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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 […]

November 2, 2018

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 […]

November 2, 2018

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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 […]

November 2, 2018

Chinese military secretly placing scientists in U.S. universities

The Chinese government is secretly enrolling the country’s prize military scientists in Western universities to gain expertise in such areas as “hypersonic missiles and navigation technology,” according to a new report. The report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, which has links to the Australian defense ministry, claimed that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has paid […]

November 1, 2018

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Georgia Military College students help clean up southwest Georgia storm damage

ALBANY — A group of Georgia Military College students in Milledgeville, Valdosta and Albany assisted in Hurricane Michael cleanup this week. In 24 hours, 39 student volunteers had signed up for the day of service. GMC officials said the volunteers were happy to help people in the Albany community recover from the storm. GMC-Milledgeville Professor […]

November 1, 2018

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How to give military kids a fighting chance at a good education

Students who come from military families experience unique challenges throughout their educational career. These children will transfer an average of six to nine times from the time they start kindergarten until they graduate high school. The frequent moves and the added stress of having a parent deployed to a war zone can be very disruptive […]

November 1, 2018

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LCS students donate supplies for military care packages

As part of Lafayette Christian School’s community work week, the fifth-grade class donated items for care packages to the U.S. Army. The students gave more than 90 cards, over hundreds of foods, multiple office supplies and toiletries to army personnel at the school Wednesday. Fourth and fifth grade teacher Jennifer Denney said the class chose […]

November 1, 2018

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 […]

October 30, 2018

University of Bridgeport Debuts New STEM Bus

BRIDGEPORT — The University of Bridgeport will cut the ribbon Thursday on a STEM on Wheels bus that will bring hands-on science — and a robot named Dash — to area schools. The mobile laboratory will teach students how to code, retrieve and interpret satellite data by contacting earth orbiting satellites and about mechatronics, a […]

October 30, 2018

West Point Signs Research Agreement With IT Consulting Firm

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Maryland. Officials at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Enlighten IT Consulting — a MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) subsidiary, an Alion Company. The research agreement provides advanced data analytics and tackles system challenges including how the application of analytics within key cyber terrain […]

October 30, 2018

Marine from Rural Ga. Says Military Helped Him Leave Comfort Zone

The Marine Corps expanded Adam Tomblin’s view of the world and helped him achieve a series of firsts. The longtime Commerce resident had never flown in an airplane until he joined the Marines in 2008. In four years in the Marines, Tomblin, now 28, traveled far out of his comfort zone in rural northeast Georgia […]

October 30, 2018

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Military Could Face Budget Cuts if Democrats Control Congress

If Democrats gain control of one or both houses of Congress in November, military experts are concerned about potential budget cuts – and the resulting effects on military preparedness. “I think we’ll find that the money Congress and the president have given the military in the past two years has been desperately needed – and […]

October 30, 2018

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Northwestern Michigan College Ranked Among the Best for Vets

TRAVERSE CITY — Since the script has flipped from soldier to student, so has the service. Military Times magazine ranked Northwestern Michigan College the second-best two-year college for veterans in its Best for Vets list for 2019. NMC moved up one spot from the 2017 list. The community college has implemented a series of initiatives […]

October 30, 2018

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NYC Mayor Announces Funding for Student Veterans at Risk of Eviction

With about 12,000 New York City student veterans at risk of eviction from their homes in the coming months, city officials on Monday announced a plan to provide emergency rental assistance. A pair of city agencies — the Department of Veterans’ Services and Department of Social Services — are streamlining the process for those student […]

October 30, 2018

Colorado State University-Pueblo Deemed a “Purple Heart” University

The president of Colorado State University-Pueblo said being designated a Purple Heart University is an honor and testimony to Pueblo’s long-standing commitment to honoring those who have served and sacrificed for our country. The school was officially recognized as the state’s first designated Purple Heart University in April and will celebrate that designation on Nov. […]

October 26, 2018

Military Senior Master Sergeant is Teacher of the Month

All educators come into their profession by different paths. Farmington High School’s Featured Teacher for October has one of the more interesting paths into the educational world. Senior Master Sergeant Earnest Heflin, one of the high school’s two JROTC instructors, teaches leadership education. He said he loves being in the classroom with students, helping them […]

October 26, 2018

Military Vets Infuse Life into Dying Travel Agency Industry

For as long as he could remember, Nick Moyneur had fantasized about launching a company. But by 2014, at the age of 31, he saw no clear way to do it. Moyneur had just concluded six years in the Navy, and he felt disoriented without the regimented military direction he’d been used to. He was also […]

October 26, 2018

N.C. Soldiers Compete in Invictus Games in Australia

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. – Two wounded warriors from Wake County are in Australia taking part in the Invictus Games. “The games are just fun — it’s awesome,” said Staff Sgt. Tim Payne, who lives in Raleigh. “It’s awesome. It’s the only opportunity where you can meet multi-nationals from so many different countries.” Prince Harry came […]

October 26, 2018

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