Education Benefits & Programs Update

Veterans Week 2018 on campus at Oregon State University
10/23/2018 10:41 AM PDT
November 3rd – Veterans Appreciation Game – Start your 2018 Veterans Week off with the OSU vs USC football game. As a small token of appreciation to those who have given so much to defend and serve the United States of America, Oregon State Athletics is offering two complimentary tickets to Beaver football’s November 3 game against USC to verified military personnel, including both active personnel and veterans.
Best for Vets Colleges: The best schools for military students in 2019
10/22/2018 08:25 AM PDT
Active-duty and veteran students make up nearly 8 percent of the student population at Georgia Southern University, the No. 1-ranked school on our list. (Katherine Artzen/Georgia Southern University)
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Staff photo by E. J. Harris
BMCC provides vets with a space of their own
10/10/2018 06:13 PM PDT
Without looking at the name, the Blue Mountain Community College Veterans Resource Center would look like a lot of study spaces at the college’s Pendleton campus.
Fallen Patriots highlights one of our OSU Military Connected Community members
10/02/2018 08:36 AM PDT
Fallen Patriots is an tax exempt organisation, who’s mission is to provide college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. 
VA audit grounds Oregon vets hoping to use GI Bill to become pilots
09/18/2018 08:11 PM PDT
Veterans in Oregon and across the country trying to use their G.I. Bill benefits for training are stuck on hold because of a scandal involving expensive …
New policy makes GI Bill transfers easier than ever for wounded warriors
09/11/2018 02:02 PM PDT
Then-Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis, now the secretary of defense, visits with a Marine at Camp Taqaddum’s Shock and Surgical Trauma Platoon facility.
For some vets, certifications are worth more than degrees
09/10/2018 08:43 AM PDT
As a veteran, while I was active duty I had a hard time deciding where to focus my efforts to make myself competitive for a job after the service.
VA expands Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program to improve service to Veterans
08/30/2018 05:09 AM PDT
VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program (VR&E) recently began the process of reducing the average counselor-to-caseload ratio, to one to 125 or below, through the hiring of 172 vocational rehabilitation counselors.
New Forever GI Bill qualifies more reservists for awesome benefits
08/29/2018 02:33 PM PDT
Reservists called up for active duty will soon qualify for increased Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits if they meet certain requirements.