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To Take Best Care of Vets, It Will Take More Than Proposed VA Budget Increase
Released this week, President Trump’s budget for fiscal year 2019 proposes an overall increase of more than $8.5 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Nicholas Armstrong is the Senior Director for Research and Evaluation at the Institute for Veterans…
Vice Chancellor Haynie Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Executive Director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship Mike Haynie testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services on the…
Construction Underway for Veterans Resource Center
Construction is underway for the planned National Veterans Resource Center within ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. As the process begins, Mike Haynie, the Vice Chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation at SU, spoke with Local SYR about the Center, and the $20 million…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Cybersecurity Program Named No. 1 By Military Times
The University’s cybersecurity programs challenge students to develop solutions for today’s issues and future threats. They address an acute need in the military, government and industry sectors for specialists in cybersecurity.
Institute for Veterans and Military Families Receives Grant from Travelers
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $50,000 grant from Travelers. The IVMF provides career skills training and entrepreneurship programs that meet transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses where they are in their civilian transition to…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Announces Historic $20 Million Gift to Support Construction of First-of-Its-Kind National Veterans Resource Center
Generosity of U.S. Navy veteran Daniel D’Aniello ’68 and his wife, Gayle, positions ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ to help nation transform service to and support of veterans and military families ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, home to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF),…
Application Cycle to Become a 2018 Tillman Scholar Opens Today
Ryan Gross ’18 became the first student veteran to become a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Tillman Scholar in 2017. The Tillman Scholarship assists veterans and military spouses pursuing academic degrees. Gross is a student veteran in the master of public administration program…
Student Veteran Profile: Ryan Gross ’18, University’s First Tillman Scholar
Growing up, Ryan Gross was always inspired hearing about his grandfathers’ World War II experiences, including leading tank units at the Battle of the Bulge and serving on a Navy destroyer in the Pacific. It was this connection that led…
Veterans Affinity Group Hosting Community Social
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Veterans Affinity Group is hosting an SU Veterans Community Social in partnership with the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) on Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 5-9 p.m. at Orange Crate Brewing Co., 731 S. Crouse Ave….
‘Best Place for Vets’ in Full Force at Student Veterans of America Conference
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ turned the Lone Star State orange recently as over 20 Orange student veterans, the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA), the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), the team from the Veterans Affinity Group, and University…