Tag Archives: College
Bills would allow in-state South Carolina tuition for veterans
March 28, 2013Legislators want to make it easier for veterans to go to college in South Carolina by paying tuition at in-state rates, though bills differ on how to do that. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged College, Education, South Carolina, Tuition | Leave a commentCongress spares military’s tuition aid program
March 22, 2013Congress has spared a program that provides tuition aid to active duty military from the budget knife. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged College, Higher education, Pentagon, Tuition | Leave a commentRhode Island lawmakers want college aid for veterans
March 21, 2013Gov. Lincoln Chafee and members of the General Assembly detailed proposals that they said would help veterans return to civilian life in Rhode island. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Civilian Life, College, Funding, Higher education, Rhode Island | 1 CommentBusiness center to help Vermont veterans make or grow jobs
February 4, 2013Vermont veterans are going to have a new place to meet where they can work on creating or expanding small businesses.
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Eastern Illinois honored for work with veterans
January 23, 2013The state of Illinois is honoring Eastern Illinois University for its work helping veterans on its campus. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged College, Governor, Illinois, University, Veterans | Leave a commentOhio colleges expand services for student veterans
November 23, 2012Some campuses are developing one-stop veteran services centers and other ways to better support thousands of veterans seeking degrees around Ohio as more troops return from overseas. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged College, GI Bill, Higher education, Ohio | Leave a commentWave of veterans enters South Dakota schools
August 19, 2012Enrollment boom has South Dakota colleges ramping up support services for students with war experience. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged College, GI Bill, Higher education, South Dakota | Leave a commentHeartland, ISU help veterans adjust to student life
June 27, 2012NORMAL, IL. — When three Heartland Community College students started work on a center for veterans, they looked first to Illinois State University — and discovered ISU didn’t have one. So they moved ahead on their own. Now, ISU is … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged College, Higher Education Veterans Service Act, Illinois | Leave a commentIllinois college wins award for being veteran-friendly
June 27, 2012The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs recently recognized the College of DuPage, a Glen Ellyn-based community college, as the spring 2012 winner of its Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education for “fostering a veteran-friendly atmosphere.” Read more about this veteran-friendly … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged College, Education, Illinois | Leave a commentQ&A: Bay State vet in college named one of ’29 Who Shine’
May 8, 2012Joe Assenza, 26, served four years in the Marine Corps and deployed twice to Iraq in 2006 and 2007. After the war, he moved to Lowell to be closer to Middlesex Community College, where he studies engineering. Assenza was just named MCC’s student of the year, is one of two students giving the school’s commencement address May 24, and on May10 he’ll be honored at the Statehouse as one of the “29 Who Shine,” a selection of outstanding students from each of the state’s 29 public colleges and universities. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Civilian Life, College, Returning Veterans | 1 Comment