Veterans
Donations collected at SU vs. Rhode Island game Saturday to help complete veterans’ homes on Near West Side
Syracuse University is helping to raise the roof for Habitat for Humanity by asking fans to make a donation to help complete two veterans’ homes under construction on Syracuse’s Near West Side. Once completed, the homes—located at 113 and 115 Fitch…
Volunteers needed to help collect donations to complete veterans’ homes on Near West Side
Syracuse University is helping to ‘raise the roof’ for Habitat for Humanity by asking students, faculty and staff to collect donations needed to complete two veterans’ homes under construction on Syracuse’s Near West Side. Once completed, the homes—located at 113…
When life gives you lemons … make a lemonade stand! Whitman hosts ninth annual Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp beginning Oct. 8
When you were a kid growing up, you dreamed big. Your imagination ran wild and no idea was unattainable. As we age, we tend to lose that “entrepreneurial” spirit and the creativity that once drove us to create basement fort…
Institute for Veterans and Military Families announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced a “Commitment to Action” stemming from its participation in the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The CGI was established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton to inspire,…
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities celebrates fifth year
Features keynotes by U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary Ray Jefferson and legendary high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr. On Saturday, July 16, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will welcome a new class of 25 veterans…
James Schmeling appointed managing director, co-founder of Institute for Veterans and Military Families
James Schmeling has been appointed managing director of the newly established Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, which he co-founded with Mike Haynie, Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in SU’s Whitman School of Management. Schmeling was previously…
Institute for Veterans and Military Families takes part in veteran working group at Clinton Global Initiative meeting
History suggests that the economic and social challenges faced by the more than 2.5 million Americans who have served our country in uniform since 2001 will be formidable upon their transition from military service to civilian life . In order…
EBV-Families expands to College of Business at Florida State
Walmart Foundation grant supports military family job training The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (EBV-F), an education and training program founded in 2010 and based at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has announced its expansion to Florida…
VA awards Burton Blatt Institute partner contract to examine employment of veterans
Thanks to a $483,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, in partnership with veteran-owned business Corporate Gray, will conduct substantial research to improve the hiring and retention of veterans by…
Haynie appointed Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in Whitman School
Melvin T. Stith, dean of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, announces that J. Michael “Mike” Haynie has been named the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and service. Haynie was…