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Engineer wins scholarship for women veterans
U.S. Marine veteran Destiny Goddu has spent her whole life working with machines. As a young girl growing up in Livermore, she helped her father, a mechanic, disassemble and rebuild car engines and tinkered with auto parts in the family garage. After joining the Marines, she worked on missile guidance systems, and as a Lab employee, hired part-time through the award…
Veteran interns get taste of 'dream' jobs at LLNL
Growing up in Livermore, Frankie Stoneham never pictured herself as an engineer. She didn’t particularly like math and, like many military veterans, wasn’t sure what she wanted to do once her service ended.But over this past summer, Stoneham, a first-year student at Las Positas College and former Army specialist deployed to Iraq, heard about the school’s Engineering…
First lady recognizes efforts to hire veterans
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was in the spotlight Thursday at an event celebrating the fourth anniversary of the Joining Forces Initiative, where new commitments were announced to ensure that every veteran and military family has an opportunity to achieve their career aspirations.Approximately 100 people attended the event held at Micron Technology in…
Veterans to share intern experience on Reddit
Veterans interning at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will field questions on the popular social media website Reddit on Tuesday, March 24, about their career-technical education and training in support of national security research.The veterans are pilot participants in the new Troops to Technology Workforce Development Initiative and are looking to share…
California employers train service members for advanced manufacturing jobs
LIVERMORE, California — California employers have created a pipeline to train and educate active-duty service members and veterans for careers in advance manufacturing to fill a workforce shortage for a burgeoning industry.Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley national laboratories, NASA Ames Research Center and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other employers are…
Volunteers focus on helping veterans
Editor's Note: This is one in a series of articles about Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees who volunteer for various non-profit agencies. This is just a sampling.------------------The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Helping Others More Effectively (HOME) Campaign is under way, a time when Lab employees focus their attention to helping those in…
Engineering program established for veterans
LIVERMORE, Calif. - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Alameda County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and Las Positas College (LPC) recently established a 24-month academic program to provide technical education and hands-on training for veterans, officials recently announced.The new Engineering Technology Program at Las Positas is designed to help veterans…
Three veterans complete summer internships at Lawrence Livermore
Howard "Chuck" Lattin, Logan Bekker and Jacob Akers spent their adult lives serving their country. This summer, the three veterans got a chance to do an internship at a place that's also dedicated to serving its country: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).A partnership with Las Positas College and East Bay Community Services enabled them to become the first…
Veteran overcomes obstacles on path to Engineering internship
(Editor's note: Among an outstanding group of summer students currently at the Lab is an engineering student who has overcome several significant obstacles. Eric Browy was wounded while serving our country in Iraq, and is currently working on a master's degree in optical science and engineering at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He shares his story about…
'Sentinels' seeking opportunities for wounded veterans
Mike Conklin has dedicated his life to a cause greater than himself -- finding "life changing" opportunities for returning veterans who have suffered severe injuries. Conklin, chairman and CEO of the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation , spoke at the Lab Monday about the non-profit organization he founded in 2004, whose mission is to help permanently disabled…
Veterans helping veterans sharpen job search skills
Bill Oliver is reminded daily of the time he spent in the U.S. Navy. All he has to do is look at the screen saver he installed on his Lab computer monitor -- a photo of the USS Swordfish, the submarine he served on some forty years ago. Today, Oliver thinks about those who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. military. But, his thoughts have since turned into…
Riders take to the streets for a great cause
More than 100 Lab motorcycle riders took to the streets Thursday in honor of Veterans Day during Lab Ride 7. Organized by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Armed Forces Veterans Association (LLLAFVA), this is the seventh year riders have participated to support charitable organizations. Riders donated $2,280 for the Davis Street Family Resource Center and East Bay Stand…
HOME agencies, volunteers focus on needs of veterans
Now that the HOME (Helping Others More Effectively) Campaign is in full swing, Lab employees turn their attention to those in need in the community. Many who require assistance are veterans. Sometimes called the forgotten heroes, these are the men and women who once served proudly in a military uniform, but often return home from their dedicated service only to cope with…
