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By Hermon Negash The Razorback Reporter Because employment for veterans is one aspect of the sometimes difficult transition from military life to civilian life, companies and programs try to help veterans find jobs. The unemployment rate among veterans in the United States was about 4.6 percent in 2016 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics….Continue Reading Corporations Look for Ways to Hire Vets in Large Numbers

Kayla Nunez  The Razorback Reporter The U of A has more than 403 registered student organizations and an estimated 50 percent of students are members of an RSO, but the organizers of Student Veterans are having trouble gaining traction for their group.     Student Veterans has been an RSO on the U of A campus…Continue Reading Student Veterans Group Having Trouble Gaining Traction

By Chase Reavis The Razorback Reporter UA student veterans receive benefits and accommodations including financial aid and prolonged time on tests from on-campus facilities. The Veterans Resource and Information Center, VRIC, staff work with students and their dependents on a variety of college success factors, director Erika Gamboa said. Among these factors are college preparedness,…Continue Reading UA Staff Provide Resources for Student Veterans

By Katie Serrano The Razorback Reporter The University of Arkansas School of Nursing is preparing their graduate students to find the right hospital to work at after a strike at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Little Rock raised concerns about working conditions in June. Susan Patton, interim director of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing,…Continue Reading UA Nursing Department Prepares Students to Enter VA

By Erin McGuinness The Razorback Reporter Fayetteville is taking steps to permanently control, or end, homelessness among veterans in the city, a feat that Mayor Lioneld Jordan said in 2014 he thought could be achieved by 2015. That goal was an outgrowth of President Barack Obama’s goal to end homelessness among veterans. In “Opening Doors,”…Continue Reading Fayetteville Takes Steps to Control Veteran Homelessness