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Round Up - 5/7
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Good luck to everyone during finals week!
- Milvets Meeting
- Four Block Program
- NYC Yale Day of Service
- Veterans Posse Program with Vassar College
- NEW: Capital Semester in Washington, DC
- Guggenheim Partners Internship
- Accenture is Recruiting Student Veterans
- Summer Interview Request
- OEF/OIF Veterans for Online Survey
Milvets Meeting
There will be no meeting this week.
Four Block Program
Looking to obtain an internship at a company like Goldman Sachs, CBS, JPMorgan Chase, National Football League and Marsh & McLennan?
Four Block is now accepting rising sophomores and juniors for its fall 2013 and spring 2014 corporate leadership courses. Four Block's corporate leadership course is a semester long class that meets once a week sponsored by CUNY and Fordham with the goal of assisting students with obtaining competitive internships at major corporations.
The course is broken up into two parts: The first part is a series of weekly professional development courses held at Marsh & McLennan offices in midtown Manhattan where veterans learn from industry experts how to better communicate their skills and network. The second half of the semester is a series networking events at companies like NBC, J.P. Morgan, Citi, NYSE, and the NFL where veterans get to meet senior executives and veteran employees (this past semester vets got to meet the CEOs of the NYSE and Marsh & McLennan).
Eligibility:
- Served after 9/11
- Honorable discharge
- At least part-time enrolled in college with a minimum 3.0 GPA
- Must be looking to obtain a spring or summer 2014 internship
- Must be available to attend all classes (Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm)
Application:
- Email both Mike Abrams and Francisco Mena
- Attach your resume and several day/times that you're available for a phone interview
- Confirm that you have a 3.0 GPA
- Write a short description in the body of your email detailing what you want to gain from taking the course
NYC Yale Day of Service
As a small gesture of thanks to those who have already served our country, Yale alumni and other professional colleagues will offer a second pair of eyes and work one-on-one with veterans to help them prepare resumes and cover letters for employment applications, career fairs, resume drop-boxes, etc. They will also conduct mock interviews if there is an interest.
Space is limited. To register, please email vets.ydos@gmail.com and include your name, age, and what you would like to have reviewed (resume, cover letter, or mock interview). Those who do not register and receive a confirmation will not be admitted.
In addition, on the day of the event, please bring an ID for check-in and three copies of your resume or cover letter to be reviewed. Business casual dress is requested.
For more information about the event, or to volunteer, feel free to reach out to Maryellen at vets.ydos@gmail.com.
Do you know any vets wanting to return to school but are hesitant to use their G.I. Bill benefits? Forward them the below opportunity from Veterans Posse Program.
The Veterans Posse Program with Vassar College has provided 10 full tuition leadership scholarships for Post 9/11 veterans to attend Vassar College.
This includes financial support regardless of whether or not they have used their GI Bill. It also includes pre-collegiate prep, support while on campus and, very importantly, professional development and help securing employment. The program is linked with well-known companies that offer internships as well.
Past scholastic achievement is not a major requirement, they are looking for vets that demonstrate leadership potential. They do not need to have been deployed – but their period of service needs to be post 9/11.
The deadline for nomination is JUNE 15th for the 2014-2015 scholastic year.
Contact Chris Tsakos to learn more about this unique opportunity.
The application deadline for the fall 2013 Capital Semester in Washington, DC is June 1. There is still plenty of time to apply – there are many exciting internship opportunities available and generous scholarship funding to be awarded.
Spend your semester gaining real-world experience that will help set you apart when it comes time to find your first job after graduation. Here are some examples of intern projects that you could work on next semester:
- Develop a strategic marketing plan for your client who is lobbying for a bill on Capitol Hill.
- Attend a Congressional briefing and write a summary for your manager.
- Research data for a report on bio-terrorism threats and other national security concerns.
- Help prepare a briefing book for your boss who will be testifying in an important Congressional hearing.
- Brain storm ideas for a Congressional candidate’s latest television commercial.
In addition to an internship and classes, the program provides housing in furnished apartments in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of DC, planned social activities, professional development seminars, and numerous opportunities for networking.
Please contact Dana Faught with any questions; she will work with you to help you complete your application.
For more information or to start an application, please visit the DC Internships website.
Guggenheim Partners is committed to bringing more veterans into their organization. They have specifically reached out to Milvets to fill their Summer Internal Audit internship in NYC. If you are interested in working for a highly respected financial services firm "with more than 180 billion in assets under management."
About the internship:
This position will assist the Internal Audit department in carrying out various administrative tasks/responsibilities associated with the execution of internal audits across the firm. Secondarily, this position may also involve the performance of audit related procedures and testing where deemed appropriate.
To learn more about the position, click here.
Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has launched a new recruiting campaign specifically for student veterans. See more details from their message below.
Accenture is proud of our vibrant Accenture Military Community comprising approximately 1,000 employees and we are committed to the recruitment of student veterans who are taking advantage of their benefits and are in pursuit of higher education. Regardless of what stage of your studies you are in, Accenture wants to get to know you, so that we can inform you of internship and full time hire opportunities!
Please submit your information here.
An Olin Fellow from Wesleyan University is seeking veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who would be willing to sit down for brief interviews in the first two weeks of June. Using these interviews, as well as other source materials, he will be writing non-fiction and poetry over the summer months exploring how language affects the communication of war in democratic discourse, specifically thinking about how different vocabularies (tactical, diplomatic, emotional, etc) change the perceptions of war. He will be traveling around the east coast during these weeks, so it is not necessary that you reside in NY.
Please contact Aron Chilewich if you would be interested in participating.
Can you spare 30 – 50 minutes to take an anonymous online survey about your combat experiences? You could win one of four $25 gift cards.The researcher will donate $2 to the Wounded Warrior Project for each veteran who completes online survey, and an additional $100 once I reach my goal of 200 completed surveys.
ABOUT THIS RESEARCH: This study is examining relationship between exposure to combat and post-combat wellbeing using a recently created questionnaire on combat exposure. The goal of this study is to better understand the complex nature of combat and to help bridge the divide between veterans and mental health providers.
This study is being conducted by Kathryn Holloway, M.A. a doctoral student at Alliant International University, under the supervision of Constance Dalenberg, Ph.D., and has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Alliant International University.
Please contact the Kathryn Holloway, M.A. if you have questions.
May 07, 2013
Round Up - 4/30
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
- Milvets Meeting
- Vietnam / Cambodia War Commemoration & Healing Ceremony on Campus
- Sign UP TODAY: SPI Walk for Life
- SVA and Raytheon Scholarships
- LAST DAY: World Trade Center Visit
- Guggenheim Partners Internship
- NEW: Accenture is Recruiting Student Veterans
- Navigators USA
- Interview Request
Milvets Meeting
There will be no meeting this week.
Vietnam / Cambodia War Commemoration & Healing Ceremony on Campus
Join us at the Maison Française at Columbia University as they are sponsoring a special ceremony of healing and reconciliation about the Vietnam War (and its fallout in Cambodia) this Wednesday, May 1, at 5:00 p.m. just outside Buell Hall, a few steps away from the Business School.
A parachute from the Vietnam War, transformed by Cambodian artist Leang Seckon into an emblem of reconciliation, will be the centerpiece of a public peace gathering involving Vietnamese and Cambodian survivors of that war as well as Milvets.
Other speakers will include John Rowan, National President of Vietnam Veterans of America and Paul Critchlow, Vietnam veteran, graduate of Columbia School of Journalism and Vice Chairman of Public Markets at Bank of America.
Go to the Maison Française website for more details.
SPI Walk for Life
Suicide Prevention Initiatives’ fifth annual Walk for Life in Riverside Park on Saturday, May 4th will support our progress in improving the care of veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and preventing suicide among those who are at risk.
SPI’s 5 K walk winds along the shore of the Hudson River. A light breakfast and conversation precedes the walk at the Boat Basin Café, a few blocks south of the starting point for the walk. Please join us to show your support for this and other high-impact SPI projects to prevent suicide.
Student Veterans of America & Raytheon have partnered to provide three $10,000 STEM scholarships to student veterans! Eligible students must be pursuing a bachelor's or graduate degree in science, technology, engineering, or math. Students in these fields are essential to our future success as a nation, and have the potential to usher in a new generation of American progress.
Eligible student veterans must complete an online application, answer two essay questions, attach the required documents, and have one letter of reference be submitted prior to the deadline to be considered.
Visit the SVA website for the full scholarship requirements and application.
Deadline to apply is July 12, 2013.
Through Milvets VP Nick Lozano, Milvets are invited to a guided tour of the 9/11 Memorial on Tuesday, May 21st at 4pm. This would be a great activity for those of you with family in town for graduation.
Register at this link by tonight (4/30)!
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Guggenheim Partners is committed to bringing more veterans into their organization. They have specifically reached out to Milvets to fill their Summer Internal Audit internship in NYC. If you are interested in working for a highly respected financial services firm "with more than 180 billion in assets under management."
About the internship:
This position will assist the Internal Audit department in carrying out various administrative tasks/responsibilities associated with the execution of internal audits across the firm. Secondarily, this position may also involve the performance of audit related procedures and testing where deemed appropriate.
To learn more about the position, click here.
Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has launched a new recruiting campaign specifically for student veterans. See more details from their message below.
Accenture is proud of our vibrant Accenture Military Community comprising approximately 1,000 employees and we are committed to the recruitment of student veterans who are taking advantage of their benefits and are in pursuit of higher education. Regardless of what stage of your studies you are in, Accenture wants to get to know you, so that we can inform you of internship and full time hire opportunities!
Please submit your information here.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
A Columbia Business School graduate, and former Army captain, is looking for volunteers for the Navigators USA program. The Navigators are an inclusive scouting group for boys and girls that focuses on respect for nature and all people in our communities. It has been very successful in NYC in helping inner city and underprivileged youth learn about and appreciate the outdoors. The Navigators has grown to over 47 chapters today from 4 in 2010 and relies on the support of volunteers who enjoy the outdoors and working with kids, especially veterans.
For more details about the organization, click here.
If you are interested in volunteering, contact Kyle Torpey by email.
A graduate student with the Columbia School of Journalism seeks volunteers for a video documentary. Learn more about the project below.
The documentary will take a deeper look into the drastic increase in the prescription of psychoactive medication to active duty US troops. Newly released data (published in theNew York Times) charts a "682 percent increase in the number of psychoactive drugs — antipsychotics, sedatives, stimulants and mood stabilizers — prescribed to our troops between 2005 and 2011." This data, however, is purely statistical.
This documentary will work to bring the issue to life. We hope to gain a better understanding of the effects and the costs of a drastic change in the way our country supports and sustains a military force. While we have been in contact with experts and medical professionals both in and out of the military, we are looking for active duty service members and veterans who are interested in sharing their experiences regarding the prescription of these medications to troops in the battlefield.
If there are any other questions regarding what involvement in the project will entail, please contact the director, Jon Gerberg by email (jeg2191@columbia.edu) or via phone(518) 573-3449.
May 07, 2013
Round Up - 4/23
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
- Milvets Meeting
- SPI Walk for Life
- SVA and Raytheon Scholarships
- World Trade Center Visit
- Guggenheim Partners Internship
- IAVA Internships
- Navigators USA
- A Blood Drive BY Columbia…FOR Columbia University
Milvets Meeting
No meeting this week.
SPI Walk for Life
Suicide Prevention Initiatives’ fifth annual Walk for Life in Riverside Park on Saturday, May 4th will support our progress in improving the care of veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and preventing suicide among those who are at risk.
SPI’s 5 K walk winds along the shore of the Hudson River. A light breakfast and conversation precedes the walk at the Boat Basin Café, a few blocks south of the starting point for the walk. Please join us to show your support for this and other high-impact SPI projects to prevent suicide.
Student Veterans of America & Raytheon have partnered to provide three $10,000 STEM scholarships to student veterans! Eligible students must be pursuing a bachelor's or graduate degree in science, technology, engineering, or math. Students in these fields are essential to our future success as a nation, and have the potential to usher in a new generation of American progress.
Eligible student veterans must complete an online application, answer two essay questions, attach the required documents, and have one letter of reference be submitted prior to the deadline to be considered.
Visit the SVA website for the full scholarship requirements and application.
Deadline to apply is July 12, 2013.
Through Milvets VP Nick Lozano, Milvets are invited to a guided tour of the 9/11 Memorial on Tuesday, May 21st at 4pm. This would be a great activity for those of you with family in town for graduation. Space is limited, so sign up soon.
Register at this link.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Guggenheim Partners is committed to bringing more veterans into their organization. They have specifically reached out to Milvets to fill their Summer Internal Audit internship in NYC. If you are interested in working for a highly respected financial services firm "with more than 180 billion in assets under management."
About the internship:
This position will assist the Internal Audit department in carrying out various administrative tasks/responsibilities associated with the execution of internal audits across the firm. Secondarily, this position may also involve the performance of audit related procedures and testing where deemed appropriate.
To learn more about the position, click here.
The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the largest nonprofit organization in the nation representing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is currently looking for summer interns to help out with a wide variety of duties in our New York and Washington DC offices. This is a great opportunity for student vets to get some great professional experience and support their fellow veterans.
To learn more about our internships, please check out our website at www.iava.org/internships.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
A Columbia Business School graduate, and former Army captain, is looking for volunteers for the Navigators USA program. The Navigators are an inclusive scouting group for boys and girls that focuses on respect for nature and all people in our communities. It has been very successful in NYC in helping inner city and underprivileged youth learn about and appreciate the outdoors. The Navigators has grown to over 47 chapters today from 4 in 2010 and relies on the support of volunteers who enjoy the outdoors and working with kids, especially veterans.
For more details about the organization, click here.
If you are interested in volunteering, contact Kyle Torpey by email.
The President’s Office, Office of Government and Community Affairs, and the New York Blood Center is sponsoring the Spring blood drive which is dedicated to helping Columbians everywhere who either know someone, or are themselves suffering from a traumatic illness requiring a steady supply of blood. You will be helping as many as THREE people who are fighting for their health and their lives – just by your single donation.
Register here.
Thursday, April 25
11:00am – 5:00pm
Armand Hammer Health Sciences Center, CUMC
4th Floor, Riverview Lounge
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Morningside Heights
Low Library Rotunda
Monday, April 29
10:00am – 4:00pm
Columbia Business School
URIS Hall – Hepburn Lounge
Weekend Drive
Saturday, April 20
10:00am – 4:00pm
Busmobile
College Walk – near Broadway
April 30, 2013
Round Up - 4/16
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
All of our thoughts and prayers are with the family of GS student and Milvet Arthur Hayden who passed away on April 5, 2013. In lieu of flowers, Arthur’s family and friends request that donations be made to the following organization in his memory.
Alexander Cohen Hospice House, Community Hospice Foundation
2201 Euclid Avenue
Hughson, CA 95326
- Milvets Meeting
- Networking Opportunities from IvyLife | Columbia
- FREE Online PTSD & Resiliency Training for Family/Friends of Veterans
- Summer Study Abroad Opportunity
- Run for ABC Representative!
- IAVA Internships
- Upcoming Veterans Campaign Workshop
- BofA-ML Veteran Associate Program
- Johnson & Johnson Warrior Mentor Program
- Site Visit to MLB
- Seeking Female Vets for Upcoming WKCR Women in the Military Show
- "Thank You for Serving" Campaign - 4/24
- A Blood Drive BY Columbia…FOR Columbia University
Milvets Meeting
Join us this Thursday (4/18) in the Satow Room, Lerner Hall from 7:30 - 9:00pm.
Networking Opportunity from IvyLife | Columbia
There is an upcoming networking events in NYC through IvyLife. The events will provide a good opportunity to meet others in the Columbia community.
Columbia Alumni Association Networking Breakfast
- Columbia Alumni Center (622 West 113th)
- Thursday, April 25, 8:15-10:00am
- Join the monthly breakfast series to meet alumni, and career professionals to learn about ways to connect.
- RSVP here.
Kognito’s Family of Heroes, is an online interactive simulation where families and friends of veterans can learn critical skills to manage the challenges of adjusting to post-deployment life. Learners engage in up to three virtual role-play conversations with fully-animated veteran avatars. This valuable resource is freely available to families, classmates, friends, colleagues, and co-workers of veterans.
Veteran supporters can access the training online at www.familyofheroes.com. Again this is available at no cost to anyone living in your state thanks to support from the VA NY/NJ Healthcare Network to all families in NYC, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley, and New Jersey.
The Columbia's Earth Institute's invites Milvets to take part in the Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U) program.
Live and learn in one of three endangered ecosystem field sites: Brazil, Jordan, or Dominican Republic
- Study environmental issues critically important to us all.
- Earn 6 undergraduate science credits in just 5 weeks.
- Fulfill elective requirements.
Apply online.
The next rolling admissions date for the 2013 SEE-U Program is APRIL 20, 2012.
For the first time, students can run for the Activities Board at Columbia. No matter what type of group you are most passionate about, there are tremendous opportunities to support and advocate for clubs when you are an ABC Representative.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the largest nonprofit organization in the nation representing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is currently looking for summer interns to help out with a wide variety of duties in our New York and Washington DC offices. This is a great opportunity for student vets to get some great professional experience and support their fellow veterans.
To learn more about our internships, please check out our website at www.iava.org/internships
Interested in running for public office? The Center for Second Service is pleased to announce the sixth Veterans Campaign Training Workshop on April 27-28 at George Washington University in Washington, DC. This workshop features classes from top inside-the-beltway instructors that will teach any aspiring veteran candidate the fundamentals of running for office...and winning. Classes will cover: campaign strategy, fundraising, bulletproofing your service record, communications and messaging, targeting, avoiding legal pitfalls, and many more.
The workshop fee is $100 per person, and attendees are responsible for their own lodging and transportation.
For more information and to register, follow this link.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Banking and Markets division has created a Veterans hiring program to provide returning veterans on the job training and experience in the sales, trading, research and banking businesses. This 10 week program will allow participants to explore new career opportunities in the financial industry. Final placements will be available in the Global Markets, Global Research, Global Treasury Solutions and Global Commercial Banking divisions.
Veterans in the program rotating through sales desks will be expected to work side-by-side with sales people, traders, and research analysts, to gain a comprehensive understanding of credit fundamentals, relative-value analysis, and macro strategy. Associates are expected to facilitate desk-client interaction, generate innovative trade ideas, and understand the credit and macroeconomic environment.
Read the full job description, and to apply, click here.
The Wounded Warrior Project has passed along this is AMAZING opportunity to get an inside track to employment opportunities at Johnson & Johnson.
A group of Veterans within Johnson & Johnson (J&J) recently assembled an initiative to hire Veterans with any disability rating and have worked with the Wounded Warrior Project’s Warriors to Work Program as well as the VA’s VR&E Program to create the Warrior Mentor Program:
What is a Warrior Mentor? A Warrior Mentor is a J&J employee who is passionate about Veteran employment. The Mentor will work one-on-one with a Veteran to identify strengths/interests, assist with mock interviews/resume reviews, and explore J&J opportunities for employment.
Benefit of Warrior Mentors? The application process in any large company can be a challenging process and important details about the company, the open positions, and qualifications are not always provided. This personalized approachwill foster a strong partnership between the Mentor and the Veteran, and offer timely, quality feedback to boost chances of success in various interview settings.
Sign Up: If you are a Veteran who is interested in exploring opportunities with J&J and/or is interested in additional practice/feedback with mock interviews, interview preparation, or other career assistance, please contact Mike Morand at mmorand@its.jnj.com.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Ravenna Koenig, a WKCR reporter is putting together a story about undergraduate women interested in a career in the military (or female veterans intending on returning to military service). She wants to explore the motivating factors behind that interest, as well as the effects of the national conversations being had in the media and in congress (on women in combat, and rape in the military) on their decision to join.
If you are interested, please get in touch with her by clicking here.
Please contact Alan Schapiro for more details.
The President’s Office, Office of Government and Community Affairs, and the New York Blood Center is sponsoring the Spring blood drive which is dedicated to helping Columbians everywhere who either know someone, or are themselves suffering from a traumatic illness requiring a steady supply of blood. You will be helping as many as THREE people who are fighting for their health and their lives – just by your single donation.
Register here.
Tuesday, April 16
10:00am – 4:00pm
Lerner Hall Auditorium
Thursday, April 25
11:00am – 5:00pm
Armand Hammer Health Sciences Center, CUMC
4th Floor, Riverview Lounge
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Morningside Heights
Low Library Rotunda
Monday, April 29
10:00am – 4:00pm
Columbia Business School
URIS Hall – Hepburn Lounge
Weekend Drive
Saturday, April 20
10:00am – 4:00pm
Busmobile
College Walk – near Broadway
April 30, 2013
Hiring 434 Peer Support Apprentice/Specialist positions
Student Veterans of America:
Help your fellow Veterans live life to the fullest!
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to fill434 Peer Support Apprentice/Specialist positions across the nation. The Peer Support Apprentice and Peer Support Specialist provides peer support services to fellow Veterans engaged in mental health treatment, while actively engaging in his/her own recovery.
Please encourage Veterans to apply to these positions on the VA for Vets website by following the link(s) below. We greatly appreciate your assistance!
Peer Support Apprentice: https://www.
usajobs.gov/GetJob/ ViewDetails/340896600
Peer Specialists: https://www.usajobs.gov/
GetJob/ViewDetails/340915500
Positions close Monday, April 15, 2013!
For more detailed information regarding the Peer Support Apprentice/Specialist positions, please follow the link below on the VA for Vets website in the “What’s New” section. http://vaforvets.va.gov/Pages/
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April 15, 2013
