Joint Public Hearing
Senate Education and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committees
Military-Friendly Higher Education
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.
Hearing Room #1/North Office Building
| 9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | Opening Remarks – Sen. Lisa Baker, Chair, Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee – Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, Chairman, Education Committee – Sen. Tim Solobay, Minority Chairman, Veterans Affairs Committee – Sen. Andrew Dinniman, Minority Chairman, Education Committee |
| 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. | Student Veterans – Joshua D. Lang, Vice-President, National Leadership Council, Student Veterans of America; U.S. Army, Veteran of Afghanistan Powerpoint Attachment PA Compact for Student Veterans PA Best Practice Guide Follow Up Testimony 6/25/12 – Brian Hall, Veteran, Student at The Penn State University-Mont Alto |
| 9:30 – 9:40 a.m. | – Hon. Ron Tomalis, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Education – Brig. Gen. Michael Gould, Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans Affairs (written testimony submitted) |
| 9:40 – 10:40 a.m. | Higher Education Panel – Dr. John C. Cavanaugh, Chancellor, State System of Higher Education (SSHE) – Daniel R. Rota, Ph.D., Director of Veterans Education Services Center, and Brig. Gen. PA ANG (Ret), Professor Emeritus Computer and Information Systems, Robert Morris University – Janet Owens, Outreach Coordinator, Office of Veterans Services, University of Pittsburgh – Cristina Ruggiero, Ph.D., Interim Associate Dean and Acting Director of the Office of Veterans Services, University of Pittsburgh, College of General Studies – Office of Veterans Services Overview – Diane Bosak, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | – Marcus Lingenfelter, Director, State Government Programs, The College Board; U.S. Marine – David Parmele, Executive Director, CLEP Program, The College Board, ex-Air Force officer – CLEP for Military Brochure – CAEL PLA Brief – Kentucky Public University PLA Policy – Florida State-wide PLA Policy – California State University PLA Policy – Meg Krause, Director, Veterans Programs, American Council on Education, Iraqi War Veteran |