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When people think of the issues faced by veterans in their return to civilian life, the mind often goes to stereotypes: trauma, PTSD, disability

A University of Northern Iowa student is using her trumpet to give back to veterans, playing "Taps" at many local military funerals.

Daemen College has received a $10,000 grant from America’s Warrior Partnership Community Integration to support the college’s services and programs for student veterans.

On a recent afternoon, students at a University of Illinois residence planned a small celebration, before everyone scattered for the Thanksgiving break.

When MSU Student Veterans of America Vice President Sean Riley first came to MSU, he wasn’t quite sure how to adjust.

Veteran- focused organizations showcased their services for University of Central Oklahoma student veterans during a two-day orientation on campus.

More than 70 Chicago area veterans are getting much-needed dental care as the result of a dental student being assigned a Vietnam War vet as a patient.

Samford University students hosted a rally Saturday at Veterans Park in Hoover to raise awareness for student veterans.

They may no longer be in combat, but for many student veterans, the battle is far from over, whether it’s fighting to find benefits, or adjusting to their new normal of civilian life.

Between a tough course load and outside commitments, it can be easy to get bogged down in school and let your social life fall by the wayside.

“They offered to pay for school in return for me enlisting,” said Caperhart, who joined as a hospital corpsman. Three years and an honorable discharge later, the Panama City woman is now a student at Gulf Coast State College, looking to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

As united States soldiers return from the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the number of student veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is rising across the country.

A group of students at Seattle Pacific University say they can't say the Pledge of Allegiance or present the colors at a ceremony to honor this country's veterans.

“I feel women veterans have a strong voice right now,” says Downs, who served more than eight years in the Air Force and Air National Guard.

Dozens of veteran and active military leaders from Student Veterans of America (SVA) gathered at Uber HQ in San Francisco this past weekend for a two-day summit on leadership, technology and bridging the military-civilian divide.

Campbell Business MBA student Steven Walther has received an invitation to attend the inaugural EO Veterans Business Battle at Rice University in Houston, Texas on Saturday, Feb. 28.

Before he enrolled at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Roberto Bracero, of Roxbury, was in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was twice deployed to Iraqi combat zones: first to Fallujah and then to Ramadi. The effects of combat take a psychological toll on you, he said a toll that never fades.

The Vice President of the United States made a stop in San Antonio, where he spoke in front of more than a thousand student veterans at the 2015 Student Veterans of American National Conference at the JW Marriot on Friday night.