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Historic Number of Syracuse University Pat Tillman Foundation Scholars Announced

Since 2017, Syracuse University has had the privilege of partnering with the Pat Tillman Foundation (PTF) as one of 16 university partners. Today, Anthony Ornelaz, a student in the Master of Fine Arts program through the college of arts and science is joined by three College of Law students, Natasha DeLeon, Amanda Higginson, and William Rielly, who have been named 2022 Tillman Scholars. The four Tillman scholars mark the most scholars awarded in one year since becoming a university partner with PTF.

Tony Ruscitto ’22 Puts a New Mission on His Horizon

We sat down and have an interview with SVO Vice-President and student veteran Tony Ruscitto’22. Read the interview below about how he decided to join the military and eventually find Syracuse University as his place for higher education

OVMA Announces 2022 Awards Celebrating Student Veterans’ Achievements

The Student Veterans Organization (SVO) and the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) have presented two awards to student veterans in honor of their significant and notable achievements. The awards were distributed at SVO’s social held at the Inn Complete on South Campus on May 6.

Air Force ROTC Cadet Mykhaylo Rafalskyy Shares What Inpsires Him on His Mission

“My grandfather fought the Nazis, my father was in the military, so it was my turn,” says Cadet Mykhaylo Rafalskyy, a freshman Air Force ROTC cadet studying at Syracuse University. The current war in Ukraine is putting some extra urgency into his desire to serve as he was originally from Kyiv Ukraine.