UMDRightNowHere's the information to lead into this great piece by our Graduate Journalism Major Ashley Westerman:
University President Dr. Wallace Loh, along with state government and other higher education administrators, signed the Maryland Campus Compact for Student Veterans on January 31st in Annapolis. The pact aims to address the unique challenges faced by student veterans who decide to return to school after serving in the military. All provisions in the agreement, such as a centralized center for support and the raising of campus awareness, look to make campuses in the university system more accommodating to student veterans in order to help ensure their success.
Here's the close:
Last October, the university was named on of the nation's 15 model institutions for veteran affairs by the U.S. Department of Education and received a federal grant of $400,000 to establish a Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success. NewsDesk's Ashley Westerman spoke again with Stamp Student Union Director Marsha Guenzler-Stevens on the progress that's been made.
MobileDaveJohan Romin is a producer for UR - Sweden's National TV Network. He was in College Park on assignment when I caught up with him. We're talking about a documentary they are working on for fall, 2011.
UMDRightNowUniversity of Maryland student Lucy Wang - who is working with our Department of Transportation this semester - describes the new Bike Valet program that will be offered during Maryland Day on April 30. The program will offer bike riders a safe and secure place to store their bike as they visit campus.
