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USC announces summer scholarship for military children during D.C. swing
Related: Download application for Provost’s Pre-College Summer Scholarship for Military High School Students
by Eddie North-Hager
USC President C. L. Max Nikias and a delegation of university leaders met with key policymakers in Washington, D.C., this week, unveiling a new program that will bring the sons and daughters from military families here for summer classes.
Nikias announced the Provost’s Pre-College Summer Scholarship for Military High School Students in conjunction with the 2014 USC in D.C. event, where Nikias and Provost Elizabeth Garrett joined USC faculty, staff and trustees to share USC’s leadership role in research, education, health care and civic engagement with congressional and […]
Summit with Gary Sinise Foundation focuses on wounded warriors, caregivers
Because of medical advances, this generation of post-9/11 veterans is now surviving injuries once considered fatal and returning to communities that may be ill-prepared to care for them.
A recent summit convened by the Gary Sinise Foundation and the USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families brought together a diverse set of experts in physical, psychological and community needs to discuss the challenges faced by severely wounded warriors and their caregivers.
Held at the University of Southern California, about 60 attendees at the “Closing the Gap” summit aimed to identify gaps in care and […]
Students visit Marine Corps Combat Center
by Kasey Peacock
Students, staff and alumni from the University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles, recently toured the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Tour participants, most of them graduate students looking to pursue a career in social work, public health or counseling, expressed interest in touring the Combat Center as many of them hope to have a career affiliated with helping military personnel.
“My father was a Vietnam veteran, and I have always had a respect for everyone in the military,” said Jenna DiVito, an MSW candidate at the USC School of Social Work. […]
Former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Army gives Roybal Memorial Lecture
by Vincent Lim
Delivering this year’s Edward R. Roybal Memorial Lecture, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and former U.S. Secretary of the Army Togo West Jr. said unprecedented health and social challenges face today’s returning military service members, and they will only mount as veterans age.
Sponsored by the USC Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work with honorary co-host Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), the biennial event honors the institute’s namesake and founder Edward Roybal — a champion of health and aging services as well as veteran causes. The institute works to advance research that enhances aging […]
SMA Raymond Chandler discusses veteran transition challenges, opportunities
When the Army’s highest-ranking noncommissioned officer responsible for the well-being of more than 80 percent of the force shares his personal story with behavioral health care, it is a large step towards destigmatization.
“I have overcome a lot of the challenges that military life brings,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler, who visited the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families last week to discuss how to better assist transitioning soldiers and their families.
“Today, I’m a better person, father and husband—and that makes me a better soldier.”
Changing the military perception of seeking help of any kind, […]
I’m Coming Home
by Anthony M. Hassan, EdD
I’m coming home after serving my country in times of war and peace.
I may not be one of the 15% with PTSD or 10% with TBI, but I might be …
I may not be one of the 50,000 wounded or severely wounded, but I might be …
I may not be college educated or civilian-job ready, but I might be …
I may not be ready for my transition home, but I might be …
I am a veteran of the United States military and I am coming home.
I voluntarily joined the military—for patriotism, for family, for education, for […]
USC Social Work leaders advise mayor on Los Angeles veterans issues
by Claudia Bustamante
The University of Southern California has a long history of supporting the United States military—from its days as a training school during World War I to the formation of programs and centers aimed at helping veterans transition home.
Now that tradition continues in the university’s own backyard. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced the formation of a new council that will advise his administration on issues affecting the city’s military community.
A majority of the seven-member Military Veteran Advisory Council has ties to the USC School of Social Work, which was the first research university to offer a military […]
Social Work tackles military and veteran issues
by Claudia Bustamante
For more than a decade, a small percentage of Americans has volunteered to join the military and take part in the nation’s longest-running wars, but the effects of combat and the transitions home impact more than just that 1 percent.
Families, friends and entire communities have been welcoming home service members whose wartime experiences can span the gamut of physical and psychological reactions, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
Combat-related PTSD provides a paradox that civilian society struggles to understand, specifically how its symptoms, which on one hand, might impair a successful transition can also be considered beneficial.
“A lot of these guys […]