{"id":40458,"date":"2022-02-17T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T13:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=40458"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:10:43","slug":"utc-designated-as-military-friendly-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/utc-designated-as-military-friendly-school\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC designated as Military-Friendly school"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<p><strong>Learn more about Veterans Student Services at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/veteran-student-services\">https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/veteran-student-services.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>To learn more about Military Friendly, go to<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryfriendly.com\/\">https:\/\/www.militaryfriendly.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has been designated a 2022-2023 Military&nbsp;Friendly school by a national veterans organization.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvana Matthews, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/veteran-student-services\">UTC Office of Veteran Student Services<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/veteran-student-services\">,<\/a> said the recognition is &#8220;the start of the many great things to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The&nbsp;Military Friendly designation confirms that we are going the right direction to making better outcomes and investments for our veteran and military-connected students,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryfriendly.com\/\">Military Friendly<\/a> website, schools with the designation &#8220;strive toward 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Based in part on information supplied by UTC, the group\u2019s calculations show that the University 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>On its website, Military Friendly says its recognition is based on the &#8220;standard that measures an organization\u2019s commitment, effort and success in creating sustainable and meaningful benefit for the military community.<\/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.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognition is based on six different categories, including student support and academic policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/utc-designated-as-military-friendly-school\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40479,"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":[8244,3,64],"tags":[48188,119226,122052],"class_list":{"0":"post-40458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-honors-and-awards","9":"category-news","10":"tag-office-of-veteran-and-military-student-services","11":"tag-sylvana-matthews","12":"tag-veteran-and-military-affairs","13":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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