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Veterans
“Pitsburgh Hires” Will Link Veterans to Jobs
Area veterans who are looking for additional training and assistance with job placement can receive help through Pittsburgh Hires Veterans (PHV), an organization that provides veterans with free training and opportunities for future employment. According to Jack Wagner, director of PHV, the Pittsburgh-based organization assesses veterans and their needs. “We recommend training or college, or […]
February 9, 2017
Academics
Korean War Veteran Gets Diploma
The judge’s ultimatum came 67 years ago: Enlist in the military or face juvenile detention for repeatedly skipping classes at San Diego High School. Norm Johnson gladly joined the U.S. Air Force in April 1950. Even after he was deployed to Asia to fight in the Korean War, Johnson was sure he wouldn’t miss San […]
February 9, 2017
Veterans
Soldier for Life Helps Veterans on Path to Success
The Soldier Life Cycle starts at the beginning of a Soldier’s career, then continues throughout transition and beyond. It is broken down into three phases that will help Soldiers determine what path they would like to follow during their time in Service and help prepare them for a career after active duty. The Soldier for […]
February 9, 2017
Academics
Peer Advisers Support Student Veterans
Alex Hatfield, political science major, sinks a pushpin into the island of Sicily. The glossy, laminated map, pinned to the wall of the Veteran Services rec room has many, each indicating where Boise State student-veterans have been stationed. The U.S., middle east and southeast Asia are riddled with small, plastic bulbs—each color indicating what branch […]
February 9, 2017
Veterans
BBB Clears Wounded Warriors
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Wounded Warrior Project did not engage in lavish spending practices, according to a new report from the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance. The charity had been under review since early last year when the News4Jax I-TEAM and national media outlets began investigating whistleblower claims of lavish spending by former leaders […]
February 9, 2017
Veterans
Colleges Offer New Resources for Veterans
In 2011, the American Council on Education released a report tracking 20 colleges and universities which used grant funding to develop resources for more than 870,000 veterans taking college courses under expanded G.I. Bill benefits. A majority of the piloting institutions used the new funding to create transitional resources for veterans: courses on reentry into […]
February 9, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Sweet Briar College Names Former UVa Dean as New President
SWEET BRIAR, Va. — Sweet Briar College has selected a new president. News outlets report Meredith Woo will become the college’s 13th president on May 15. The college announced Monday that Woo will succeed Phillip C. Stone who’s set to retire after this academic year. Woo has been in London most recently as director of […]
February 8, 2017
Faculty & Staff
3 Clemson Professors not Eating to Protest Trump Travel Ban
CLEMSON, S.C. — Three Clemson University professors are refusing to eat for nearly a week to protest the university’s failure to demand that President Donald Trump rescind an executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries. The professors started “The Fast Against Silence” Monday morning and plan to not eat again […]
February 8, 2017
Students
Student Dead After Fall at Penn State; Frat Did Not Seek Help for 12 Hours
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Police say a Penn State University fraternity did not summon paramedics for a student who fell down a stairwell until about 12 hours after the incident. He later died. Authorities say 19-year-old Timothy Piazza of Lebanon, New Jersey, died Saturday at Hershey Medical Center. State College police found Piazza unconscious on […]
February 8, 2017
Students
Forged Racist Emails Cause Stir at University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Someone sent racist and anti-Semitic emails to University of Michigan students and made it look like they were from a computer science professor who pushed for presidential election recounts in several states. About 40 students protested early Wednesday outside the home of the school’s president, Mark Schlissel, about the spoofed emails […]
February 8, 2017
Students
Ground-level Support Helps Solve FAFSA ‘Riddle’
Until the FAFSA sees a dramatic overhaul, the best and perhaps only answer to addressing some of its perceived weaknesses is a boots on the ground approach.
February 8, 2017
Students
Rodriguez: Light Skin Preference and the Denial of Indigeneity
Part of what I choose to examine is the earliest memories when children become conscious of their color and that there is meaning attached to their color.
February 8, 2017
Students
Ethics and the 21st Century HBCU
The real question is this: how do we achieve this seemingly elusive goal of ensuring the success of the HBCU while still upholding the college’s mission and longstanding legacy?
February 8, 2017
Students
DeVos Touts Merits of Diversity, Inclusion in Debut
Newly minted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her debut at the agency she now oversees with a call for unity, a bit of self-deprecating humor, and a thoughtful emphasis on diversity and inclusion.
February 8, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Doctors Speak Out Against Trump
On January 21st, the day of the Women’s March on Washington, I was working in the hospital as a resident physician assigned to the weekend shift. In some ways, it was like any other day on call. I rounded on patients in the morning, managed medical issues during the day, and evaluated new patients in […]
February 8, 2017
Disparities
$8.4M Grant Extends Malaria Study
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University professor will be able to spend at least seven more years researching malaria thanks to an $8.4 million grant. The grant from the National Institute of Health will allow Terrie Taylor to find ways to improve health care for malaria-infected patients. Taylor has spent six months every […]
February 8, 2017
Policies
Could Trump Plan Hurt Some Health Stocks?
Help or hurt? That’s the question investors are trying to answer about how President Trump’s policies might impact healthcare stocks. So far, specific policy proposals put forward by the president appear likely to cause significant problems for certain healthcare stocks. Here’s why three of President Trump’s policies could be downright terrible for Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH), […]
February 8, 2017
Other News
Spiritual Therapy Possible Treatment For PTSD
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Doctors in Augusta are exploring the idea of using spiritual therapy to treat veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Such veterans are often treated with medication and psychotherapy, the Augusta Chronicle reported. But a research survey at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta aims to find out whether spiritual therapy might […]
February 8, 2017
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