University Chaplain and Protestant Campus Minister Corey MacPherson completed three months of arduous training at Fort Jackson in the humidity of South Carolina last summer to become a U.S. Army Reserve chaplain.
±«Óătv’s associate vice president for emergency management, campus safety, and environmental health and safety has another title when he isn’t on campus: U.S. Air Force master sergeant.
On this episode of 13, Professor Rebecca Shiner and two former students discuss “Narrating life in the military: Links between veterans’ narrative processing of service experiences and their posttraumatic stress symptoms and well-being.”
Joe Hernon, associate vice president for campus safety, emergency management, and environmental health and safety, is working with other veterans on campus to create a new affinity group to bring together military veterans from across campus for comradery and support.
When ±«Óătv Director of Facilities Operations Jason Wallace isn’t coordinating the University’s army of custodial and maintenance staff, he is leading about 11,000 United States Army Corps of Engineers as a newly decorated brigadier general in the 416th Theater Engineer Command.
±«Óătv and Service to School (S2S) are proud to announce a new partnership through the Service to School VetLink Program. ±«Óătv joins 21 prestigious institutions committed to transforming higher education and college access for student veterans.
This Veterans Day, ±«Óătv is paying tribute to the men and women of America’s armed forces. The university wants to thank alumni, parents, and current students who have served their country — and the numerous alumni who work on behalf of veterans, helping them transition back to civilian life.
Starting this fall, qualified military veterans can attend ±«Óătv tuition-free, thanks to an agreement between the university and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The university will take part in the new Yellow Ribbon Program, a component of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which makes earning a college degree more affordable for veterans.