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  • Empowering education: Spreading the awareness of the SAVE Plan

    Empowering education: Spreading the awareness of the SAVE Plan

    The Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan introduced in August by the U.S. Department of Education, is a revolutionary income-driven repayment (IDR) plan designed to alleviate the financial strain of student loans.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Timothy Vitale

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Timothy Vitale

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Timothy Vitale, who served as a naval intelligence specialist for 20 years.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Shawna Medina

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Shawna Medina

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Shawna Medina, who now serves as a Veteran career advisor for the Texas Veterans Commission.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jacqueline Swann

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jacqueline Swann

    Jacqueline Swann will begin an internship at the Student Veterans of America as a Policy Associate to help future student Veterans.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Alexandria Sawin

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Alexandria Sawin

    Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Alexandria Sawin. She has been named the 2018 Student Veteran of the Year by Student Veterans of America.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Cristina Mungilla

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Cristina Mungilla

    Cristina Mungilla served with the Texas Army National Guard. She was tasked with supporting, mobilizing and demobilizing units for overseas deployments.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Jeff Martinelli

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Jeff Martinelli

    Jeff Martinelli is fluent in Farsi and used his language skills as an intelligence analyst. He deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and Bahrain during sea duty.

  • #BorneTheBattle 78: Chris Rolph – Air Force Veteran, Student Veteran of the Year

    #BorneTheBattle 78: Chris Rolph – Air Force Veteran, Student Veteran of the Year

    Air Force Veteran Chris Rolph of Queens University of Charlotte has been named the Student Veteran of the Year. Chris sat down to talk about his service in the Air Force, a close friend of his, the challenges and accomplishments he's seen on campus, and much more.

  • #BorneTheBattle 76: Jessica Kirksey & Luke Opyd – Student Veteran of the Year finalists

    #BorneTheBattle 76: Jessica Kirksey & Luke Opyd – Student Veteran of the Year finalists

    Today, we chat with Jessica Kirksey from Our Lady of the Lake University & Luke Opyd from Cornell. Both talk military and thoughts on outreach on campus.

  • #BorneTheBattle 75: Gretchen Klingler & Jessica Nelson – Student Veteran of the Year finalists

    #BorneTheBattle 75: Gretchen Klingler & Jessica Nelson – Student Veteran of the Year finalists

    We learn from Veterans Gretchen Klingler and Jessica Nelson. Each will tell us about service, leading Veterans on campus, and best practices for outreach.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Chris Rolph

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Chris Rolph

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Chris Rolph. Yesterday, at the SVA National Conference, he was honored as Student Veteran of the Year.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran William Hubbard

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran William Hubbard

    Today Will Hubbard serves as the Vice President of Government Relations at Student Veterans of America and helped get the "Forever GI Bill" passed.

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