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Section: Veterans
Veterans
Troops-to-Teachers: Finding Peace in the Classroom
Peace has eluded retired Air Force Maj. Jeff Shelton for the better part of two decades. Every time he parachuted into enemy territory, every time he held a dying friend in the back of a helicopter, every time he watched a child collapse from grave injuries, peace for Shelton seemed to slip farther and farther […]
August 18, 2017
Veterans
Warrior-Scholar Project Smooths Transition
Veterans at three college campuses just finished a weeklong academic boot camp. The programs in Michigan, Texas and Massachusetts were the last of more than a dozen that took place this summer. At the Warrior Scholar Project, classes start at 8 a.m. on the campus of Amherst College for highly trained soldiers, sailors and Marines […]
August 17, 2017
Veterans
Internships Provide Professional Experience
Patricia Reily has excellent timing when it comes to helping Cal State San Marcos student veterans. For Jason Sneddon, it was chatting with Reily at an Operation Connect event. For Ankit Panchal, it was simply waking up from a nap at the right moment. In both cases, chance meetings with Reily led to internships through […]
August 17, 2017
Veterans
Veterans Fill Teaching Gap in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As a new school year starts, Colorado is facing a critical shortage of teachers and the problem is only getting worse. But some former soldiers are helping fill some of the shortfall. Specialist 4 Sean Gallup is getting out of the Army to do something he’s always wanted to do: Become […]
August 17, 2017
Veterans
Federal Program Opens Path to Technology Industry
Plunging his hand into an opened computer chassis, Vichon Ward sorted through a mess of colorful cables, fans and motherboards. The 28-year-old served eight years as a mechanic in the Air Force, repairing massive jet engines at military bases around the world — but before starting a tech training course here last month, he had […]
August 15, 2017
Veterans
Texas A&M Joins Program to Ease Transitions
Texas A&M has joined a growing roster of universities taking part in a nonprofit’s mission to ease the transition for U.S. veterans moving from the military to college. The Warrior-Scholar Project helps enlisted service members develop the necessary skills to complete a four-year university program. The main areas of focus include academic writing and reading, […]
August 15, 2017
Veterans
Navy Veteran: Online Program Best of Both Worlds
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Chase Kelly, a United States Navy veteran and graduating senior in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), thought attending Penn State World Campus meant that although he’d have the flexibility of an online education, he’d be missing out on the social interactions of a resident program. But as he […]
August 11, 2017
Veterans
Denver University Hosts Veterans in Higher Education Summit
“Working together to serve Colorado veterans.” That was the message last Friday on the University of Denver campus as it played host to the seventh annual Veterans in Higher Education Summit. The event was organized by the Colorado Advisory Council on Military Education (CO-ACME), which represents local educators and military members committed to providing the […]
August 11, 2017
Veterans
Virginia Initiates Effort to Smooth Transition After Service
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and co-chair of the Senate Military Families Caucus, and the Virginia Department of Veterans Services yesterday announced an effort to reach out to transitioning servicemembers to thank them for their service and help inform them of the resources available to them as […]
August 4, 2017
Veterans
More Veterans Jumping into Real Estate Careers
U.S. veterans are taking advantage of the CCIM Veterans in Real Estate Program offered by CCIM Institute in a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Through the program, veterans can fund their education toward earning the CCIM commercial real estate designation through the GI Bill. “This was the most comprehensive pathway I found […]
August 4, 2017
Veterans
Cornell Offers Program for Incoming Veterans
Last week, military veterans traveled to Cornell for a rigorous one-week academic program to help them prepare for their undergraduate education. The program, hosted by the Warrior-Scholar Project, aids veterans in obtaining four-year degree while acknowledging the emotional and cultural transitions that may be necessary for them to adjust to higher education, according to a […]
August 3, 2017
Veterans
Veteran, Over Age for Dorm, Scrambles for Housing
BELMONT (KRON) — An army veteran awarded a Purple Heart is now pursuing higher education back home in the Bay Area. The problem is, the college he has been accepted to attend denied housing to him, along with other veterans, only a month before school starts. Combat veteran Ivan Zamora is working toward a bachelor’s […]
August 1, 2017
Veterans
Veteran Headed to Yale
Miramar College graduate, immigrant and Marine veteran Summer Lee never dreamed of attending an Ivy League school while growing up, but she’s heading to Yale on a full scholarship later this year. “I’m very excited,” she said in a phone conversation while on a road trip. “I was just in New Haven a few days […]
July 28, 2017
Veterans
Monthly Events Help Soldiers Make Transition
Every month veterans and soldiers, along with their spouses and members of the public, take part in a job fair at Fort Gordon as part of the installation’s Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program. The program aids soldiers as they make their career change, said Angela Gaston, a transition services specialist for Fort Gordon. One […]
July 27, 2017
Veterans
Rural Districts With Shortages Look to “Troops to Teachers”
HOLBROOK — Holbrook Unified School District Superintendent Robert Koerperich said Arizona is in a teacher retention crisis. Too many teachers are leaving the area, and the state, for higher paying jobs, he said. “In the last two years we have been down about 8-10 staff members,” Koerperich said during Diane Douglas’s “We are listening” tour […]
July 27, 2017
Veterans
House Passes ’Forever’ GI Bill
Without a single vote in opposition, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Monday night to expand the post-9/11 GI Bill and eliminate the 15-year time limit on the use of education benefits for new recruits. The vote was 405-0 in a rare display of bipartisanship in Congress on behalf of veterans seeking higher […]
July 25, 2017
Veterans
Heavy Construction Academy Offers Hands-On Training
Playing in the sandbox with big rigs is key to the curriculum at Heavy Construction Academy. On any given day, 30 students — many of them veterans looking for a new career after the military — can be found riding around in excavators, front-end loaders, skid steers, motor graders, backhoes, rollers, bulldozers and articulated dump […]
July 21, 2017
Veterans
Lifetime Learning — New Model for Higher Ed
The future of higher education will likely be crafted by both incremental changes and a drastic rethinking of the institutional model, according to the predictions of Jeff Selingo, Washington Post columnist and author of three books, most recently, There Is Life After College. “We have to think of new models to serve lifelong learners,” said […]
July 21, 2017
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