MCC Named a Military Friendly® School for 2016
Manchester, Conn. (November 20, 2015) – Good news for area veterans, Manchester Community College has been named a Military Friendly® school by Victory Media, Inc., for 2016.
The college earned rights to the coveted Military Friendly® designation for another year in succession because of its scores on a rigorous survey assessment of some 12,000 schools nationwide.
The list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus. Connecticut is home to 275,000 military veterans, more than 14,000 of whom are women.
MCC has been recognized since 2011 for its services to veterans. Most recently the college created its Veteran-II-Veteran Peer Mentorship program (V-II-V), designed to assist veterans and service members with their transition to MCC and to foster a connection with faculty, staff and students through a structured peer mentoring system. V-II-V comprises four components to help veteran students succeed at MCC: peer mentoring; academic support and recognition; community engagement and service; and leadership development.
In addition, the Veterans OASIS (Operation Academic Support for Incoming Service Members) provides ongoing support and resources for local veterans. Each public college in Connecticut has a Veterans OASIS dedicated to providing a supportive space for veterans and military service men and women to network, socialize, study and share, as they integrate into the college experience. MCC students as well as non-students are welcome at the OASIS. For more information, contact Ta’Shema Odoms at 860-512-3307, or by email.
The OASIS is used by the MCC VETS (Veterans Empowering Themselves to Succeed) Club to host its monthly meetings. VETS is an on-campus club that assists local veterans and their dependents to network, and it also serves as a liaison for the veterans’ community outside the college. The VETS Club advisor is Professor Bobbi Fox, who can be reached at 860-512-2769, or by email.
About Victory Media and Military Friendly lists: Victory Media, a veteran-owned business founded in 2001, has led the industry as a ratings entity for over a decade, surveying tens of thousands of institutions and adjudicating lists that capture best practices in recruitment and retention of military personnel as civilian employees, students and franchisees.
The Military Friendly® lists are compiled through extensive research and free, data-driven surveys of employers, schools, franchise systems and cities. The survey-driven lists have been published every year since 2003. Schools that make the list represent the top tier of institutions with leading opportunities for military service members and spouses.
The survey results that comprise the lists are independently tested by Ernst & Young LLP based upon the weightings and methodology established by Victory Media. Each year, participants are held to a higher standard than the previous year via improved methodology, criteria and weightings developed with the assistance of advisory boards consisting of industry experts from across the country.
