April 29, 2024
JMG Charitable Giving Fund Donation
The JMG Charitable Giving Fund was recently established because of a significant and anonymous contribution of $150,000 to the Chez Veterans Center (CVC). This generous gift will allow us to develop and maintain emerging programs dedicated to aiding veteran and military-connected students. Gifts such as these are critical to the success of the Chez Veterans […]
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April 29, 2024
Psyonic featured on Shark Tank with Center’s Garrett Anderson
Two former University of Illinois graduate students, PSYONIC CEO Aadeel Akhtar and retired Army Sgt. Garrett Anderson, were featured on ‘Shark Tank’, following a successful crowdfunding campaign surpassing $1 million. Akhtar’s lifelong dream of building bionic limbs led to the creation of PSYONIC in 2015, with Anderson, who lost his right forearm in Iraq, becoming […]
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April 29, 2024
School Field Trip to the Chez Veterans Center
A Bachelor of Social Work intern working with Ingrid Wheeler, overseeing Behavioral Health Services at the Chez Veterans Center, collaborated with fellow Army Dependent, Ailayna Gaffney from the University Primary School. Together, they coordinated the Center’s first field trip for second and third-grade students from the primary school to the Chez Veterans Center. Coming from […]
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