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When his 11-year-old daughter started showing interest in college, first-year student Jimmy Stewart saw an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of higher education by finally getting his bachelor’s degree.

Paul Deller and Michael Harris are part of a cohort of 11 Marine Corps officers attending Â鶹ÊÓƵ through the Congressional Fellowship Program, which gives Marines opportunities for professional development that include working on Capitol Hill for one year and enrollment in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s graduate public policy program.

Jennifer Connors, director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Office of Military Services, is the first recipient of the Admiral John Harvey Career Achievement in Military Education Excellence Award, which was presented by the Virginia Department of Veteran Services in September.

Amazon donation to help provide legal services to veterans.

For his dedication to Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s military community, Ryan Barnett is one of only 19 people nationwide recognized as a 2021 Veteran Champion of the Year in Higher Education by G.I. Jobs.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduate student Christopher Frost decided to focus his independent study on helping the Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility (WARF) to determine the needs of its community during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Niyati Dhokai, the Director of the Veterans and the Arts Initiative Program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ talks in this podcast about how effective music therapy is for Veterans returning from active duty, battling PTSD and other injuries, and how their families and children benefit from these sessions.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is the most diverse and most innovative institution in Virginia according to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 Best Colleges List, reflecting the university’s mission of providing access to excellence. Six programs made the top 100, including engineering, which rose 16 spots in the past year.

Mechanical engineering seniors design a wheelchair that aids a veteran from a non-profit organization.