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When Tiffany Taylor, BS Criminology, Law and Society ’20, enrolled at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, she expected her college experience to look different than most. An Army veteran and single parent with three school-aged children, Taylor was responsible for multiple schedules. But, over the next two years, she was still able to capitalize on the opportunities at George Â鶹ÊÓƵ—attending classes on campus, getting involved in her program and classmates’ projects, participating in internships, and embarking on two study-abroad trips. 

As the academic manager in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Global Education Office, Rachel Spence helps international students from partner universities worldwide with the transfer of classes, registration, and advising. In addition to helping students navigate their experiences in the United States and complete their George Â鶹ÊÓƵ degrees, Spence is also the chair of the Staff Senate, which represents the interests of all classified and non-student wage employees to the administration and Board of Visitors.

In September, Antonin Scalia Law School’s Â鶹ÊÓƵ Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (M-VETS) advocated for a Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumnus and U.S. Air Force veteran before the Department of Veterans Affairs Board of Veterans’ Appeals.

When the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) convened the first round of its high-tech competition at Fuse at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Square, they should have known it would end with a strong George Â鶹ÊÓƵ showing.

There are currently more than 80,000 unaccounted-for service members from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf War, and other conflicts. Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s ongoing collaboration with the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is exploring new ways of locating the missing remains of those American service members and bringing closure to their families. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has once again been recognized for its longstanding commitment to military-connected students and their families, earning a Silver ranking in the Military Friendly® School designation for the upcoming 2025-26 academic year.

In May, a Â鶹ÊÓƵ law student, working with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (M-VETS), advocated for a U.S. combat veteran before an administrative law judge at a hearing before the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA). 

These George Â鶹ÊÓƵ students are short-circuiting voice commands, dog whistles, and clickers.

Death has been the constant companion in Steven Luu’s life—from war-torn Vietnam to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. But through art, Luu, now an MFA student at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s School of Art, has discovered peace, purpose, and a path to healing.

This Army major wanted to combine his military service with the hard science of biodefense. Read how Major Geoffrey Mattoon found his way to the Schar School’s one-of-a-kind graduate program—in the shadow of the Pentagon.