VFW, SVA Announce 2024/2025 Student Veteran Fellowship Class: The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Student Veterans of America (SVA) have selected six student veterans for the 2024/2025 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship. In its 11th year, the fellowship is an academic experience during which students advocate for a policy proposal that addresses a legislative issue important to both organizations. The issue of focus for this class is parity of GI Bill benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserve. The fellows have the opportunity to attend SVA’s National Conference in January and the VFW’s Washington Conference in March. The 2024/2025 legislative fellows are:
-- Jose Ayon, Army veteran, University of Southern California
-- Jennifer Ross, Air Force veteran, Cornell University
-- Noah Sorseth, Army veteran, George Fox University
-- Casey Stege, Army veteran, Baylor University
-- Terry Traylor, Marine Corps veteran, North Dakota State University
-- Polina Washington, Army veteran, The University of Texas at Austin