From Memorial Day through Labor Day, more than 1,300 museums throughout the nation will offer free admission to all active duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and their families. […]
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Applications now accepted for disabled veterans' program
Applications are being accepted for the next class of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management is one of seven business schools at universities […]
Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Today is set aside as a day to appreciate and reflect on the sacrifices that the husbands and wives of our military men and women make on behalf of their […]
Student seeks research participants
Kimberly Speck, a military student at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, is seeking participants for a research study addressing questions about parenting and the impact of deployment, […]
White House launches military family-support initiative
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, launched a national initiative on Tuesday,calling on all sectors of society to support and honor America’s […]
MFRI Director honored for her advancement of women
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, associate dean for discovery and learning in the College of Health and Human Sciences, and director of the Military Family Research Institute (MFRI), is the recipient of […]
Government still seeking to give away stop-loss pay
President Barack Obama has approved an extension of a continuing resolution that gives service members and veterans until April 8 to file for ‘stop-loss’ funds if their service was involuntarily […]
MFRI Director discusses military families' challenges, resiliency
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth spoke to Illinois Public Media about the many ways military families respond to the challenges they face during deployments, the creativity that they exhibit, and the things […]
MFRI initiative awards $9,400 to student veteran organizations
The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University awarded more than $9,400 to six Indiana student veterans' organizations, including one that replicated a football rivalry event that raised more than […]
President vows more support for military families
Flanked by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the vice president's wife, President Obama on Monday revealed an ambitious push to increase support for military families in a speech […]