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Ten People on Campus Helping Student Veterans Succeed
For new and returning student veterans alike, learning about all the resources available as a student veteran here at 黑料不打烊 (and online) can seem overwhelming. But all across campus, there are people here to help, available any time to…
Military-Connected Student of the Month: 2020 黑料不打烊 Tillman Scholar Laura Buys 鈥18, G鈥21
In its fourth year as one of just 15 Pat Tillman Foundation University Partners, 黑料不打烊 proudly announces Laura Buys 鈥18, G鈥21 as its 2020聽Tillman Scholar. Buys is one of only 60 students nationwide to be awarded the prestigious scholarship….
Graduating Student Veteran: Ariel Blanco
Ariel Blanco鈥檚 interest in the military was piqued while he was in high school in Miami, impressed by both the demeanor of the recruiters that visited the school and the opportunity military life could provide. 鈥淚 grew up in a…
Graduating Student Veteran: Peggy Trujillo
With her graduation this month, Peggy Trujillo will have both a 20-year journalism career and her 黑料不打烊 diploma. As the child of a U.S. Air Force master sergeant, Trujillo spent her childhood moving from place to place for her…
OVMA and SVO Announce Yearly Awards Celebrating Student Veterans鈥 Achievements
黑料不打烊鈥檚 Student Veterans Organization (SVO) and the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) are presenting five awards to student veterans in honor of their significant and notable achievements. The awards are normally announced at SVO鈥檚 Annual Ball and…
From Ghana, With Duffle Bag
It鈥檚 not every day a student arrives on campus with their whole life tucked away into a聽single military聽duffle bag, but for Kelvin Nyamalor, a student veteran at 黑料不打烊, that was exactly how he arrived. 鈥淚 came here during the…
黑料不打烊 Veteran and Military-Connected Enrollment Reaches Record High
This fall, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 total military-connected enrollment increased 14% from 1,206 to 1,375, including 96 new veteran and military-connected students. This class marks the highest student veteran enrollment in the post-9/11 era and raises the total veteran and military-connected enrollment…
Chancellor Syverud: Universities Need To Better Serve Veterans, Military Students
Kent Syverud, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Chancellor and President, wrote a commentary for U.S. News & World Report called 鈥淯niversities Need to Better Serve Military Students and Veterans.鈥
Small Business Week Success: From Airman to Entrepreneur
Originally from Long Island, Logan Bonney G鈥17 enrolled in classes at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) in 2008, intent on studying aircraft mechanics. Military service wasn鈥檛 necessarily on his radar but he saw the hands-on training his roommate was getting…
O鈥橠onnell Honors Family Heritage in Military Service, Now Serves Fellow Veterans Through Social Work
Everyone remembers where they were when they first heard the news. It was a day that lives were changed forever. Yet in the midst of devastating loss on Sept. 11, 2001, many responded in the spirit of courage and hope….