Veterans
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Signs Got Your 6 Pledge
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has signed a pledge to join the Education Pillar of Got Your 6 and support student veterans by implementing and enhancing resources, programs and policies to support this population. Got Your 6 is a movement led by a…
Female Veterans with Entrepreneurial Passion: Registration Deadline for V-WISE Chicago is March 27
Early registration discount available for those who register before March 1 Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE), operated by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, will offer its sixth conference in Chicago May 3-5….
Capt. Matt Zeller, SU Alum, Author, Army Veteran to Speak Feb. 6
Career Services and the Office of Alumni Relations are bringing Capt. Matt Zeller, a 2006 graduate of the Maxwell School’s MPA/IR program, to campus on Wednesday, Feb. 6, as part of the Alumni Speaker Series. Zeller will speak about his…
EBV-Families at SU Accepting Applications through Feb. 6
Applications are being accepted through Wednesday, Feb. 6, for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (EBV-F) program at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, taking place March 8-15. Modeled after the national Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), EBV-F is an education and…
IVMF awards inaugural prize for written work by a veteran in Stone Canoe
Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary, published by University College of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, awarded the 2013 Institute for Veterans and Military Families Prize for Written Work by a Veteran this weekend during the journal’s Number 7…
Statement from the IVMF on women in combat, DOD policy change
Mike Haynie, executive director and founder, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ: “Yesterday Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey announced the rescission of the 1994 Direct Ground Combat…
$500,000 Lockheed Martin gift to benefit IVMF programs that assist veterans, military families with post-service transition
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF) has announced Lockheed Martin as an IVMF One-Star Corporate Partner. The company’s commitment of $500,000 over the next three years will benefit the institute’s hands-on programs, activities and projects…
Jim Powers joins IVMF as IT help desk manager
Jim Powers has been appointed information technology (IT) help desk manager at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF). Powers will serve as the institute’s chief IT staff member, working in conjunction with IT support staff and…
Lyndy McLaughlin joins IVMF as assistant director of communications for digital media and marketing
Lyndy McLaughlin has been appointed assistant director of communications for digital media and marketing at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF). McLaughlin will lead the institute’s strategic digital media and marketing initiatives, including social media…
CNY Veterans’ Higher Education Regional Consortium supports vets in transition to higher ed
Founder speaks with NPR on need for similar organizations across nation Twenty-six institutions of higher education located in the 13-county region of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) in upstate New York have formed the Central New York Veterans’ Higher…