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Section: Military
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Maxwell group aims to give families other options than second-rate local schools
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A newly formed group at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama is aiming to improve the education options for military families. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the group plans to tackle a variety of topics. Among them: Increasing attendance at the on-base school; a streamlined application process for Montgomery’s magnet schools; and more […]
December 11, 2018
Veterans
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran presses VA for proper housing payment to veterans
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran joined Republican and Democratic colleagues Thursday requesting an inspector general investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs’ failure to properly pay student veterans the housing allowances mandated by the new GI Bill. Moran, a Kansas Republican, said the inquiry should address allegations the VA declined to reimburse veterans for unpaid or […]
December 7, 2018
Academics
A special relationship: The US military and Swiss universities
From aerial surveillance cameras to autonomous reconnaissance drones: Swiss universities are participating in projects funded by the US military. What are the guidelines when it comes to such sensitive collaboration? Argus Panoptes is a giant in Greek mythology who has a hundred eyes. He was tasked by the Goddess Hera to guard her priestess Io […]
December 7, 2018
Veterans
Book covers long military career of Penn Yan native
PENN YAN — About eight years ago, Terry Mitchell’s wife told him about a writing group at Syracuse University for war veterans. Started a couple of years earlier by two SU professors, its name, simply, was the Syracuse Veterans Writing Group. Mitchell was intrigued. Read more
December 7, 2018
Veterans
Military veteran, ASU Online student, graduates with honors after 20-year journey
Johnathon Orrell took his first college class in 1998. After 20 years of juggling military service, working full-time and being a single father, he is now completing his degree and graduating from Arizona State University with honors. This month, he will earn a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies After a chance […]
December 7, 2018
Veterans
VA still paying millions in GI Bill tuition to ineligible for-profit schools: Watchdog
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued the latest in a series of five audits charging that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ oversight failures could potentially lead to $2.3 billion in GI Bill money going to ineligible for-profit schools over the next five years. The latest OIG report released Monday focused on poor […]
December 6, 2018
Academics
Veteran of FBI, TSA trying to turn around Anderson University
Running a university is by no means easy, but it sounds like a cakewalk compared with John Pistole’s previous gig. Before becoming president of Anderson University in 2015, Pistole worked for the FBI for 23 years, earning the distinction of being its longest-serving deputy director. He then spent four years as the longest-serving post-9/11 head […]
December 6, 2018
Academics
Community college program gives military students credit for their service
Before Central Virginia Community College classes were set to start this fall Marine Zachary Farrell stopped by the school’s Veterans Resource Center to go over his military transcript. The move, which introduced him to the Credits2Careers program and saved him from taking an unnecessary class, is one CVCC is hopes it can get more veterans […]
December 6, 2018
Other News
Another for-profit college chain, popular with GI Bill users, closes suddenly
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains announced Wednesday that it was abruptly closing in dozens of locations nationwide, after its accrediting agency suspended approval. Birmingham, Alabama-based Education Corp. of America said it was closing schools operating as Virginia College, Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute and Golf Academy […]
December 6, 2018
Veterans
Mental health help becoming less of a stigma in military
MONDAY, Dec. 3, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Active-duty members of the U.S. military are much more open to the idea of mental health counseling than veterans, a new survey finds. “There has been a fundamental shift in the military regarding attitudes on mental health, and we have seen real progress in reducing the stigmas associated […]
December 4, 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
Other News
The US military wants to hunt enemy subs with genetically-engineered sea life
The US military is supporting research focused on genetically-engineering marine life for the purpose of tracking enemy submarines. Research supported by the Naval Research Laboratory indicates that the genetic makeup of a relatively common sea organism could be modified to react in a detectable way to certain non-natural substances, such as metal or fuel, left […]
December 4, 2018
Academics
Lawsuit: Military academy failed to protect cadet from abuse
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A former student at an all-boys military college prep academy in Georgia has sued the school, saying leaders failed to protect him from hazing and sexual assault. A copy of the lawsuit shared with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the cadet was hazed, abused and raped at Riverside Military Academy when he was […]
December 4, 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 […]
November 30, 2018
Veterans
College’s veteran program awarded grant funding
College of the Canyons has been awarded $200,000 in grant funding, which will assist COC in its commitment to helping veterans, active duty members and dependents achieve their academic goals. “The funding will be used to establish new and enhanced services for veterans and dependents of veterans,” said Renard Thomas, Director of Veterans Resource Center […]
November 30, 2018
Veterans
$4-million veteran center at Penn State is coming soon. How you can donate to the project
Penn State’s veterans and service members will soon have a new space devoted to them and their needs on the University Park campus. The west wing of the first floor of Ritenour Building — about 6,300 square feet of space — will be repurposed and renovated into a new Student Veteran Center. That work is […]
November 30, 2018
Other News
Pentagon IDs remains of Tuskegee Airman killed in WWII
ALBANY, N.Y. — The remains of a New York pilot killed during World War II are the first of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen listed as missing in action to be identified, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the agency charged with recovering and identifying the nation’s war dead, said the remains accounted […]
November 30, 2018
Academics
UML, military join forces for research
LINCOLN — “The Navy is here for business.” That’s what Robert Smith, director of the U.S. Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research program, had to say Tuesday at the opening of UMass Lowell’s new Research Institute. The center will host a variety of public-private sector partnerships, including workforce development, research opportunities and more. Located just down […]
November 29, 2018
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