Veterans
Institute for Veterans and Military Families announces inaugural advisory board
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, in tandem with its official opening and dedication on the SU campus, has announced its inaugural advisory board. Launched in June 2011 by founding members SU and JPMorgan Chase…
IVMF hosts formal ribbon cutting ceremony, public open house during the week of Veterans Day
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ will celebrate its founding and dedicate its physical location on campus with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony and public open house during the week of Veterans Day. Launched in June…
Veterans Day Ceremony luncheon registration due Monday, Nov. 7
National security expert and former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe G’78 will be the keynote speaker at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. at Hendricks Chapel. All veterans—past and present—will be honored for their service and…
IVMF’s Schmeling to present on universal design, explore opportunities to assist international organizations during Latin American trip
James Schmeling, managing director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and executive director of the Global Universal Design Commission, will travel to São Paulo, Brazil through Oct. 28 to present on Universal Design (UD)…
Inaugural EBV national conference invites 130 graduates Oct. 13-15 in Orlando
The no-cost, cutting-edge Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) business training program for post-9/11 veterans with service-related disabilities will hold its inaugural national conference Oct. 13-15 at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort, Orlando. The conference is…
Haynie appointed to U.S. Department of Labor’s advisory committee on veterans’ employment, training and employer outreach
Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis to serve…
IVMF leadership to speak on SU’s longstanding commitment to vets and military families in D.C.
Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ; SU alumnus Ken Quaglio G’91, principal at Ernst and Young; and graduates of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program will speak…
IVMF’s Schmeling participates in small business resource workshop hosted by Congressman Hanna
James Schmeling, managing director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, participated in a small business resource workshop hosted by Congressman Richard Hanna on Monday, Sept. 26. Schmeling spoke on opportunities for veterans with disabilities. Hanna…
V-WISE hosts women veteran entrepreneurship training program Sept. 25-27 in Baltimore
For Waldorf, Maryland resident Helen M. Hall, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, the upcoming Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program—one of the first federally funded training programs focused on entrepreneurial opportunity for…
Institute for Veterans and Military Families appoints directors
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ announces the appointment of four staff members who will direct operations and development, education programs, employment training and communications. Ray Toenniessen of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has been named director of operations…