Hearing Agenda

Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee


Joint Public Hearing
Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness and
Senate Education Committees
Military-Friendly Higher Education

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.
Hearing Room #1/North Office Building

9:00 a.m. – 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 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Student Veterans

9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
9:40 a.m. – 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
  • Diane Bosak, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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