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By DAVE RESS | Daily Press | Published: May 13, 2021 (Tribune News Service) The Department of Veterans Affairs would give a boost to legal clinics that help veterans with their benefits, under a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia. Clinics like the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic housed at the College of William & Mary provide free help to veterans running into red tape that block or delay access to VA benefits. Warner’s bill, which he and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced this week, authorizes the VA to grant up to $2 million a year to support such clinics.
This new program will help veterans transition from military intelligence jobs to civilian careers in management. (WYDaily/ Courtesy of Unsplash)
William & Maryâs new Veteran-to-Executive Transition (VET) initiative will launch its first certificate program â âFlourishing in Life Transitionsâ
 â in May 2021. âFlourishingâ will prepare veterans and members of the intelligence community to transition to high-level civilian management positions, while flourishing in their careers and personal lives.
âTransitions in life are often stressful and uncertain,â said Special Assistant for Military and Veterans Affairs Robert Merkl, who oversees the VET initiative. âThat stress and uncertainty can be minimized by preparation designed by others who have already been through the process.â
New program focuses on wellness in careers and personal lives
William & Mary’s new Veteran-to-Executive Transition (VET) initiative will launch its first certificate program – “Flourishing in Life Transitions” – in May 2021. “Flourishing” will prepare veterans and members of the intelligence community to transition to high-level civilian management positions, while flourishing in their careers and personal lives.
“Transitions in life are often stressful and uncertain,” said Special Assistant for Military and Veterans Affairs Robert Merkl, who oversees the VET initiative. “That stress and uncertainty can be minimized by preparation designed by others who have already been through the process.”
Developed in partnership with The COMMIT Foundation, “Flourishing” will take place over two weeks in May 2021 in the new Center for Military Transition in William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Potential enrollees for this program’s inaugural of