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Veterans

‘IVMF At One Year’ celebration recognizes anniversary and milestones; open house slated for Nov. 9

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By News Staff

This week, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), founded in June 2011 by Syracuse University as the result of a historic partnership with JPMorgan Chase & Co., celebrates the one-year anniversary of its founding and formal ribbon-cutting/opening of…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, October 17

Friday, October 19, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE National media attention on the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and GE partnership through the Get Skills To Work initiative to recognize, recruit and retain veterans in manufacturing, along with…

Campus & Community

‘Ensuring Successful Students and Schools’ is focus of next IRP

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 18 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Sharon Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District. She will discuss the district’s five-year plan for ensuring the success of the city’s students. The IRP program…

Veterans

IVMF partners with GE to launch employer toolkit

Monday, October 15, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and GE today announced a partnership to empower the nation’s employers to adopt a collaborative and strategic approach to veteran employment. GE is both lead corporate sponsor of the…

Campus & Community

SyracuseCoE partners win $1.9 million in five federal awards

Friday, October 12, 2012, By Carol Boll

SyracuseCoE announced Oct. 9 an initiative to accelerate growth of the Central New York industry cluster that manufactures systems to control temperature and environmental quality in a wide range of applications. The Advanced Manufacturing for Thermal and Environmental Control Systems (AM-TECS) initiative…

An invitation to join the Women of the University Community

Friday, October 5, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Eighty-five years ago, the Women of the University Community (WUC) was organized for faculty wives who stayed at home to get together over coffee and develop friendships. Many things have changed, but the camaraderie and friendship remain. “WUC evolved because…

Career Services hosts Career Week events Oct. 2-3

Monday, October 1, 2012, By News Staff

This week, Syracuse University Career Services, within the Division of Student Affairs, presents it annual Career Week programs and events, which includes the Career Fair, Resumania and Diversity in the Workplace. The Career Fair, the most anticipated event, takes place…

Veterans

EBV grad business ranked #106 by Inc. Magazine as one of 500 fastest growing private companies

Wednesday, September 5, 2012, By News Staff

Former Marine John Raftery credits EBV with helping him launch, grow Patriot Contractors Patriot Contractors, a specialty construction company owned and operated by 2007 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program graduate John Raftery (U.S. Marine Corps, retired), was…

Veterans

EBV at SU welcomes sixth class beginning July 28

Friday, July 27, 2012, By News Staff

‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Steve Kroft ’67 to deliver opening keynote address This weekend, Syracuse University will welcome a new class of post-9/11 veterans to the sixth annual Barnes Family Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program, which provides cutting-edge…

Business & Economy

Whitman professor emeritus of marketing George Saunders dies at 91

Wednesday, July 25, 2012, By News Staff

George B. Saunders, 91, died peacefully on Saturday, July 7, at his home in DeWitt. Saunders, a professor emeritus of marketing at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, taught at the school for 35 years. He was born…