St. John’s Opens Veterans Success Center
St. John’s University has successfully opened its new Veterans Success Center. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Marillac Hall on the Queens campus Feb. 5 to celebrate the opening of the center. The Veterans Success Center will provide provide tutoring, career advisement and other services for student veterans. Student veterans can use the center to conduct career center preparation, résumé writing and library research.
The center was created with the help of the St. John’s Student Veterans Association (SVA). The five organizational pillars of the SVA are academics, career, leadership, service and transition. The association provides support and advocacy for veterans making the adjustment from the military to life on campus. The Mayor’s Office of Veterans’ Affairs will also support the center by sending representatives to the center twice a month and student veterans will also receive assistance filing their e-benefits and taxes.
Pace Holds Accelerated Admission Days for Vets
The Offices of Graduate Admission at Pace Univesrity will be hosting Accelerated Admission Days for veteran, reservist, and active duty military applicants. The event will be held Monday, January 12, 2015 from 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Prospective students can bring a completed application and all supporting documents to receive an admission decision the same day. Additionally, the school will waive the application fee ($70 for a graduate application).
Admission counselors will be available to review prospective student application materials and answer any questions about the admission process, financial aid, or academic programs offered at Pace University. The Office of Student Assistance Veteran Team will also be available to assist you with benefit-related questions. For Graduate program applicants, a small number of applications for certain Master’s programs may require additional review and a decision will follow soon afterwards.
Argyros Student Shares Advice for Veterans
Argyros School of Business and Economics student Jonathan Chandler shared some insight on why veterans, like him, are great candidates for MBA programs. He shared his advice on the Chapman University student blog.
Chandler writes:
Anderson Holds Bootcamp for Veterans
The ‘Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities’ (EBV) at Anderson School of Management was held July 12, 2014 to July 20, 2014. EBV offers cutting edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines disabled as a result of their service supporting operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
The intent of the EBV is to open the door to entrepreneurial opportunity and small business ownership by developing your competencies in the many steps and activities associated with creating and sustaining an entrepreneurial venture and also by helping you coordinate your efforts with programs and services for veterans and others with disabilities.
