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GS Veterans in the News

July 31, 2009 Associated Press: "New GI Bill sending veterans to school this fall"
Summer 2009, Columbia Magazine: "Hundreds of veterans to attend Columbia under enhanced GI Bill"
June 12, 2009, Military.com: "Many Colleges Pass On GI Bill 'Ribbon'"
May 29, 2009, Military Times Edge: "Maximize the New GI Bill"
May 29, 2009, Military.com: "Post-9/11 GI Bill – A Mixed Bag"
May 21, 2009, Military.com: "New GI Bill Puts Ivy League Degree Within Reach"
May 15, 2009, The Record: "Student-Veterans Benefit From Yellow Ribbon Program"
May 15, 2009, Miramar News: "MCAS Miramar Hosts Troops to College Education Summit"
May 8, 2009, WABC: "Scholarships for Veterans"
May 4, 2009, Fox News: "Soldier Students"
May 1, 2009, Inside Higher Ed: "To Tie The Yellow Ribbon?"
April 30, 2009, Columbia Spectator: "Veterans seek Support in Transition to College Life"
April 23, 2009, The Choice Blog, New York Times: "Private Colleges Consider Plan to Help Veterans"
April 18, 2009, Newsweek: "A Few Good Universities"
April 14, 2009, Arlington Catholic Herald: "Leaving Everything to God"
April 13, 2009, Military.com: "Ivy League Tuition Waived"
April 12, 2009, New York Post: "War Vets Ready for Enroll Call"
March 26, 2009, The Eye, Columbia Spectator: "Corps Curriculum"
November 21, 2008, Santa Monica College Corsair: "SMC Alumnus Runs in NYC Marathon"
November 20, 2008, The Record: "Student Groups Aid Transition of Veterans"
November 10, 2008, The New Yorker: "Theatre of War"
October 19, 2008, Washington Post: "5 Years of Reflection, Salutes For Sacrifices 'in Harm's Way'"
September 5, 2008, New York Sun: "19 Columbia Freshmen Jump to the Ivy League From the Armed Forces"
September 2008, Military in-Step: "A Soldier’s Duty"
May 12, 2008, The Daily Bruin: "Proposed GI Bills Would Affect Veteran Benefits"
May 9, 2008, Lou Dobbs Tonight: "Heroes: Army Specialist Garth Stewart"
April 29, 2008, Washington Post: "Some War Veterans Find GI Bill Falls Short"
Spring 2008, The Owl: "Columbia's Invaluable Vets" (.pdf)
February 15, 2008, Stars and Stripes: "Veteran Groups Push for Overhaul of GI Bill"
February 14, 2008, Inside Higher Ed: "Best You Can Be Without a Degree"
February 14, 2008, Army Times: "Veterans Groups Rally for Better GI Bill"
July 24, 2007, Boston Globe: "A Powerful Step Forward"
June 2007, Washington Monthly, "Stay and Fight"
February 16, 2007, Naples News: "High-tech Fido Could Save Lives in Iraq"
Fall 2006, Columbia Magazine: "A Student in Full"
July 20, 2003, Washington Post: "The War After the War"

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November 22, 2008, New York Times:"Help Is on the Way"
November 2, 2008, New York Times: "The New G.I. Bill: A Primer", "Resources Beyond the Bill"
October 30, 2008, New York Times: "From Combat to College"

 

 

Naval reserve midshipmen in formation on College Walk, ca. 1940s.

The US Naval Reserve Midshipmen School of New York moved to Columbia in 1942.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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