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Section: Other News
Academics
Parents in G.I. Bill Case Give Gift of Life
EAGLE, Idaho — In 2015, three years after the death of their 16-year-old daughter, Heidi and Ted Hill met the woman who received their youngest child’s heart. The Washington woman, now 35, had a stethoscope at her house and allowed the couple to listen to the heartbeat. “It was joyful. It wasn’t sad at all,” […]
March 23, 2017
Other News
California Initiative Serves Student Veterans
VENTURA – The Ventura County Community College District Veterans Resource Center Coordinators from Moorpark College, Oxnard College and Ventura College met with managers from California Lutheran University, California State University, Channel Islands, and National University to discuss best practices for helping student veterans achieve success. Leading the discussion was VCCCD Trustee Larry Kennedy, Chancellor Bernard […]
March 23, 2017
Other News
Bio Challenge Hopes to Draw Veterans
Virginia Beach is partnering with The Center for Advancing Innovation to create the VABeachBio Innovation Challenge. The initiative will bring together entrepreneurs, industry and inventors who will compete to turn inventions from research labs into successful startup companies. In a news release, the city said the challenge also seeks to help the region’s large concentration […]
March 23, 2017
Academics
Case Western Adds First M.A. in Military Ethics
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Case Western Reserve University has established the nation’s first graduate program in military ethics. The Master of Arts in Military Ethics program formalizes a field of study that contends with questions of how advancing military technologies relate to the common humanity of both enemy and ally, the university said. While the study […]
March 23, 2017
Other News
Budget Cuts Aid for “Most Needy”
President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint calls for cutting $9 billion from the U.S. Department of Education budget while adding $1.4 billion investments in public and private school choice programs. Proposed cuts to the department include eliminating the $2.4 billion Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program, eliminating the $1.2 billion 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, […]
March 21, 2017
Other News
N.Y. Assembly Proposes Changes to Scholarship
If the state Assembly has its way, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship would undergo major changes to the way it’s funded and dispersed. The changes, part of the Assembly’s one-house budget, focus on what critics had called the most restricting factors in the governor’s tuition-free public college plan. Read More
March 21, 2017
Veterans
Art Helps Vets “Soldier On”
SHELBURNE FALLS, Mass. — An unusual exhibit of artwork by U.S. military veterans is now on display through April 30 at the Salmon Falls Gallery. Some of it is unabashedly patriotic, some depicts the natural environment and some is definitely abstract — different perspectives by veterans living in western Massachusetts, who have all struggled with […]
March 21, 2017
Veterans
Fresno Program Helps Veterans Go Back to School
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — In one classroom at Fresno State you will find papers and patriotism. “So now being in a smaller class you get the direct one-on-one attention that you really need in that transition, because going back to a classroom in a regular university with 300 kids in a hall, it would be […]
March 21, 2017
Academics
Marines’ New Ads Target Millennials
SAN DIEGO — The Marine Corps no longer needs just a “Few Good Men” as it looks to diversify. The elite force — embroiled in a scandal of online nude photo sharing — is highlighting how its warriors are also good citizens in an ad campaign aimed at millennials. In one scene of the TV […]
March 21, 2017
Other News
Sen. Warren Questions Hiring of For-Profit Officials
Updated with response from Education Department. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is asking Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to explain the hiring of two officials with ties to the for-profit-college industry, questioning their roles and potential conflicts of interest. Warren, a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter to DeVos […]
March 21, 2017
Other News
DeVos Decision Benefits Firm Tied to Aide Who Quit
Americans who default on some of their federal student loans are likely to pay more after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reversed an Obama administration directive limiting some fees. But it turns out the Trump administration decision has some beneficiaries—including the father of a key DeVos lieutenant who just quit. DeVos’s decision, announced Thursday in a […]
March 21, 2017
Academics
Ventura Leads Calif. Move to Serve Student Veterans
VENTURA – The Ventura County Community College District Veterans Resource Center Coordinators from Moorpark College, Oxnard College and Ventura College met with managers from California Lutheran University, California State University, Channel Islands, and National University to discuss best practices for helping student veterans achieve success. Leading the discussion was VCCCD Trustee Larry Kennedy, Chancellor Bernard […]
March 17, 2017
Other News
Wisconsin Rep. Offers Fellowship
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) is seeking a Wounded Warrior or medically retired veteran for a position at his Hudson office. The person chosen for the special fellowship will work with constituents to handle military and veterans-related casework and act as a facilitator between constituents and federal, state, and local agencies. Read More
March 17, 2017
Other News
Vietnam Education Center Gets $10M Grant
WASHINGTON – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund has received a $10 million grant for its proposed education center adjacent to its famous memorial on the Mall in Washington. The fund said the grant from the Lilly Endowment was the largest single cash donation in the fund’s 37-year history. The fund has been trying since 2003 […]
March 17, 2017
Veterans
University Plans Veterans Center
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —The University of Memphis is announcing plans for a new veterans’ care center on campus. In a news release, the university said the outpatient Veterans Care Center will address the mental health needs of veterans, regardless of era, gender, discharge status or service connection. The university says the facility will be located in […]
March 17, 2017
Other News
Retired Col. Heads Arkansas Vets’ Agency
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Asa Hutchinson has named a new leader for the Arkansas Department of Veteran Affairs. The governor says he’s appointed retired U.S. Army Col. Nathaniel Todd to serve as the agency’s director. Todd will replace former director Matt Snead, who is resigning. Todd now serves as chief financial officer of the […]
March 17, 2017
Veterans
Veterans Boost Community Outreach
Samantha Fergus spent six years on active duty with the Navy, stationed at the base in Kitsap, Washington, as a culinary specialist. Now 27 and studying business and sociology at Linn-Benton Community College, Fergus isn’t done serving her country. And neither are her fellow members of the LBCC Veterans Club. Read More
March 17, 2017
Veterans
“Stories From Wartime” Brings Veterans, Students Together
DENVER — When U.S. Marine David Pond returned from war, something was missing. After serving seven months in Afghanistan, Pond and his bomb-sniffing dog Pablo were split up. However, their recent reunion has helped him deal with his experiences post-deployment. It’s also helped him to talk about those experiences with students and the public at […]
March 17, 2017
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