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Stimulating the Mind

January 27, 2017

Unconventional Route

January 27, 2017

Invisible Wounds

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) — I’m an ambassador for the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program. As an ambassador, I’m an advocate for the program and I work in my local area to plan events which bring our wounded together. It’s a concept of family helping family. We are all in this great big Air […]

January 27, 2017

Virginia School Joins Military Friendly List

(Charlottesville, Va.) – Piedmont Virginia Community College has been named a top 10 gold-level Military Friendly® School Award recipient in the community college category for 2017 and is the only community college in Virginia to make the top 10. In November 2016, Victory Media, originator of the family of Military Friendly® employment, entrepreneurship and education […]

January 27, 2017

College Celebrates Opening of Veterans Center

MARPLE>> Delaware County Community College (DCCC) student Nicholas Delloso of Clifton Heights seemed impressed with the brand-new Nazz Mariani Veterans Center at the school. “I’m already using the center a lot,” the Army veteran and current member of the National Guard said at the Center’s grand opening festivities this week. “The former meeting place for […]

January 27, 2017

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Veterans Fear Effects of Freeze on Hires

BECKLEY, W.Va. — President Donald Trump’s recently announced hiring freeze for federal employees will affect vacancies across West Virginia’s four Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, a fact that is worrying to some veterans who fear longer wait times. A government website advertising job vacancies within the VA lists 56 openings in West Virginia, including jobs for […]

January 27, 2017

New Bill Would Expand Pell Grants

Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced the Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, a bill that would help students access training for the 5.5 million vacant jobs that are unfilled in part due to a shortage of qualified workers. The JOBS Act would close this “skills-gap” by expanding Pell Grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous […]

January 27, 2017

Military Transition App Reaches 5,000 Downloads

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Military.com announced today that the Transition App, supported by Citi, now has been downloaded over 5,500 times since it was released in August 2016. The app, sponsored by Citi, is available for free on Google Play and in the Apple App store and provides a personalized approach to […]

January 27, 2017

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Transition Program Helps Army Save $900M

Unemployment Compensation for Soldiers leaving the Army during fiscal year 2016 dropped to the lowest amount recorded in 13 years. The Army ended the year at $172.8 million, according to the Department of Labor’s unemployment compensation report. Army expenditures had peaked in 2011, at $515 million. This is the first time expenditures dropped below $200 […]

January 27, 2017

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Virginia State University Goes Hollywood to Promote Athletics

Virginia State University has turned to a small team of producers with big accolades to put together polished, in-house generated content that helps VSU stand out above much of the work going on in Division II in terms of promoting athletics.

January 26, 2017

Jesse Vaughn, left, and Cedric Owens are setting a new standard in terms of production of HBCU sports content.

Diverse Docket: Court Upholds North Carolina A&T Firing

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a wrongful termination suit by the former executive assistant to the dean of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina A&T University.

January 26, 2017

Obama’s Commutations Give Advocates Hope for Future

Prison sentencing reform advocates hope that President Barack Obama’s commutation of first-time, nonviolent offenders will serve as an incentive to his successor, President Donald Trump, to continue aggressively with the practice.

January 26, 2017

NLRB Orders Union Elections for Yale Graduate Students

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The National Labor Relations Board has granted petitions for graduate students in nine departments at Yale University to vote on whether they want union representation. The order Wednesday from the NLRB regional director in Boston calls for nine separate elections. Local 33-UNITE HERE sought elections first in departments where union support […]

January 26, 2017

Ex-Baylor Officer Sues School Claiming Retaliatory Firing

WACO, Texas — A former financial aid officer at Baylor is suing the university claiming it fired her in retaliation after she sought to reinstate a football player’s scholarship. Lyn Kinyon filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday in Waco, arguing Baylor violated federal Title IX protections when she was fired last year. The lawsuit says the […]

January 26, 2017

University of Oregon Building Name Will Stay Despite Man’s Pro-slavery Stance

EUGENE, Ore. — The president of the University of Oregon said he will not change the name of the oldest building on campus, which honors the school’s founder. The name became controversial because of the founder’s pro-slavery views. The school’s Black Student Task Force demanded in November 2015 that Deady Hall be renamed, reported The […]

January 26, 2017

Empowering Teen Parents

January 26, 2017

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Pioneering Mechanic

January 26, 2017

Tips for Veterans Returning to College

Going to college for a higher degree is a brilliant idea. But before you pick your favorite college and prepare to travel for miles to start a two or four- year course, you need to do some preliminary homework. Do you know that some college courses are specifically designed for NJ veterans like you? Here […]

January 26, 2017

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