{"id":52295,"date":"2016-11-07T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=52295"},"modified":"2019-02-22T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T01:03:48","slug":"2016-veterans-day-celebration-at-uh-manoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/11\/07\/2016-veterans-day-celebration-at-uh-manoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Day celebration at 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Veterans <\/p>\n

University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene<\/a> invites all 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa veterans, faculty, staff and students to attend the 2016 Veterans Day Celebration. The event is free to the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa campus community and guests on Hawaiʻi<\/span> Hall Lawn, November 9, 10:30 a.m.–noon.<\/p>\n

The purpose of this event is to honor all veterans and to recognize 13 student veterans who will receive scholarships to purse higher education. Student veterans will receive between $2,500 to $5,000 to further their nursing education at 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/a>, Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a>, Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> and Maui College<\/a>. Scholarship recipients will be in attendance.<\/p>\n

The 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa Nursing Veterans to BSN<\/abbr> Program<\/a> provides college credit for past medical experience, creating a quick pathway to professional nursing and employment for service members with skills and experience in healthcare. The initiative is the first program of its kind in Hawaiʻi<\/span> and is part of the national effort to address the growing demand for health care services throughout our nation.<\/p>\n

The celebration will include Posting of Colors by the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa Army ROTC<\/abbr> Color Guard and singing of the national anthem and state song by 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa students. A moment of silence to remember the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and civilians in times of war will be followed by remarks from 糖心视频<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/a><\/strong>, 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene Dean Mary G. Boland<\/a><\/strong> and keynote speaker Jared Lyon, president and CEO<\/abbr> of Student Veterans of America<\/a>. The celebration will be followed by a free cake reception honoring the U.S Marine Corps 241st birthday on November 10.<\/p>\n

This event is supported by the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa Nursing Achieving a BS<\/abbr> in Nursing-A Veterans’ Initiative Program and the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa Student Activity and Program Fee Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The event will honor veterans and recognize 13 糖心视频 student veterans who will receive scholarships to pursue their nursing education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[63,64,572,839,167,9,60,478],"class_list":["post-52295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-scholarship","tag-school-of-nursing","tag-school-of-nursing-and-dental-hygiene","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-veterans","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t