University of Pittsburgh Office of Veterans Services

The Pittsburgh Panthers football team is hosting their annual "Salute to Service" football scrimmage on August 10, 2024, at 10 a.m.

Registration is free and can be done by clicking the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salute-to-service-football-scrimmage-university-of-pitt-tickets-951485026327

Join the Student Veterans of American at Pitt for a fun weekend activity in partnership with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.

RSVPs are not required, but highly encouraged. Click the link below to sign-up: http://support.pittsburghparks.org/site/Calendar?id=108841&view=Detail

Looking for a fun activity for the entire family?

The Military Community Support Project is sponsoring an upcoming event at the Pittsburgh Zoo!

For more information/how to register, click the link below:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/8881fa8d-754b-4bb0-a7b3-6c35e4090e56

Introducing our newest office additions, Bri and Mackenzie!

Bri and Mackenzie entered our office this summer and are getting acclimated in their roles as Veterans Benefits Supervisors, as well as their individual duties in social media and events. Welcome!

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OVS wishes you a safe and happy holiday!

Work study positions for Fall 2024 are now open. Any questions can be directed to [email protected].

Calling all Veterans on campus!!!! RSVP to our luncheon NOV 9.
It'll be a great time to meet other veteran students, faculty and staff here at Pitt's campus!
RSVP to [email protected]
Free food!

Hey Pitt Vets If you're a current graduate, undergraduate, staff or faculty veterans Please join us watching all the hard work, dedication and love these young student athletes put into preparing for big games. Let show the panthers some support!

Gilman-McCain Scholarship: Deadline Aug. 1st!
The application for the August 2022 cycle of the Gilman-McCain Scholarship is closing soon. For the first time it is open to both child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel! The Gilman-McCain application deadline is August 1 for programs between September 1, 2022 and April 30, 2023.
The Gilman-McCain Scholarship is a congressionally funded initiative of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and named after the late senator John S. McCain from Arizona.

The Gilman-McCain Scholarship provides awards of $5,000 for child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel during the time of application (including Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Navy, Navy Reserve, Space Force, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and USPHS Commissioned Corps) to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. Applicants must be recipients of any type of Title IV federal financial aid during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving Title IV federal financial aid during their study abroad program or internship

Aryanna Wagner our fearless leader is leaving us. She fought to create a space for transitioning students veterans feel okay integrating back into civilian life. She built a community of support here and will now continue that legacy as a DoD consultant with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs! As an initial invasion Iraq Combat veteran, she knows how to fight hard for us!!!

Join VBC for a Day at the Movies!

Matinee of TOP GUN: MAVERICK followed by discussion with former fighter pilots and carrier crews!

Saturday, July 2 @ 1pm
Phoenix Theatres, Chartiers Valley Shopping Center
(1025 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017)

$8pp
RSVP REQUIRED

To RSVP call 412-623-9029 or email [email protected]

One of our own is going further to embody selfless service. Zachary Clapp is an Army Combat Medic veteran and University of Pittsburgh Class of 2017 graduate. The mission continues and while Zach in Iraq now helping train doctors and provide care to the people, he has been traveling the world helping provide healthcare and training in some of the least developed healthcare systems in the world.

Registration is now open!!

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of PA is proud to sponsor the Women Veterans Conference March 24-26, 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA

Agenda Includes: Veterans Benefits and how to access proper health care and benefits for women; presentations by several women veterans’ advocacy groups; leadership seminars; a motivational speaker; networking and comraderie and much more.

All women veterans in Pennsylvania are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member of the VFW in order to attend.

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, they flew more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and helped encourage the eventual integration of the U.S. armed force

This is what a veteran looks like.

6 Pitt women veterans reflect on their time in the armed forces To commemorate Women Veterans Day on June 12, we interviewed impressive vets who are pushing for representation and support in the armed service and beyond.

June is PTSD Awareness Month. Help raise awareness by completing a 30-minute workout this June and sharing your participation with us on social media. Register now:

Veterans Health Administration - Step Up for PTSD Awareness Virtual Walk

What a beautiful weekend to come out and show some support and love.

Pitt Vets SVA got after it this Memorial Day weekend helping one of our own. Peace and Friendship Farm of the Project Love Coalition is helping vets and the community come together to achieve a common goal of growing and building together. Selfless Service doesn’t stop with a DD-214!

Mission Promise Kept: We believe that every American veteran deserves our gratitude, respect and support. But we know that women veterans, in particular, often face unique challenges. That's why we've created Mission Promise Kept: to empower women veterans to earn college degrees, achieve personal success and attain financial independence.

Mission Promise Kept Plan your Stephens College visit. Virtual appointments are available for both accepted students and interested students.

May is . Veterans Know: Support helps with healing. Visit this page to hear from Veterans like Dan, who found a mental health support group that showed him he wasn’t alone. Learn more: www.MakeTheConnection.net/MHM

Mental Health Month: Veterans Know Veterans can take different paths toward improving their mental health, but for many that journey begins when they connect with a fellow Veteran. Learn more about mental health from Veterans who know, because they’ve been there.

Veterans, Active duty, ROTC, and First Responders we thank you for your service, so come on down and say your welcome with games, grilling and good times

Join RISE: Veterans in showing your solidarity with our LGBTQIA+ veteran community and march together.
Wear your organization t-shirt/swag to represent as well as your favorite rainbow attire.

Not representing an organization wear your military branch shirt or hat!

Saturday, June 4, 2022, line up 11:00 AM – step off 12:00 PM
In front of the City-County Building at 414 Grant Street downtown
Look for our banner!

Email [email protected] for any additional details.

Registration Below!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrhnAf53CCCmxOiXycutaavkxbHOXv-l7vDkjKYidt4GB_tQ/viewform

Today for the first time in two years the Western PA Veterans Academic Alliance met at the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Veteran Services. Lee Wagner of theresilientveteran.org gave a presentation on the latest trends regarding veteran su***de. So far the messaging has helped, it’s down from 22 a day to 17, Rome wasn’t built in a day and creating the environments to de-stigmatize, train and provide targeted su***de prevention is an invaluable asset to the Pitt Vets community. Let’s keep up the fight WPVAA!

This Pitt alumna is on a mission to stop relationship abuse Thais Ridgeway (A&S ’13) is fighting dating violence through her work as a lawyer, Army reservist and Miss New York United States 2020.

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Congratulations Eric and Aleeya for being accepted to Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society. These two students veterans also hold the positions of treasurer and secretary for the Pitt SVA. But most importantly Eric and Aleeya are some of the nicest, driven and selfless people around. If you want to better yourself being in their orbit will help!! Keep up the hard work!!!!