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OCP Mail Call The E-newsletter of Operation College Promise www.operationcollegepromise.com September/October 2010 |
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Operation College Promise is funded in part through a grant from the American Council on Education & the Wal-Mart Foundation Operation College Promise A NJ Association of State Colleges & Universities Initiative 150 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08608 609-989-1100 Director of Programs and Policy Analysis – Wendy Lang |
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Dear Friends and Supporters, December Certificate for Veterans Service Providers (CVSP) registration open! Register now for the next CVSP to be held at Ramapo’s Meadowlands Environment Center in Lyndhurst, New Jersey! Seats are limited and going fast for the December 1st—3rd program, which will include a tour of the Intrepid Museum — just voted “Best Attraction” at the Concierge Choice Awards. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet some of the nation’s most knowledgeable experts in serving veterans, as well as colleagues from across the country. Contributors include the American Council on Education (ACE), American Heroes at Work (AHW), Wounded Warriors Foundation, Servicemembers Opportunity College Consortium (SOC), the GI Go Fund, War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), the New Jersey National Guard, and more! Get more information here. See you in December! OCP Annual Student Veteran Enrollment Survey—This month OCP released its annual survey of student veterans attending the nine ASCU member institutions and the results were impressive. Enrollment increases among the group between Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 were at a median of 60%, with several institutions more than doubling their military-affiliated population. Rowan University (94%), Montclair State University (161%) and Richard Stockton College (192%) witnessed the greatest increase. Read the Phillyburbs article here, and NJ 101.5 broadcast here. Montclair State University (MSU) Hosts 9/11 Flag Stitching — As part of its Constitution Day celebration, MSU hosted a flag stitching ceremony for National 9/11 Flag which was destroyed in the collapse of the World Trade Center and sewn back together by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas. The event, which was part of a nationwide tour, celebrated local heroes who were honored in a procession and given the opportunity to add stitches to the New Jersey patch. Congratulations to Montclair for being the only university in the nation to have the honor of hosting this tremendous event! Stockton College Hosts Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program for the 177th Fighter Wing — Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing and the 108th Air Refueling Wing, along with their families, received a warm welcome from the staff at Stockton who joined forces with the National Guard Yellow Ribbon team in providing reintegration programming at a daylong program held at the College. The group had served in a security capacity in Iraq, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Welcome home to all! A special thanks to Bob Ford, who graciously manned the OCP table! OCP Website Receives a New Look — We’ve updated and streamlined the OCP website, which we think will make it easier to navigate. Take a look at www.operationcollegepromise.com. Got News? OCP is always looking for good news to share with our readers. E-mail Wendy at walang@njascu.org to get your story in an edition of the OCP Mail Call. |
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Navy Turns 235; Birthplace in Dispute—October 13, 2010 For Female Marines, Tea Comes with Bullets—October 2, 2010 Senate Passes Compromise Vets Bill—September 29, 2010 Fort Hood Battles Spike in Suicides—September 29, 2010 Fort Hood Assessing Soldiers in Wake of Suicides—September 30, 2010 State Colleges See Surge in Military Enrollment—September 27, 2010 Wounded in Iraq, Double-Amputee Returns to War—September 25, 2010 U.S. Military Backs Raising Online Education Scrutiny—September 22, 2010 Helping Vets Stop Cycle of Crime—September 20, 2010 The New GI Bill: Success or Failure? —September 16, 2010 VA Sending Out Checks to Correct GI Bill Payout Shortages—September 2, 2010 What I did last summer ... deployed! - September 2010 108th Wing Honors its Airmen and their Families in Special Ceremony—September 2010 Military Members Retained Under the “Stop Loss” Program Running Out of Time to Collect Compensation—August 5, 2010 VA is Easing Rules to Cover Stress Disorder—July 7, 2010
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