging that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ oversight failures could potentially lead to $2.3 billion in GI Bill money going to ineligible for-profit schools over the next five years. The latest OIG report released Monday focused on poor […]

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