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title: "News and Events"
url: "/offices/veterans/news-and-events"
type: page
date: 2026-04-14
updated: 2026-05-22
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# News and Events

Veterans Success Programs

# News and Events

Student veterans are encouraged to join us for our many events throughout the year. These are a great way to connect with other student veterans and be part of our campus community.

 

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      ![student veterans pose together during a veterans day parade](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_327w/public/media/2026-04/Veterans-day.jpg?h=add4195f&itok=hu7oLMVJ) 

 

 

##  Veterans Events Calendar 

 ##  All Events 

 

 

 

### News Articles

[Military Friendly Names Manhattan College A Top Ten College For Student Veterans](/news/archive/2022/03/military-friendly-names-manhattan-top-ten-college-for-student-veterans.php)

[Manhattan One of 52 Colleges Nationwide to Earn Gold-Level Award for Student Veterans](/news/archive/2021/02/military-friendly-names-manhattan-gold-level-institution-for-student-veterans.php)

[Manhattan College Named a Military Friendly School](/news/archive/2020/02/military-friendly-school-2020-silver.php)

[Captured Portraits Tell Veteran Stories](https://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/captured-portraits-tell-veteran-stories,68705)

[Manhattan College Among Top Colleges for Student Veterans](/news/archive/2019/01/manhattan-college-among-top-colleges-for-student-veterans.php)

[Interview with Jonathan Hoogerhyde, Marine Veteran and Engineering Student at Manhattan College](https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/jonathon-hoogerhyde-marine-veteran-an-engineering-student-at-manhattan-college)

[Welcoming veterans to belated college careers with yoga and a dose of Taoism](https://religionnews.com/2018/11/12/welcoming-veterans-to-belated-college-careers-with-yoga-and-a-dose-of-taoism/)

[Military Times Includes Manhattan College On Its Annual Best For Vets: Colleges 2019 List](/news/archive/2018/10/military-times-best-colleges-for-vets.php)

[Manhattan College Named One of Nation's Top Military Friendly Schools](/news/archive/2018/05/military-friendly-schools-2018.php)

[Student Veteran Kirsten Battocchio Named Undergraduate Valedictorian](/news/archive/2018/04/student-veteran-kirsten-battocchio-named-undergraduate-valedictorian.php)

[Student Veteran Nicholas Jurek Honored at Yankee Stadium](/news/archive/2017/08/student-veteran-nicholas-jurek-honored-at-yankee-stadium.php)

[Student Veterans Build Community Centered Around Success at Manhattan College](/news/archive/2017/06/student-veterans-build-community-centered-around-success-at-manhattan-college.php)

[I’m Not a Girl, I’m a Human: Female Veterans Speak on U.S. Military Panel](http://seek-mc.tumblr.com/post/159044226411/im-not-a-girl-im-a-human-female-veterans-speak)

[Veterans Discover Healing Power of Yoga and Meditation](/news/archive/2015/04/veterans-discover-healing-power-yoga-and-meditation.php)

[Yoga Helps Recenter Nation's Returning Vets](http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/health-and-medicine/2015/06/10/yoga-helps-recenter-nation-s-returning-vets.html)

[College to Host Film Screening of Documentary on Alumnus' Life as POW on Veteran's Day, Nov. 11](/news/archive/2013/10/college-host-film-screening-documentary-alumnus-life-pow-veterans-day-nov-11.php)