ODU Honored as a Military Friendly School for 2012
Sep 13, 2011
Old Dominion University has been named to the 2012 list of Military Friendly Schools by G.I. Jobs, the premier magazine for military personnel transitioning to civilian life. The list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities, and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members and veterans as students.
In its continuing effort to help student veterans find the right school, G.I. Jobs incorporated a survey of student veterans for the first time this year. This feedback provides prospective military students with insight into the student veteran experience at a particular institution based on peer reviews and can be viewed on the web site.
This is the third year in a row that ODU has been named to the G.I. Jobs list of Military Friendly Schools ®.
A number of our community college partners were also honored with inclusion in the list. We join G.I. Jobs in congratulating:
- Central Virginia Community College;
- Germanna Community College;
- Lord Fairfax Community College (including Fauquier and Middletown campuses);
- Patrick Henry Community College;
- Paul D Camp Community College;
- Southwest Virginia Community College; and
- Olympic College in Washington State.
The 2012 list of Military Friendly Schools® was compiled through extensive research and a data-driven survey of more than 8,000 schools nationwide. The 1,518 colleges, universities and trade schools on this year’s list prioritize the recruitment of students with military experience. These schools are making the grade by offering scholarships and discounts, veterans’ clubs, full-time staff, military credit and other services to those who served. Methodology, criteria and weighting for the list were developed with the assistance of an Academic Advisory Board (AAB) consisting of educators from schools across the country.