The IVMF is launching “The Career You Never See” campaign. Military spouse employment has gone unseen in policy, underserved by systems, and underreported in the data. This campaign exists to bring awareness to every stage of military life, addre... Read More ▶

Military spouses have nearly four times the unemployment rate, earn less over their lifetimes, and the almost 70% of military spouses with children at home are asked to be single parents for months at a time on top of it.... Read More ▶

We spend more than $13 billion each year on programs designed to help veterans transition to civilian life. A 2024 RAND study found we cannot clearly show that any of it is working.... Read More ▶

For a lot of veterans, the hardest part of starting a business isn't the business. It’s believing the skills they built during service are strong enough to bet on themselves outside of it. ... Read More ▶

Stephannie Addo had a problem. Going back to work meant paying for childcare for her young son, which would cost the entire paycheck. Her solution? She spent seven years building a childcare business in the Bronx that would become Scholars of the Fut... Read More ▶

The IVMF Ambassador program runs on people who show up. Not just for events or webinars, but for the veterans and military families looking for a connection, a mentor, or just some direction. This year's Impact Award winners showed up for their commu... Read More ▶

They didn't all come to IVMF with a 5-year projection and polished business plan. Some came in with an idea scrawled on a napkin. Others showed up with nothing more than a feeling in their bones they could do it, even if they had no idea how. Some fo... Read More ▶

David Park, a program instructor at the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and associate professor of entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management, has been named one of eight 2025 Boots to Business Instructor... Read More ▶

After leaving a 20-year corporate career, Dr. Wakeena Dickens thought great food would be enough. One question from V-WISE changed her trajectory — and her market.... Read More ▶

Syracuse University's D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs announced that the program formerly known as the Veterans Program for Politics and Civic Engagement (VPPCE) h... Read More ▶