By:  Linda Santiago, CLASV Spring 2013 Student Advisor Currently, one veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes.  Some estimates state that 150,000 Vietnam Veterans have committed suicide.  This is not a new problem, but rather an enduring one.  What can be done to address this epidemic? Authors from a recent Philly op-ed cite to statistics showing … Continue reading “Veteran Suicides”

By Krista Goelz, CLASV Student Spring 2013 Advisor In 2012, on average, 9.9% of veterans were unemployed, which is down from an all time high in 2011 of 12.1%. However, it is still much higher than the national unemployment average and equals approximately 205,000 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who are currently … Continue reading “Veteran Hiring Incentives On the Rise”