Service & Engagement
Student Work-Study
Come join the Team!
There are Veterans Administration Work-Study Opportunities (VET NET Data, VSO State Survey Data) at the William Joiner Institute. Please see job descriptions below:
BEACONS Project (Education to Career Transition)
BEACONS Project (Education to Career Transition)
An element of the VET-NET, BEACONS is a student-veteran success program that includes a strong emphasis on aligning academic plans with career aspirations; building resumes and cover letters; conducting interview preps; and making connections to other veterans in a post-service and post-education environment. Having an interpersonal or professional connection with a veteran, experienced and successful in a career field our students are studying or pursuing will make a long-lasting impact during and after academia.
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Vet-Net
VET-NET (An Unbroken Commitment)
VET-NET is an initiative to engage, elevate and integrate Veteran students’ experiences, skills, and leadership into the college/university and private sector settings. Explicit institutional focus on creating an unbroken commitment of service to our veteran students from the day they arrive at UMass Boston, until they graduate, and then after graduation is a fundamental necessity to ensure their success and well-being.
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METAVERSE Club ( Spring 2024 )
In partnership with XRTERRA, the William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences (WJI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) plans to pilot a METAVERSE Club and invite student Veterans and Military Affiliated Students (MAS) in the related fields of study in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology to join and learn tomorrow’s in demand Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality skills to earn XR certification and build upon the Veteran and MAS social experience and community at UMass Boston.
Note: Planned for Spring 2024