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Section: Other News
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
Academics
Military Secretaries, Higher Ed Schools to Partner on Sexual Assault Summit
Secretaries from the Army, Navy and Air Force will partner with higher education institutions to conduct a summit on campus and service sexual assault, inviting leaders and experts from both government and higher learning. The summit will occur in April at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, according to the Military Times. The secretaries […]
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
Veterans
Veterans, Community Members Help Habitat for Humanity Build House for Veteran
Community volunteers and Veterans in the Naples, Florida area came together this past weekend through Habitat for Humanity of Collier County to build a home for a veteran. The 30 to 40 volunteers represented local organizations including the Ave Maria School of Law, Trinity by-the-Cove Episcopal Church and the Veterans Council of Collier County to […]
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
Nisei Veterans Memorial Center Appoints Former Hawaii Senator as Executive Director
Jill N. Tokuda, a former senator from Hawaii, was recently appointed executive director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. The term Nisei refers to second-generation Japanese-Americans. Several Nisei who lived in Maui fought during World War II in Europe and the Pacific, according to Maui News. The memorial center is a “living” memorial that was […]
January 6, 2019
Policy
Georgia Legislators Suggest Using Lottery Tickets to Support Veterans
A Georgia Senate study committee has suggested creating new scratch-off lottery tickets in which the proceeds would directly support military veteran services and programs. To date, six states offer lottery games that help support veterans’ services for things like mental health counseling, job training, housing assistance and meal programs for disabled veterans, according to Gainesville […]
January 3, 2019
Veterans
AP Poll Highlights Performance Support for Trump from Veterans
According to a nationwide survey by AP VoteCast, almost 6 in 10 military veterans voted for Republican candidates in the November 2018 midterm elections. A similar percentage were supportive of President Donald Trump’s leadership. The survey was conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago and received responses from more than […]
January 3, 2019
Academics
West Point Steps Away From Department’s Database, Establishes New Online Presence
Beginning this month, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point will remove itself from the Department of Defense’s email system under the .mil network and move to a commercially managed .edu network in an effort to upgrade its online presence. Currently, the campus acts as a pilot program for the U.S. Army by moving its […]
January 3, 2019
Other News
Seattle Army Recruiters Change Focus to More Liberal Cities
In an effort to increase the number of soldiers enlisted, army recruiters in Seattle have begun to push their enrollment tactics in liberal-leaning cities, an area where not many recruits have signed up in the past. Last year, the U.S. Army fell 6,500 soldiers short of its national goal and believes that recruiting in liberal […]
January 3, 2019
Policy
Congressional Committees Monitoring Progress on new VA Act, What it Means for Veterans who Need Care
Congressional Veterans Affairs Committees have expressed concerns about the turnover rates for top and middle leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
December 31, 2018
Academics
Brig. Gen. Gregory P. Chaney Appointed Deputy Adjutant General-Army for the Texas Military Department
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Brig. Gen. Gregory “Greg” P. Chaney the deputy adjutant general-Army for the state military department.
December 31, 2018
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
Academics
Two Bills Aim to Make Attending College for Vets, Service Members Easier
Two bills sponsored by New Jersey Assembly Democrats were passed last month by the state’s General Assembly, in an effort to help New Jersey service members and veterans make their path to higher education easier.
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
Veterans
Peer sponsors help veteran students succeed at Ohio State
After a six-year career in the Air Force, Hannah Rodas was looking to begin the next step in her life and it started in higher education. “When I was originally looking into school after getting out of the military, I didn’t anticipate going to Ohio State,” Rodas said. “I’m from Michigan to begin with. It […]
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
Director of military and veteran services out at UT
The University of Toledo has decided to part ways with Haraz Ghanbari, director of military and veteran affairs. “They simply said, ‘We appreciate your service and they would like to move in a different direction,’” Mr. Ghanbari said. “It was not for cause.” Mr. Ghanbari was an at-will employee, meaning the university could terminate him […]
December 20, 2018
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