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New Tech Jobs: It’s What You Know

ROCKET CENTER, W.Va. — A few years ago, Sean Bridges lived with his mother, Linda, in Wiley Ford, W.Va. Their only income was her monthly Social Security disability check. He applied for work at Walmart and Burger King, but they were not hiring. Yet while Mr. Bridges had no work history, he had certain skills. […]

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No Excuses: Getting an Education While Deployed

From the generous benefits of the Post-9/11 GI Bill to the tuition reimbursement and student load deferment programs in place, there are so many ways to earn your degree at little-to-no out-of-pocket cost. Most overseas installations now have internet access— even the remote forward operating bases (FOBs) — and if you can swing the wild […]

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Transition Program Keeps Service Members Employed

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The transition from military to civilian life is inevitable for every service member, but with help from the Service Member for Life Transition Assistance program, it doesn’t have to be done alone. The SFL TAP on Joint Base Lewis-McChord provides relevant and practical tools and services to help transitioning service […]

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Ex-Soldier Begins Life as Teacher

An Army veteran who fought in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland has become a primary school teacher through a government scheme and has called it the “most rewarding” career. James Barnard, 36, is currently working at Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School in Barnstaple after joining the two-year Troops to Teachers training programme. The Department of […]

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UT Austin Offers First Online Master’s in Nutrition

AUSTIN, Texas – The College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin has launched its first master’s program offered completely online, a Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences. The program, open to qualified applicants for enrollment in the fall 2017 semester, is designed to provide a rigorous education to working professionals in […]

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Programs Help Airmen Prepare for Careers

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) — The Air Force has begun participating in career skills programs which afford eligible Airmen the opportunity to prepare for a post-Air Force career up to six months before separation or retirement. Apprenticeships, on-the-job training, employment skills training and internships are all career skills programs that offer skills training […]

Getting Students Talking? Teach It Online

I feel especially close to the 20 undergraduate students who just completed my five-week summer session marketing class. This close bond wasn’t a result of the usual experiences that bring students and their instructors together, like individual office meetings or vibrant classroom discussions. The closeness was created digitally, because this was a class delivered entirely […]

Military Service: One of Best Decisions Ever

URBANA — Lt. Nicholas Osborne served an 11-month deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom before becoming director of the Chez Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education. Part of the first job was checking for IEDs in vehicles that were shipped out. Education was always part of the plan. But just as many World War II […]

Website Helps Military, Veterans Assess College Costs

The Veterans Affairs (VA) website has a good tool for determining school costs at most colleges and universities. The website is called the GI Bill Comparison Tool at www.vets.gov/gi-bill-comparison-tool. The site is available for everyone to use. It provides an annual cost for tuition, gives a benchmark of living costs and for veterans it provides […]

R.I. Assembly Approves Bill to Study Veteran Education

PROVIDENCE — Legislation sponsored by Rep. Samuel Azzinaro, D-Westerly, and Sen. Walter S. Felag Jr., D-Warren, that would create a 13 member special legislative commission to study veteran and military spouse education and employment opportunities was approved Wednesday by the General Assembly. The purpose of the commission will be to study and discuss best practices […]

U.S. Rep: Defense Bill Includes Help for Military Spouses, Families

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro, helped shepherd several amendments to a defense appropriations bill, including a Democratic-backed climate change measure, through the committee process. She successfully got through three of her own measures, two dealing with military transfers and another with the selection of an East Coast missile defense site. Read More

Merchant Marine Academy Remains on Accreditation Warning

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point remains on warning by its academic accrediting agency even as the school has improved all but one of the five quality benchmarks it failed last year, according to a status update made public Thursday. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which initially placed the federal service […]

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