Veterans
Seminar will focus on healthcare for homeless veterans
“Health Care for Homeless Veterans: VA’s Five-Year Plan to End Homelessness,” the third in a five-part seminar series, will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 5:30-7 p.m. in SU’s Life Sciences Building Auditorium. Adam Ormsby, program coordinator of Health…
Health Care for Homeless Veterans: VA’s five-year plan to end homelessness
Adam Ormsby, program coordinator of Health Care for Homeless Veterans in Upstate New York, will discuss the physical and mental health needs of homeless veterans. Ormsby will share startling statistics of alcohol and drug abuse, as well as serious psychiatric…
IVMF’s Schmeling participates in annual U.S. Business Leadership Network conference and expo
James Schmeling, managing director and co-founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), will participate in the 2012 U.S. Business Leadership Network (USBLN) 15th Annual Conference and Expo in Orlando, Fla. The IVMF and the…
IVMF collaborates to assist state communities competing for federal grants in support of returning veterans, families
New initiative will provide free support to applicants to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families grants program A new collaborative effort among the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), the New York…
IVMF’s Schmeling speaks on CNY SHRM veteran recruitment and retention panel
James Schmeling, managing director and co-founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), will speak as part of a panel discussion during the Central New York SHRM Diversity Seminar, “The Recruitment and Retention of Veteran…
Veterans’ Resource Center sponsors seminar series
Veterans’ Resource Center presents a series of fall seminars focusing on key issues relating to veterans. Topics include transitioning from military to student life, suicide awareness and prevention, developing veteran-friendly programs in schools and techniques for supporting the academic and…
EBV grad business ranked #106 by Inc. Magazine as one of 500 fastest growing private companies
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…
IVMF announces expanded effort to disseminate veteran-focused academic research
Building upon its highly successful weekly Research Brief program, an initiative designed to catalogue, summarize and disseminate peer-reviewed, academic research focused on issues and topics impacting veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University…
IVMF, Griffin-Hammis produce government benefits guidebook for veterans with disabilities
In response to a need for more easily accessible and organized information on governmental benefits available to veterans and their families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), in collaboration with Griffin-Hammis Associates LLC, has released…
IVMF hosts fourth V-WISE entrepreneurship training conference for female veterans Aug. 23-25 in San Diego
Major General Martha T. Rainville (U.S. Air Force, Retired), Brigadier General Belinda H. Pinckney (U.S. Army, Retired) and Master Chief Petty Officer Ginger L. Simpson (U.S. Navy, Retired) to be honored as pioneering women in the military Veteran Women Igniting…