Education Consortium to Help Bellevue University Students Compete in Global Intelligence Community

Bellevue University has been named to the Great Plains National Security Education Consortium (GP NSEC). The consortium is part of the Intelligence Community Center Academic Excellence program which provides academic, research, cultural immersion and other outreach activities focused on national security-related topics. The goal of the program is to develop students with the knowledge of international and cultural issues, foreign languages, analysis, and critical thinking skills required to serve the 16 federal agencies that make up the intelligence community.

University to host forum on national security issues

On September 11, Bellevue University will host a forum to explore national security issues with an inside look at the threats facing America today.
Anthony (Tony) Campanella, Vice President for Intelligence Programs at CMX Technologies, will deliver the keynote address at “The State of Security in the Heartland and Beyond: Assessing the Homeland Threat,” a free [...]

Employee Succeeds at the Challenge of being a Student and a Soldier

The remarkable story of one Bellevue University student and employee showcases the perseverance that allowed him to serve our University, his educational goals, and first and foremost, our country.
After a one year deployment in Iraq, Mike Damato has returned to his position as Safety Administrator at Bellevue University. The deployment was Damato’s second during [...]

University hosts forum on military education benefits

The Bellevue University Student Veterans Organization on Thursday, May 21 will host a forum about the military education system and the benefits available to the military community, including the new post-9/11 GI Bill. This “Military Education & Information Forum” begins at 7 p.m., inside the Hitchcock Humanities Center, 1000 Galvin Road South.
This event, free and open to [...]

Recent grads chosen for DoD internship program

The U.S. Department of Defense has chosen four recent Bellevue University alumni to participate in its PALACE Acquire Internship Program. This year, the DoD chose only 10 interns from schools nationwide.
The Bellevue University representatives chosen were Dusti Grady, Kim McGlade, Casey Aden and Dave Stubbendeck. All are recent graduates of the Master of Science in Security Management program and applied [...]

Mercer named among most influential African Americans

Profiles in Diversity Journal has named U.S. Air Force Retired Maj. Gen. Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer Jr., a member of Bellevue University’s Military Advisory Board, one of the 25 most influential African Americans in business.
Mercer is vice president and director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for ITT’s Space Systems Division in Rochester, N.Y. Prior to joining [...]

University organizes student veterans group

Bellevue University has started a chapter of the Student Veterans of America, a national organization founded in 2008 to act as an advocate on behalf of student  veterans at the local, state and national levels.
The Bellevue University chapter, like the national organization, provides peer-to-peer networks for veteran students, including campus activities and pre-professional networking. The university’s [...]

University hosts Army reserve unit farewell ceremony

Bellevue University will host a farewell ceremony Saturday, Nov. 15, for the 540th Military Police Detachment, an Army Reserve unit based in Omaha. The 12-soldier unit is scheduled to deploy soon to Iraq.
The ceremony begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, inside the Hitchcock Humanities Center, 1000 Galvin Road South.
While uncertain of its exact schedule, the 540th [...]

University offers new program in Strategic Deterrence

While the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency may mean some mission changes for U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), at least one of the command’s current activities is guaranteed to receive increased emphasis. STRATCOM is leading a U.S. Department of Defense effort to increase the integration of “soft power” – diplomacy, development and reconstruction, foreign [...]

Bellevue University salutes veterans

On this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Bellevue University joins the rest of the country in honoring those men and women who have served our country so bravely.
Bellevue University has a proud history of honoring and educating our country’s military personnel, both active duty and retired. In fact, the university was founded in 1966 to, in large part, [...]