Veterans
ADA Anniversary Tool Kit: Celebrating 23rd Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
Celebrations of the July 26, 1990, signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush will take place across the nation during the week of July 22-28. The ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008…
Veterans Jobs Event Thursday at Goldstein Student Center
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Office of Human Resources is partnering with Easter Seals and Fedcap, a nonprofit agency that helps people overcome barriers to employment, to connect veterans with local employers at a campus event Thursday, June 6, at the Goldstein Student…
IVMF Receives $1 Million Grant from Walmart Foundation for Veteran Vocational Education
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to launch a competitive grant program for veteran vocational education at community and technical colleges in California, New York, Texas and North Carolina.
Institute for Veterans and Military Families Featured on CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’
Special correspondent Sanjay Gupta reports on the institute’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
Jan Fletcher Joins IVMF Administrative Team
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF) has appointed Jan Fletcher as an office assistant. As a member of the institute’s administrative team, Fletcher will be responsible in helping manage day-to-day operations, including a variety of…
IVMF, Bob Woodruff Foundation Lead Public-Private Convening
Aim is to spur employment of post-9/11 veterans with disabilities The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has announced it will convene a group of national leaders to investigate underlying barriers…
IVMF, NYSHealth, Veterans Outreach Center Convene Regional Supportive Services for Veterans and Families Meetings
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF), New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) and Veterans Outreach Center of Rochester recently hosted regional meetings in both downstate and upstate New York with agencies operating or preparing to implement…
IVMF’s Haynie to Deliver Keynote Address at VA Tech ‘Veterans in Society’ Conference April 14
Mike Haynie, executive director and founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management , will deliver the opening keynote address at the “Veterans in…
IVMF Report Cites Decrease in Unemployment Rates for All Vets and Post-9/11 Generation for 2012
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF) released its Annual Employment Situation of Veterans for 2012. This report details and deconstructs the employment situation of veterans based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual…
Military Times Places Whitman in Top 30 ‘Best for Vets’ Biz School Rankings
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has been ranked #26 by Military Times on its inaugural list of Best for Vets: Business Schools, the publication recently announced. The results are published in the March 2013 issue of Military Times EDGE.