Knowledge Base
Welcome to the Knowledge Base. This is a continually updated database of articles, interviews, white papers, videos, and more – all related to the success of student veterans and those that serve them. You are encouraged to use these resources to enhance your own knowledge, but to also share these with your colleagues. In addition, we ask that you submit articles, white papers, videos, or anything else that can help enhance the knowledge of your peers. Please submit resources here.
VFW Awards Nearly $500,000 in Veteran Scholarships
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., America’s largest and oldest major combat veterans organization, is proud to announce 107 student veterans have been named recipients of a VFW “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” for the 2017 fall...
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Student Veteran Activities & Events
When I was a first-year college student, I was required to live in the dorms. Three months off a deployment I stuck out like a sore thumb as a lone 21-year-old among a sea of recent high school graduates. It wasn’t my being three years older that was the source of...
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Student Veteran Programming 2017 – Lessons Learned, Part 2
This year's SVA National Conference theme is: "Defining Our Future" What better way to define our future than to evaluate, critique, and learn from our challenges and success from the past? We did just that in this free two part video series "Student Veteran...
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Student Veteran Programming – Lessons Learned, Part 1
This year's SVA National Conference (#NatCon2018) theme is "Defining Our Future". What better way to define our future than to look back at 2017 - evaluate, critique, celebrate, and challenge our efforts? Dr. Nicholas J. Osborne from the University of Illinois at...
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Recruiting Student Veterans Session Announced at AICPA Conference
Bainbridge Island, WA (May 20, 2017) – Terry Arndt, a career transition expert, author, speaker and coach, will speak on June 13, 2017 at the AICPA Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference hosted by the American Institute of CPAs, the world’s largest member...
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How to help military veteran students succeed
by Michelle M. Camacho, The San Diego Union-Tribune April is a time when universities across the country are hosting welcoming events for newly admitted military-veteran students. As a university professor who conducts research on successful educational pathways for...
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Community Colleges Rarely Graduate the Veterans They Recruit
by Jon Marcus - The Atlantic In the main room of a onetime fraternity house at the edge of San Diego State University, a small group of students labors quietly, laser-focused, over textbooks and laptops. This is the Veterans House, its door propped open by a spent...
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Supporting and Counseling Military Students – Building Synergy and Possibilities
Dr. Nicholas J. Osborne and Dr. Dustin D. Lange recently partnered to write an article with Dr. Catherine M. York on building synergy and possibilities to support and counsel military students. By Dr. Nicholas J. Osborne, Dr. Catherine M. York, & Dr. Dustin D....
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Ten Things You Should Know About Today’s Student Veteran
by Alison Lighthall With our military out of Iraq, and funding for global military operations on the decline, thousands of newly discharged men and women are trying to figure out “What’s next?” Most of our Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, and Sailors joined the military...
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CAMPMACKALL
Dr. Dustin Lange, author of Camo to Career and contributing author of Camouflage to Campus, has just co-founded CAMPMACKALL. CAMPMACKALL was founded and spearheaded by local veterans that understand the importance of having a professional mentor to not only guide you...
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