{"id":7981,"date":"2021-09-08T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=7981"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:41:03","slug":"detroit-mercy-designated-gold-level-veteran-friendly-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2021\/09\/08\/detroit-mercy-designated-gold-level-veteran-friendly-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Mercy designated Gold-Level Veteran-Friendly School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7983\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/09\/gold_level_veteran.png?resize=267%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An emblem for the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Gold-Level Veteran Friendly School, for 2021-22\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/09\/gold_level_veteran.png?resize=267%2C300&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/09\/gold_level_veteran.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency has once again honored Detroit Mercy\u00a0as a Gold-Level Veteran-Friendly School for 2021-22, based on the University\u2019s efforts to help student veterans achieve success during their studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Detroit Mercy is one of several dozen Michigan institutions honored with the veteran-friendly status. The program awards bronze, silver or gold-level status to the participating educational institutions for their commitment to providing on-campus, veteran-centric services to student veterans and dependents utilizing a GI Bill and other educational benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Criteria that schools must meet include having an active student-operated veterans club or association; veteran-specific career services or advising; an on-campus veteran\u2019s coordinator and a system of awarding credit based on prior military training and experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The veteran-friendly designation is available to any institution of higher learning eligible to receive veteran education benefits, regardless of size, location or program delivery. Institutions apply annually for a designation, with an application and review process conducted every spring semester. For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mvaa\/0,9878,7-414-104929---,00.html\"><span class=\"s2\">please visit the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency website<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This past year, Detroit Mercy ranked No. 136 nationally for Best Colleges for Veterans in <i>U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s<\/i> 2021 \u201cBest Colleges Edition.\u201d The University was also <a href=\"https:\/\/udmercy.edu\/about\/news\/articles\/2021\/08-13-military-friendly-school.php\"><span class=\"s2\">designated as a Military Friendly School for 2021-2022<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/current-students\/registrar\/veterans\">Learn more about how Detroit Mercy can help veterans<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency has once again honored Detroit Mercy\u00a0as a Gold-Level Veteran-Friendly School for 2021-22, based on the University\u2019s efforts to help student &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[4824,2727,2726,2731,550],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-24J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7984,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981\/revisions\/7984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}