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VFW Offers Grant for Student Veterans’ Project

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. hopes to educate communities about mental health with the VFW-SVA Mental Health Stand-To Grant, part of the VFW’s commitment to the Student Veterans of America. “The VFW is leading from the front in the effort to change the national dialogue on mental health, […]

April 21, 2017

White Star Mother Raises Suicide Awareness

LEWISTON (WGME) — White Star Mother Linda Lajoie, who lost her son, an Afghanistan veteran, to suicide, was on the University of Southern Maine Lewiston campus Monday, creating awareness about the problem. 22 silhouettes were placed in the lobby of the campus. Each one bears the name of a Maine veteran who has fallen victim […]

April 21, 2017

Texas Veteran Wins Prestigious Scholarship

CANYON, TX (KFDA) – A West Texas A and M student is making history, as he receives one of the most prestigious scholarships in the country. Jonathan Espinoza was the first person at WT to receive this scholarship. And he has quite the story to tell about how he got it. Espinoza was born in […]

April 21, 2017

Veteran Lands NASA Internship

KILLEEN — An accounting student at Texas A&M-Central Texas will be working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as an intern. Army veteran Tsui Cheung, 37, will be attending the summer-long internship in Houston. “The chance to work for NASA will give me a competitive edge after graduation,” Cheung said, “and the chance to […]

April 21, 2017

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National Guard Center Trains Gas Foremen

Four North Carolina Army National Guardsmen graduated from the Gas Distribution Foreman Veteran Training program, an initiative of the North Carolina National Guard Education and Employment Center (NCNG EEC), Friday, March 19, 2017, at Fayetteville Technical Community College. “Students are not paid while in the 10-week program, but prior to starting, they sign a contract […]

April 21, 2017

URI, Navy Partner to Help Small Businesses

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The University of Rhode Island and the U.S. Navy are working together to help small businesses grow, conduct research and commercialize their technology. URI’s Business Engagement Center and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport formalized their partnership April 13. Each entity has been working with local businesses separately. Katharine Hazard Flynn, […]

April 21, 2017

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Michigan State Expected to Fund Upward Bound

Officials say that Michigan State University will fund its Upward Bound college prep program for Lansing high school students, ensuring that the program would not be shut down because of the university’s technical error in a grant application.

April 20, 2017

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FosterClub Working to Keep Foster Youth on College Success Path

FosterClub is a national support network for current and former foster youth, with a membership of approximately 32,000.

April 20, 2017

Report: Colleges’ Reliance on Tuition Revenue Growing

Colleges and universities experienced a 1.8 percent decrease in funding at the state and local level in 2016 — part of a downward trend that has led students and families to shoulder a larger portion of the cost of higher education.

April 20, 2017

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Anti-Trump Mental Health Professionals Convene at Yale

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A group of mental health professionals that believe President Donald Trump is mentally unfit to be president is convening at Yale despite criticism from both Trump supporters and professionals working in their field. The Connecticut Post reports that the group, Duty to Warn, is holding its first conference Thursday at Yale […]

April 20, 2017

Penn Moves to Increase Monitoring of Underground Frats

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania says unrecognized fraternities and sororities will be held to the same standards as official groups as part of a more formal relationship with the school. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the move is based on recommendations from a task force formed last year after sexually suggestive party invitations were sent […]

April 20, 2017

North Carolina Women’s College Addresses Student Concerns

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina women’s college is working to meet a series of demands made by students after protests that lasted for more than a week, the school’s president said. Salem College president Lorraine Sterritt told the Winston-Salem Journal that the school is committed to the value of diversity, and that bias and […]

April 20, 2017

Report: Students at For-profit Schools in Maine Carry Heavier Debt

AUGUSTA, Maine — A new report finds students at for-profit colleges in Maine carry much heavier debt loads than those at public and private nonprofit colleges in the state. The non-partisan Center for Responsible Lending says the debt burden falls on low-income, female and minority students who disproportionately enroll at Maine for-profit schools. About 75 […]

April 20, 2017

UC Berkeley Flip-flops on Ann Coulter, Proposes May Date

BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California, Berkeley officials said Thursday they have a “grave concern” of violence on campus if Ann Coulter follows through on her vow to speak next week at the university. Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks instead proposed an alternate May 2 date for the conservative author. Dirks said police have “very specific […]

April 20, 2017

Showing DeVos a Thing or Two

Florida International University had the rare opportunity this month to inform, and possibly influence, education policy and funding at the national level when U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited FIU and other educational institutions in South Florida. DeVos chose to visit FIU because she’s aware of the positive things that we are accomplishing through collaboration, […]

April 20, 2017

College Receives $2M to Aid Veterans

Saddleback College was awarded $2 million from the California Department of Finance for the college’s Higher Education program, the Veteran Articulation Track initiative. This award will aid in innovation of the school’s ability to help students complete their degrees in a timely manner, as well as make college more affordable. With many veterans learning technical […]

April 20, 2017

Military Academy Dating to 1880 Will Close

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri military academy and college that dates to 1880 and includes federal lawmakers, business titans and a famous zoologist among its alumni will fold at the end of next month, given waning enrollment, rising costs and an aging campus. Wentworth Military Academy and College’s two top administrators announced the closure […]

April 20, 2017

Hospitality School Approved to Train Veterans

LAS VEGAS, April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — TISOH announced that it has been approved to train veterans under GI Bill benefits. The approval to train veteran affairs education beneficiaries applies to all classroom programs offered by the institution. The approval to train veterans is a rigorous process that requires compliance with established standards and under […]

April 20, 2017