{"id":24951,"date":"2019-01-30T08:17:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T13:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=24951"},"modified":"2019-02-27T08:22:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T13:22:31","slug":"utc-chosen-as-a-military-friendly-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/utc-chosen-as-a-military-friendly-school\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC chosen as a &#8216;Military Friendly School&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UTC has been designated as 2019-2020 Military\u00a0Friendly school by a national veterans organization.<\/p>\n<p>Created in 2003, the Military Friendly program helps veterans find jobs when they retire from active service.<\/p>\n<p>Military Friendly Schools strive towards and succeed in the areas that matter most in helping veterans make the transition from the military to school and, ultimately, satisfying careers in the civilian world,\u201d according to the organization\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Based in part on a school-submitted survey, the group\u2019s calculations show that UTC exceeded standards in six categories: Academic Policies and Compliance, Admissions and Orientation, Culture and Commitment, Financial Aid and Assistance, Graduation and Career and Military Student Support and Retention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy setting a standard, promoting it and raising the bar over time, it provides long-term, positive reinforcement for American organizations to invest in programs that improve the lives of veterans,\u201d Military Friendly says on its website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/dean-students\/veteran-student-services\/index.php\">Learn more about our Veteran Student Services.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A national veterans organization has named UTC as an excellent school for veterans<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/utc-chosen-as-a-military-friendly-school\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":24954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,64],"tags":[83418,48188,50288],"class_list":{"0":"post-24951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-news","9":"tag-military-friendly","10":"tag-office-of-veteran-and-military-student-services","11":"tag-student-veterans","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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