Monday, March 18, 2013

Gratitude Campaign, VUB Free Modules Start, Ten Years After, Female Soldiers, Homes for Vets



The Video of the Day is about the Gratitude Campaign to thank our service members for the sacrifices they make, see it at: http://youtu.be/gr9Zb3sTfYg

March 18th is the start of our Veterans Upward Bound Spring Session II of free veteran-only pre-college modules in math, writing, computers and more.  If you are a Northern Arizona veteran, contact us at 928-717-7686 or www.yc.edu/vub to see if you qualify to get a jump start on your college career.

The New York Times online blog features reports from a variety of service members who served in Iraq, ten years after OIF: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/a-war-before-and-after/

NPR discusses the differences and difficulties of female soldiers’ return from deployment at: http://www.npr.org/2013/03/17/174301855/female-soldiers-face-tough-switch-from-front-lines-to-homefront

Fort Snelling will house homeless veterans in rehabilitated historical buildings, see the article at: http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/fort-snelling-buildings-to-house-homeless-vets-1.212117

No comments:

Post a Comment