[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS AND FORT LEAVENWORTH PILOT PARTNERSHIP FOR 
                            WOUNDED WARRIORS

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                          HON. NANCY E. BOYDA

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 26, 2008

  Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas. Madam Speaker, earlier this month, the 
University of Kansas and Fort Leavenworth agreed to conduct a pilot 
program that would allow Wounded Warriors, both active duty and 
retired, the opportunity to complete a graduate degree program and then 
return to the Army to work in assignments at Fort Leavenworth related 
to their recently earned degrees. In a ceremony at the Lewis and Clark 
Center at Fort Leavenworth on February 6, 2008, Secretary of the Army 
Pete Geren and University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway welcomed 
eight Army Wounded Warriors into the pilot program.
  The concept for the program was developed in September 2007 and 
presented to the Secretary of Defense, who encouraged the Army to 
proceed. Soldiers accepted for the program will be assigned to the 
Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth with duty at the University of 
Kansas. There they will work to complete master degree programs in 
areas that can support programs or academia at the Combined Arms 
Center. The cost of the degree awarding program will be covered by the 
Army. The University of Kansas was asked to be the partner in this 
program due to its strong relationship with the Combined Arms Center 
and its superior academic reputation and accessibility for disabled 
students.
  I am so pleased that these two great institutions have come together 
to provide a way for wounded Soldiers who may not be able to return to 
battle the ability to continue to serve their country. I congratulate 
both the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth for their initiative 
and I invite my colleagues to do the same.

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