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Section: Funding
Academics
Justin woman awarded scholarship for military spouses
Marking its 100th awarded scholarship, Hope For The Warriors recently handed out four Military Spouse and Caregiver Scholarships for higher education totaling $8,000. This class of winners includes Justin resident and University of North Texas student Jennifer Washam, who received the Restoring Self Scholarship of $2,000, awarded to those seeking any undergraduate degree, according to a […]
February 5, 2019
Funding
Knoxville Navy veteran’s Pell Grant held up after Virginia College’s closure
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – A Navy veteran is wondering whatever happened to her Pell Grant. She had been enrolled in Virginia College last fall, but then it closed. According to records, the now-closed college received the grant in October 2018. Read More
January 31, 2019
Funding
Collision Organizations Continue Partnership for 3M Hire Our Heroes Scholarship Program
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) and the 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division have announced they will continue to offer the popular 3M Hire Our Heroes scholarship and tool grant awards program in 2019 to assist military servicemembers and their families pursue careers in the collision repair industry. The two organizations have partnered to offer this […]
January 29, 2019
Academics
Department of Defense Changes GI Bill Transfer Policy
The U.S. Department of Defense has altered policy rules on who can transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to dependents, reverting back to a rule that allowed transfers for some who are prohibited from serving an additional four years. Service members who have completed a minimum of 10 years in the military and are prohibited from […]
January 29, 2019
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.
January 24, 2019
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 […]
January 24, 2019
Funding
Hudson Valley Couple Receive Award For Accomplishments with Latino Scholarship Fund
Eddie and Norma Ramirez have been named the recipients of the 2019 Richard K. Wager Inclusive Champion Award for their work with the Hudson Valley Latino Scholarship Fund in upstate New York.
January 15, 2019
Funding
Wells Fargo, Scholarship America Partner to Support Veterans and Their Families
Thanks to a new partnership with Wells Fargo and Scholarship America, veterans can enroll in college courses without worrying about tuition and other fees. The Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program and Emergency Grant Program offers honorably discharged veterans and disabled veteran spouses various grants as they work toward their degree.
January 8, 2019
Academics
Alaska National Guard Launches Street to Seat Helicopter Pilot Program
The Alaska Army National Guard has launched a new recruitment program for aspiring helicopter pilots called “Street to Seat.” The pilot program gives high school graduates the chance to complete helicopter pilot training as part of their typical enlistment process.
January 8, 2019
Funding
Cleveland State Community College Launches new Campus Veterans Resource Center
Cleveland State Community College has announced the establishment of a Veterans Resource Center in the campus’s George L. Mathis Student Center. The creation of the center was made possible because of a Tennessee Board of Regents Student Engagement, Retention and Success (SERS) grant. The new center, located on the college’s main campus, will act as […]
January 6, 2019
Funding
Number of Service Members, Veterans Using Military Education Benefits Decreases
The number of active-duty service members and veterans utilizing the benefits of attending college on the government’s dime has decreased, according to recent federal fiscal-year data. Tuition assistance benefits, which is typically a hard-selling military recruitment and retention tool, has not been used by members from all service branches as much as it has in […]
January 6, 2019
Academics
Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Disabled Veterans Not Well Known Among the Group
Almost 42,000 disabled veterans are qualified to have their federal student loan debt dismissed, but approximately 18 percent have applied for the forgiveness program, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education.
December 31, 2018
Funding
Tuition rises for some students at military junior college
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Tuition is going up for international students at a military junior college in Roswell. The Roswell Daily Record reports that the New Mexico Military Institute’s Board of Regents approved the 3 percent tuition hike last week. The $367 increase applies to all international students, except those from Canada and Mexico, for […]
December 20, 2018
Funding
Miller awarded grant to study military strategic culture in India
Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, is part of a collaboration (with Assistant Professor Rohan Mukherjee of Yale-NUS College, Singapore) that received an Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 Grant from the Ministry of Education in Singapore to study military strategic […]
December 20, 2018
Academics
NewDay USA to announce new Georgia Military College Preparatory School scholarship
MILLEDGEVILLE — NewDay USA is expected to announce next week that scholarships will be made available to children of deployed Georgia National Guard soldiers to attend Georgia Military College Preparatory School. On Monday, NewDay USA, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Randall Simmons, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard, will make an announcement for the […]
December 4, 2018
Funding
Local businessman creates scholarship for veterans at South Plains College
There is one subject that all Americans agree without argument – the love and support of the United States military and its servicemen and women. If not for their bravery and sacrifice, life in this country would be chaos. Local businessman Bill Cohen, owner/operator of McDonald’s of Levelland, has made it possible to honor servicemen […]
November 21, 2018
Academics
Montgomery Foundation furthers outstanding support for MSU military students
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Foundation has recently committed $100,000 in support of multiple areas within the Mississippi State University Center for America’s Veterans, which is also named for the late U.S. Congressman. One portion of the commitment secures adaptable support through an excellence fund for the many initiatives and programs that take place within […]
November 20, 2018
Funding
Senate Stalls on Bill to Help Student Vets
Many student veterans have been waiting longer than normal for their GI Bill benefits this semester, as the Veterans Affairs Department works through a backlog of claims affecting thousands of students. Meanwhile, legislation that could have helped these students is stalled in the Senate, and veteran education advocates, along with some members of Congress, are […]
October 26, 2018
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