UConn has reason to be proud of everyone associated with the University who has served in the armed forces through the years. This group with UConn connections is currently serving in Kosovo where they proudly display the Husky banner. To them and to all who are currently serving at home and abroad, we say ‘Thanks for your service.’
Veterans
Honoring Veterans 365 Days a Year
UConn’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans Helps Military Heroes Become Business Moguls
The UConn School of Business has a strong and proud history of serving the educational and career needs of military leaders and veterans, a tradition that dates back to its earliest days.
After WWII, the university offered business classes at Fort Trumbull in New London to serve returning GIs. The creation of a full-time MBA program on the Storrs campus in 1960, another milestone at the School of Business, occurred as a direct result of a contract to expand educational opportunities for members of the Air Force.Continue Reading
How Veterans Can Sign Up for Entrepreneurial Training Through College Initiatives
New York Post- Last year, Army Reserves veteran Dr. Stephannie L. Addo-Zuniga was knee-deep in the trenches on a daily basis from 8 a.m. to midnight, relying on her tenacity and perseverance to pull her through.
This wasn’t army bootcamp, but an intense learning initiative offered through Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities at the University of Connecticut.
‘Bootcamp’ Helps Meriden Veteran to Put His Life Back Together
Record-Journal- Since returning from a two-year tour of duty in Iraq a decade ago, Rafael Castro has been trying to piece his life back together. Not long after his return, Castro, of Meriden, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. In April, he was laid off from his job at a car dealership.
‘Top Notch’
UConn Graduates 25 from EBV Program; Veteran Entrepreneurs Poised to Start Own Businesses
After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, retired U.S. Marine Corp. Staff Sergeant Lawrence “LD” Dapo’s assignment was to fly then-Vice President Cheney to an undisclosed, secure location.
“It was all business that day,” Dapo recalled. “I had no time to reflect on the tragedy until afterwards. But that was the day I knew I would marry my wife. She was quite the trooper.”Continue Reading
Video Interview: UConn EBV’s Michael Zacchea
WHPX-TV – Michael Zacchea ’12 MBA, discusses UConn’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities in an interview with Shawn Murphy on ‘For The Record.’ Airing July 14.
Til Duty is Done
Retired U.S. Army Captain /UConn Alumnus Building Housing, Haven for Returning Veterans
Every class that graduates from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point adopts a creed that unifies and guides the future officers during their military training.
For U.S. Army Capt. Justin Nash, and the rest of the Class of 2001, that principle was: Til Duty is Done.
That powerful phrase has been a rallying cry for Nash, who several years later led a platoon of professional soldiers and 300 indigent Afghan warriors through a series of harrowing missions near the Pakistani border.Continue Reading
EBV Program Receives Boost from Bank of America
Bank of America to Support Initiative for Veterans
UConn’s Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) has received a $15,000 grant from the Bank of America Foundation.
The grant will support UConn’s program in the School of Business that provides disabled veterans with training in entrepreneurship and small business management, the UConn Foundation, which applied for the grant, announced.Continue Reading
5 Resources for Turning Veterans into Entrepreneurs
Milwaukee Community Journal – Is the solution to joblessness among veterans, entrepreneurship? Career experts think so. According to the Small Business Administration, military veterans are almost twice as likely as non-veterans to start their own business, but their unemployment rate stands at 6.7 percent as of February, and has been consistently higher than the national average.
Business Hall of Fame Induction
Alumni Say Though Campus Has Changed, the Camaraderie at UConn Remains the Same
The School of Business welcomed four new members to its Hall of Fame and paid tribute to veterans of the U.S. Armed Services in a May 8 ceremony at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
Among the inductees were: David B. Greenfield ’84; Norman W. Lacroix ’72 MBA, Wendy Reeves Watkins ’74. The late Brigadier Gen. James S. Creedon ’53 was inducted posthumously.
Dean John A. Elliott noted that this year’s inductees have not only achieved tremendous success in their careers, but have made a personal commitment to the betterment of their communities by advocating for and supporting higher education, theaters and museums, food banks and many other deserving institutions.Continue Reading