University to Offer Veterans Employment Summit June 7

Western New England University will host a Working Together Summit: A Veterans Employment Alliance on Friday, June 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Center for the Sciences and Pharmacy. This summit will bring together veterans seeking employment and employers interested in hiring veterans. All veterans and employers are invited to attend this free event.

The Working Together Summit will inform participants on the many resources available to employers and veterans to hire, retain, and promote veterans. Workshops will address online searches, effective networking, resume preparation, and job interviewing skills. Speakers will also discuss hot jobs, career paths, and veteran education funding. The luncheon speakers will address employer tax credits, veteran benefits, and attack the myths that often create recruitment and retention barriers in hiring veterans, including PTSD and military-civilian reintegration.

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Army ROTC Cadets Honored in May 17
Commissioning Ceremony on Campus

Commissioned as second lieutenants during an Army ROTC ceremony on May 17 were eight cadets of the Minuteman Battalion: (L-R) Kristen Cowan (American International College), Matthew Joiner (Western New England University), John McCabe (Western New England University), Jennifer Scionti (Bay Path College), John Simon (Westfield State University), Thomas Simon (Westfield State University), Cody Scheidle (Western New England University), and Mary Hogan (Springfield College).

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University Students Host Project Coach, Including
Exec. Dir. Kayleigh Colombero G’12, at Banquet

On May 8, six University students who participated in the Center for International Sport Business’s Seminar Abroad 2012: London Olympics program hosted Project Coach at its annual spring banquet. Project Coach is a Smith-College based program that teaches high school students from Springfield’s North End to be sport-life coaches for hundreds of elementary school children in the city’s urban center. Pictured are Paul Smith ’13 (left) and Jay Thall ’13 (right) presenting a $305 check on behalf of the Sport Management Association (SMA) to Project Coach executive director Kayleigh Colombero G ’12 and coaches in the organization Joseph Wray and Loeb Rosario.

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Students and Alumni Receive Recognition at 
Grinspoon Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet

Western New England University was well represented at the Grinspoon Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet that took place on April 24 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, MA. During the event, three students and one recent graduate, Martin Payne ’12, received awards for their business concepts and one took home second place in the Elevator Pitch Competition. In addition, Stanley Kowalski III ’92, Board Chairman of FloDesign, delivered the keynote address: the 2009 Alumnus of the Year told students to never ever give up  and “pursue your dreams.”

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