Veterans
Assisting a Veteran on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is the day set aside to honor and mourn military members who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We do this in a number of ways, including graveside services and displaying the United States flag….
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Graduates Over 200 Military-Connected Students
This semester, a total of 208 students with military ties representing all branches of the U.S. military earned their ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ diplomas. The graduates include 99 veterans, 35 currently serving military members, and 59 family members and dependents. Forty-six students…
Commissioning U.S. Air Force Cadet: Rachel Pray
With her graduation this month, Rachel Pray becomes the first in her family to forge a career in both military service and medical care. Originally from central Massachusetts, Cadet Pray was inspired to join the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer…
Graduating Military Spouse: Dominique Visser
U.S. Army spouse Dominique Visser was born and grew up in Sydney, Australia. She was working as an international trade advisor/market development specialist for the Australian federal government when she was told of her now-husband, Andy, by mutual friends. “Good…
Graduating Student Veteran: Ariel Blanco
Ariel Blanco’s 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. “I 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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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’ Achievements
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s 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’s Annual Ball and…
ROTC Cadets Honored with Annual Chancellor’s Awards
On April 10, cadets from the University’s U.S. Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) were honored with various distinctions from the University and community organizations as part of the yearly Chancellor’s Review Awards. Normally celebrated as a…
Military-Connected Student of the Month: Graduate Student Chris Giglio
For many, joining the military is as much a matter of family tradition as it is a commitment to serve. For ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ graduate student and third-generation Naval officer Chris Giglio, it was also a matter of building on a personal…
IVMF Staff Named to National Veteran Leadership Committees
Nick Armstrong G’08, G’14 (Ph.D.), senior director for research and analytics at the University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), and Rosy Maury, IVMF director of applied research and analytics, have each been appointed to leading advisory committees dedicated…