Experience the Past, Present and future of Syracuse University’s Commitment to Veterans
1944 – Uniform Admissions Program
Post-World War II, Chancellor William Pearson Tolley recognizes the role that higher education can play in advancing our nation’s returning veterans. He announces Syracuse University’s “uniform admissions program,” which ensures all military personnel admission to Syracuse upon return from war.
1946 – SU Admits Over 9,000 Veterans
Syracuse University admits 9,464 veterans, almost doubling the student body overnight. Nine-hundred Quonset huts, barracks, and trailers spring up across campus.
1947 – Syracuse University Ranks First
Syracuse University ranks first in New York State and 17th in the nation in veteran enrollment. University College expands evening extension classes and adult education programs for returning veterans who could not attend Syracuse University full-time.
1952 – DCP is founded
The Defense Comptrollership Program (DCP) is founded at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, in response to financial problems identified during WW II. Over 1,600 military and civilian personnel have attended the program and graduates have risen to the highest ranks of financial management in the Department of Defense (DOD).
1953 – SU Opens National Campuses
University college opens the first of three Syracuse University national campuses in Rome, NY at Griffiss Air Force Base to support the higher education goals of active duty Air Force.
1963 – Military Photojournalism Program (MPJ)
The military Photojournalism Program (MPJ), through a contract with the U.S. Navy, is offered at Syracuse University’s top-ranked S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. It teaches active duty personnel serving as combat photographers and military journalists to become better storytellers. Now sponsored by the Department of Defense, it is now offered to all branches of Armed Forces.
1992 – Military Motion Media Program (MMM)
Newhouse adds the Military Motion Media Program, sponsored by the DOD. It is open to all active duty personnel serving as mass communications specialists in the joint services.
1996 – National Security Studies (NNS)
Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs begins offering the DOD-sponsored program in National Security Studies (NSS), the premier professional development program for senior civilian and military executives in the public and private sectors. More than 1,700 have participated.
2007 – Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans
The Whitman School founds the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) (now offered to all veterans) to offer cutting-edge experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post-9/11 veterans with service-related disabilities. The EBV expands to a consortium of 8 universities across the U.V>, with Syracuse University serving as the national host. Over 1,000 vets have graduated.
2010 – EBV-Families
The University’s portfolio of veteran entrepreneurship further expands with the addition of EBV-Families, offered to military family members turned full-time caregivers to a wounded warrior and spouses of those who lost their lives in service to our country; V-WISE, open to female veterans and theri spouses/partners from any branch of era of military service.
2011 – Veterans Career Transition Program (VCTP)
The non-credit Veterans Career Transition Program (VCTP) (now known as Onward to Opportunity) is offered free to post-9/11 veterans by Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) and JPMorgan Chase & Co., providing training for Veterans aspiring to careers in technology and operations in large corporations.
2012 – The Insitute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF)
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is launched in June 2011 to serve all 25 million U.S. veterans, focusing on the social economic, education and policy issues affecting them and their families post-service. JPMorgan Chase & Co. broadens its existing collaboration with Syracuse University to provide industry leadership, serving as founding partner of the Institute.
In partnership with Google, the IVMF and leading organizations Hire Heroes USA and the U.S> Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes initiative combined forces in 2012 to create VetNet, a career resource offering veterans three distinct tracks to organize their next life moves through a unique channel that leverages google technology.