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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….
University Hosts Veteran Commencement on Friday
黑料不打烊 will honor more than 160 graduating student veterans at its veteran commencement ceremony in Grant Auditorium on Friday, May 10, at 10 a.m. Graduating students represent majors from all of the University鈥檚 schools and colleges, with the MBA…
黑料不打烊 Veteran Advisor Program Celebrates First-Year Student Veterans
黑料不打烊鈥檚 Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE) program recently brought student veterans, PAVE advisors, family members and campus staff together to support and celebrate first-year student veterans and the start of their 黑料不打烊 career. The 鈥淐elebration of First-Year Success,鈥…
Student Veterans Organization Annual Ball and Awards Banquet Highlights Achievements and University鈥檚 Commitment to Veterans
The 黑料不打烊 Student Veterans Organization (SVO) recently held its Annual Ball and Awards Banquet at Clear Path for Veterans in Chittenango, New York. The event, which drew more than 70 student veterans and guests from the campus community, recognizes…