Education

On Sept. 2, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott congratulated the 33 Texas public institutions of higher education for receiving the 2025 Veteran Education Excellence Recognition Award by the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC). Established by the Texas Legislature, the award recognizes universities and colleges that provide excellence in education and related services

Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Vice Chair and U.S. Army veteran Mary Dale presented Veterans Education Excellence Awards to seven universities and colleges at the Texas Association of Collegiate Veteran Program Officials Conference. The event was held February 25 in Austin. “These colleges and universities ensure our veterans and their dependents

The Texas Veterans Commission’s Veteran Education Excellence Recognition Awards (VEERA) were presented to 10 colleges and universities at the 16th Annual Texas A&M System Military-Affiliated Student Symposium in College Station on Oct. 21, 2024. “I am so grateful for the opportunities that education has afforded me; and, I am dedicated

All five colleges of the San Antonio area Alamo Colleges District were presented Texas Veterans Commission’s (TVC) Veteran Education Excellence Recognition Awards on Oct. 26, 2024. The presentations were made at the Representative Barbara Gervin-Hawkins and St. Philip’s College Good Samaritan Veterans Outreach and Transition Center 7th Annual Texas Veterans

Veteran education generally brings to mind the GI Bill® and Texas’ Hazlewood Act education benefits used to attend college. However, there’s more to veteran education than just using these benefits to attend classes and programs. Universities, their courses and programs must be approved and certified for veteran education benefits use.