Veterans
Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Orange Central
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students will get the celebration going early in the week, and alumni from around the world will be welcomed back to campus Oct. 3-6 for Orange Central 2013.
Airmen Lost, Injured in 1959 Barracks Fire to be Honored
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and a group of Air Force Security Service airborne reconnaissance veterans will come together on Friday, Oct. 4, at 3 p.m., to unveil a new memorial that will honor those injured and lost during a catastrophic fire that occurred more than 50 years ago on the University’s South Campus.
Student Veterans Organization Raises $1,000 For Honor Flight ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Student Veterans Organization is donating $1,000 to Honor Flight ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, which will send 65 World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5. The organization held a raffle in the spring to raise money to help…
IVMF Hosts Seventh V-WISE Entrepreneurship Training Conference for Female Veterans and Military Spouses
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has announced the seventh offering of its Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program, hosted in Seattle, Aug. 16-18. V-WISE is the first federally funded program focused on engaging entrepreneurial opportunity…
ADA Anniversary Tool Kit: Celebrating 23rd Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
Celebrations of the July 26, 1990, signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush will take place across the nation during the week of July 22-28. The ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008…
Veterans Jobs Event Thursday at Goldstein Student Center
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Office of Human Resources is partnering with Easter Seals and Fedcap, a nonprofit agency that helps people overcome barriers to employment, to connect veterans with local employers at a campus event Thursday, June 6, at the Goldstein Student…
IVMF Receives $1 Million Grant from Walmart Foundation for Veteran Vocational Education
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to launch a competitive grant program for veteran vocational education at community and technical colleges in California, New York, Texas and North Carolina.
Institute for Veterans and Military Families Featured on CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’
Special correspondent Sanjay Gupta reports on the institute’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
Jan Fletcher Joins IVMF Administrative Team
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF) has appointed Jan Fletcher as an office assistant. As a member of the institute’s administrative team, Fletcher will be responsible in helping manage day-to-day operations, including a variety of…
IVMF, Bob Woodruff Foundation Lead Public-Private Convening
Aim is to spur employment of post-9/11 veterans with disabilities The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has announced it will convene a group of national leaders to investigate underlying barriers…