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Center Assists Mississippi State Veterans
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VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine
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September 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Sep 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) introduced H.R. 5143, the securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008, in January. The act would award three-year grants to colleges and universities to develop campus Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success. While the bill has not seen any action since, Mississippi State University's (MSU) G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Center for America's Veterans (CAV) serves as a model of what this bill proposes.
Frank Wills, a Marine Corps veteran who graduated from MSU in August, found that he couldn't handle the transition from military to college life entirely alone.
"It was a big hurdle for somebody like me to try to do it on my own," Wills said. "When you ...
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