Veterans
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…
IVMF partners with US Business Leadership Network to further advance service-disabled veterans in employment and entrepreneurship
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) is pleased to announce a partnership with the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®) focused on service-disabled veterans in employment and entrepreneurship. The partnership will advance joint initiatives undertaken by…
IVMF announces appointment of VMI’s Roger Thompson as senior fellow
Continuing its commitment to leveraging the national resources of higher education in service to the nation’s veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced the appointment of Roger Thompson, professor of…
EBV at SU welcomes sixth class beginning July 28
‘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…
IVMF transitions team members to new roles
In an effort to further support its mission, operation and significant growth over the past 12 months, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has announced the transition of three team members to new roles. Raymond Toenniessen, founding director…
University establishes Cynthia Reynolds Memorial Fund for Veterans in memory of staff member
Cynthia “Cindy” Reynolds (1957-2012), known to her children as “Mia,” was a 13-year employee of Syracuse University and veteran of the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of sergeant. In her memory, her colleagues and friends at the University have established…