Colorado native Joe Curnow, a junior in Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy, is joining 17 other students for a trip to Des Moines sponsored by the School of Education's Service Learning Certificate Program.

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David Thomas retired from the Montgomery County Department of Police in December of 2000 after 15 years of Service and serves as the Program Administrator of the Domestic Violence Education Program as well as a faculty member in the Division of Public Safety Leadership at Johns Hopkins University.

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And this July, we announced an overhaul of our transition assistance program that will give departing service members the training they need to find their next job or advance their education and skills.

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