{"id":420,"date":"2016-04-18T13:24:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=420"},"modified":"2016-04-18T13:24:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:24:47","slug":"tstc-to-host-college-heroes-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=420","title":{"rendered":"TSTC to Host College Heroes Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(WACO) \u2013 Texas State Technical College\u2019s Veterans Service Office is reaching out to active duty military personnel, veterans and dependents to prepare them for their academic future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The office will host the TSTC College for Heroes Day from 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 21 and Thursday, July 14 at the John B. Connally Technology Center Auditorium on Campus Drive. The event includes a benefits briefing, campus tours and information tables from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and TSTC\u2019s housing, disability services, financial aid,l housing and academic programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur veterans have done so much for us, they\u2019ve sacrificed a lot and TSTC appreciates their service,\u201d said TSTC Vice President of College Readiness Javier Deleon. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve created this day solely for veterans and their families. It\u2019s our turn to do our part and take care of them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veterans Counselor Rachel Mims said this is the first time the office has done an event like this. She said military personnel from the Waco-Temple-Killeen areas have been invited to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVeterans do often come in with a lot of skills,\u201d Mims said. \u201cCompanies want you to have that piece of paper that says you completed the degree and training. Finishing that academic program is important even if they do have a good skills set.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vans will be available for people who need assistance on the tours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TSTC has 835 veterans and their dependents using GI Bill or Hazlewood benefits at 10 campuses. More than 400 of these students attend classes in Waco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event is free. To RSVP or for more information contact the Veterans Services Office at 254-867-4817 or waco.veteransaffairs@tstc.edu. The Veterans Service Office is located at the Fentress Center on Boiling Drive.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(WACO) \u2013 Texas State Technical College\u2019s Veterans Service Office is reaching out to active duty military personnel, veterans and dependents to prepare them for their academic future. The office will host the TSTC College for Heroes Day from 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 21 and Thursday, July 14 at the John B. Connally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-waco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}