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Service members already use credit-by-exam tests as a shortcut to a college degree. Soon, the tests could function as a shortcut to college admissions, as well. Starting as soon as January, the College Level Examination Program test, or CLEP, will allow troops the option to share their test results with participating schools, as well as […]

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6 Veterans Who Are Rocking Their Post-Military Careers

Today is Veterans Day, a day of celebrating people who have devoted years of their lives to serving our country. Yet the hard reality for many veterans is that while others their age are using their formative adult years to establish careers in business and pursue educational degrees, these individuals are building military skills that […]

Bellevue University’s MVSC provides one-stop benefits for student and community veterans.

Initially, Shawn Barnard didn’t know Bellevue University – founded by military for military in 1966 – had a Military Veteran Services Center on campus when he was a student. But while finishing his bachelor’s degree in human resources, Barnard, who came to Bellevue more than 10 years earlier via active duty at Offutt Air Force […]

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How to Highlight Military Jobs in MBA Applications

MBA hopefuls with military experience should know that graduate business school admissions officers are often thrilled to receive applications from military veterans and active-duty military personnel. MBA admissions experts say MBA candidates from the military tend to have unique work experience and an interesting outlook on life that is distinct from that of their nonmilitary […]

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Military couple pursues degrees together in Beaver College of Health Sciences

BOONE, N.C. — A military couple who served in the U.S. Navy together is now pursuing degrees in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences. Senior Dylan Harris analyzed radar signals on a submarine and is now majoring in nutrition and foods, with a minor in chemistry, to become a registered dietician. […]

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UChicago offers new resource for military-affiliated students, faculty and staff

The University of Chicago has created the Office for Military-Affiliated Communities to provide a new resource for prospective and current students, faculty and staff, including those who serve in the military, veterans and members of military families. The new office serves as a central home for the University’s military-affiliated work, helping to amplify a range […]

‘Hope 22’ exhibition examines mental health in the military

LAWRENCE — Beginning Nov. 10, the Spencer Museum of Art will host the exhibition “Hope 22,” which features 22 portraits of veterans and active duty personnel accompanied by written accounts of their experiences with the military and mental health. The traveling exhibition, co-sponsored at the University of Kansas by the Lt. Gen. William K. Jones […]

Paperwork backlog delays benefits to veterans attending Wichita State

More than 100 student veterans at Wichita State University have not received their GI Bill benefits because of a paperwork backlog caused by understaffing at the university’s Military and Veteran Student Center. Delayed payments prompted some students to drop courses or withdraw from the university altogether, student leaders said, and they urged WSU to rectify […]

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Veteran student recounts struggles in attending college

When Denise Landon, a deaf studies major and a veteran who served in the Navy for seven years, walked into the Veterans Resource Center during her first semester in the spring of 2017, she was petrified for what she was about to admit. As Landon approached the front resource desk she thought about her then-93-year-old […]

Miami helps veterans and military-affiliated students from orientation to graduation

Miami University staff help veterans and military-affiliated students from the time they arrive on campus to when they are searching for jobs as they prepare for graduation. The Student Veterans’ Center on the Oxford campus is the newest way Miami is helping the students. Lincoln Walburn, Student Veterans Association adviser and associate director of the […]

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‘Disrespectful vandalism’ strikes University of Iowa veterans center

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa has improved signage in the lobby of its communication center, which houses its Military and Veteran Student Services, after finding incidents of “disrespectful and unacceptable vandalism.” UI officials didn’t immediately provide details about the vandalism. But in a message Thursday to the UI military community, Vice President for […]

Palm Beach State College Opens New Vet Center

Veterans Success Center, a 2,300 square-foot site at Palm Beach State College to help veterans pursue an education, will open Thursday in suburban Lake Worth as U.S. Reps Lois Frankel and Brian Mast speak before an expected crowd of 200 people. “This center will help veterans get enrolled in classes and use their GI Bill […]

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