URI Veteran and military-connected students fall welcome, orientation – TODAY
Happening Today—URI Center for Military and Veteran Education hosts fall welcome and orientation for student veteran community Aug. 31 All veteran and military-connected students are invited to attend Close to a year into his tenure at the University of Rhode Island, Bob Flynn, director of URI’s Center for Military and Veteran Education , is looking forward to the new school year. Flynn joined the University in November, following 28 years of service as a naval flight officer in carrier-based aircraft, retiring as a commander. The first item on his agenda includes a special orientation for student veterans and Military -affiliated student s on Thursday, Aug. 31 . The orientation will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in the Memorial Union, 50 Lower College Road on the Kingston Campus, and is open to new and returning student s. “Everyone is welcome,” said Flynn. “We are here, we want our student veterans and family members to be aware of the programs...