{"id":59877,"date":"2015-01-05T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=59877"},"modified":"2015-01-04T19:41:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T00:41:57","slug":"morrisville-state-recognized-for-supporting-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=59877","title":{"rendered":"Morrisville State recognized for Supporting Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Morrisville-State-College.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58192\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Morrisville-State-College.jpg\" alt=\"Morrisville State College\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Morrisville-State-College.jpg 225w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Morrisville-State-College-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Morrisville, NY- Jan. 2015) Morrisville State has been recognized for its outstanding support to students who have served in the military, being designated as a Military Friendly School by Victory Media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to receive this designation,\u201d said Brian Wallenhorst, admissions\u00a0counselor\u00a0and member of the college\u2019s Veterans Task Force.\u00a0\u201cWe strive to provide transitioning veterans the best possible experience in higher education and do\u00a0all we can to ensure that they succeed on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The list honors Morrisville State as one of the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace military students and dedicating resources to ensure their success in the classroom and after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to meeting the needs of military personnel, veterans and their families,\u201d said\u00a0Jeri O\u2019Bryan-Losee, director of Science and Technology Entry Programs CSTEP\/STEP, and member of the college\u2019s Veterans Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>An active Veterans Task Force, comprised of campus and community volunteers, also assists in the development of activities and support services to students, faculty and staff with military service and their families.<\/p>\n<p>A new veterans\u2019 lounge, with study areas, computers and a printer, serves as a meeting point for student veterans on campus to connect.<\/p>\n<p>The campus also reaches out to veterans through a campus-wide Veterans Day recognition ceremony, in addition to volunteering at various veterans\u2019 organizations throughout the community. For the past five years, the men\u2019s lacrosse team has also raised money to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its sixth year, the Military Friendly Schools designation and list by Victory Media is the premier, trusted resource for post-military success. Military Friendly provides service members transparent, data-driven ratings about post-military education and career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The Military Friendly Schools designation process includes extensive research and a data-driven survey of schools nationwide approved for Post-9\/11 GI Bill funding. Victory Media is a service-disabled, veteran-owned business serving the military community since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Morrisville, NY- Jan. 2015) Morrisville State has been recognized for its outstanding support to students who have served in the military, being designated as a Military Friendly School by Victory Media. \u201cWe are happy to receive this designation,\u201d said Brian Wallenhorst, admissions\u00a0counselor\u00a0and member of the college\u2019s Veterans Task Force.\u00a0\u201cWe strive to provide transitioning veterans the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}