{"id":72668,"date":"2016-09-01T17:01:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=72668"},"modified":"2016-08-31T22:05:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T02:05:16","slug":"morrisville-state-college-receives-grant-to-facilitate-program-for-military-veterans-seeks-community-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=72668","title":{"rendered":"Morrisville State College receives grant to facilitate program for military veterans, seeks community participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=58844\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-58844\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Morrisville-Mustangs-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Morrisville Mustangs\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Morrisville-Mustangs-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Morrisville-Mustangs-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Morrisville-Mustangs.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Morrisville State College will host \u201cServing: Standing Down,\u201d an innovative reading discussion program designed for military veterans to reflect on the transition from active duty to civilian life.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans and those who support them are welcome to join the facilitated discussions based on the book <em>Standing Down: From Warrior to Civilian<\/em>, edited by Donald Whitfield.The discussions, made possible in part through a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities, will be held on Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 30 and Jan. 18, from 6-8 p.m. in the hospitality suite of the college\u2019s athletic stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Pierie, MSC assistant professor of humanities, coordinator of the teacher education transfer program, member of the Morrisville Veteran\u2019s Task Force, and army veteran, will lead the four sessions where participants will discuss a variety of thematically linked texts. Wyatt Galusky, associate professor and chair of the Humanities Department at MSC, will also be part of the discussion groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really hoping to better serve veterans in the community &#8211; students, members of the staff and anyone in the upstate area,\u201d Galusky said. \u201cIt\u2019s important to have a space where people can talk about their experiences and the sometimes difficult transition from active duty to civilian life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is free and open to the public; participants will be provided with a copy of the reader. For more information or to RSVP by Friday, Sept. 9, contact Wyatt Galusky at<a href=\"mailto:galusky@morrisville.edu\">galusky@morrisville.edu<\/a>. To follow us on Facebook, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MorrisvilleStandingDown\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MorrisvilleStandingDown\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1472672208120000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEesr3dNB4B1Ben4G51wkwqkNUlJg\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MorrisvilleStandingDown\/<\/a>. To learn more about the general reading group \u201cServing: Standing Down,\u201d visit \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyhumanities.org\/discussion_groups\/adults\/standingdown.php\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.nyhumanities.org\/discussion_groups\/adults\/standingdown.php&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1472672208120000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1JG8cMEKuXPpAqpVtz0YIujk1ng\">http:\/\/www.nyhumanities.org\/discussion_groups\/adults\/standingdown.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisville State College has been designated as a Military Friendly\u00ae School by Victory Media for its outstanding support to students who have served in the military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morrisville State College will host \u201cServing: Standing Down,\u201d an innovative reading discussion program designed for military veterans to reflect on the transition from active duty to civilian life. Veterans and those who support them are welcome to join the facilitated discussions based on the book Standing Down: From Warrior to Civilian, edited by Donald Whitfield.The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72668","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=72668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}