Tag: U.S. Coast Guard

News Roundup

Roger Williams University Host Dinner for Families Affected by Government Shutdown

Roger Williams University (RWU), a private, liberal art university in Bristol, Rhode Island, recently hosted a dinner on campus for Coast Guard members and their families affected by the U.S. government shutdown. The U.S. Coast Guard is the only military branch affected by the government shutdown. The dinner welcomed all active-duty members of the Coast […]

January 15, 2019

News Roundup

First African-American Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard Dies at 103

Olivia Hooker, the first African-American woman in the U.S. Coast Guard and one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots, has died at the age of 103. Hooker was only 6 years old when the Tulsa Race Riots (also called “Black Wall Street”) occurred, almost completely destroying a Tulsa neighborhood. Hooker hid […]

November 25, 2018

Students

Institutions Actively Help Military Members and Veterans Earn College Degrees

Matthew Oliveira, who has been in the Coast Guard for 12 years and is currently stationed in South Carolina, knew that he wanted to finish his degree because it would make him more “marketable.” So in the fall of 2016, Oliveira enrolled as a student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in a fully online academic program that caters to adult students called University Without Walls (UWW).

September 5, 2018