Medaille College has been designated as a Military Friendly School in a 2011 list* published by G.I. Jobs as a service to veterans and service members. This is Medaille’s first appearance on the list, which honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that do the most to embrace America’s veterans as students.
This designation complements Medaille’s recent recognition as a Veterans-Friendly Educational Institution by the Erie County Veterans Service Agency, as well as its participation in the Department of Veterans Affairs GI Bill Yellow Ribbon Program. With the passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2009, billions of dollars in tuition funding are available to veterans looking to return to the classroom for professional advancement, or to begin a new career.
Medaille, like other schools on the Military Friendly Schools list, offers additional benefits to veterans such as on-campus veterans programs and credit for service. The College also provides scholarship opportunities of up to $10,000 for qualified students through its Veterans Education Tuition Scholarship.
Sergio Rodriguez
In July, Medaille hired Sergio Rodriguez, a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and former Deputy Director of the Erie County Veterans Service Agency, to manage the College’s outreach to service members and veterans in Western New York.
“We offer our students a complete veteran and military benefits screening that goes beyond their education options,” explains Rodriguez. “I recently assisted a veteran in our adult business program in Amherst in discovering that he is entitled to receive $12,000 as part of the Department of Defense’s Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Compensation program. Without our discussion, in all likelihood, the $12,000 would never have been discovered by this student in time because the deadline for this program is October 21, 2010.”
“Medaille College has launched an unprecedented level of commitment to its veterans and military student population,” Rodriguez continues. “This achievement highlights Medaille’s trajectory as a leading veterans and military friendly school in Buffalo and Rochester.”
*The online list at militaryfriendlyschools.com will switch to the 2011 list in late-September.
Medaille College Office of Veterans and Military Affairs on Facebook
