Thursday, February 14, 2013

Wise Choices, Transfer Day, Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Event in Cottonwood, Security Sites & Careers

Today’s Video is the latest in our Veterans Upward Bound YouTube playlists, about how to make wise choices on important decisions, at: http://youtu.be/8DdO2yXZ76Y

University Transfer Day at Yavapai College Verde Valley campus is Wednesday 2/20/13 from 10am-2pm in the Student Lounge in Building F –and- at Prescott campus on Thursday 2/21 from 10-2 in Building 19 Community Room.  In addition to Yavapai College program information, the following university representatives plan to attend: AZTransfer.com, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Grand Canyon University, Midwestern University, NAU- Yavapai, NAU- Prescott, New Mexico State University, Old Dominion University, Prescott College, and University of New Mexico.

The Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home celebration will be in Cottonwood this year on March 30.  If you are interested in being involved in the motorcycle procession, attending, or coming to the event, see their Facebook site at: https://www.facebook.com/Welcome.Home.Vietnam.Vets Please also view the moving tribute Video from 2012 Sedona Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3730280273970

If you are interested in national security issues or homeland security as a career option, here’s a list of  national security sites on the web, provided to us by James Lincoln.  It covers personal and professional sites related to counter-terrorism, general national security, defense and many other related sites. You can view it here http://www.masterofhomelandsecurity.org/national-security.html

If you have a career interest in homeland/global security, you may also want to check out program offerings from Embry Riddle (http://prescott.erau.edu/degrees/undergraduate/global-security-intelligence-studies/index.html) and Yavapai College (http://www.yc.edu/academics/degrees-and-certificates/criminal-justice-and-security-certificate/113)  At Veterans Upward Bound, we can help you sort through your career interests and find educational programs that work for you, check us out at www.yc.edu/vub - we have new free college-prep classes beginning in March!

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