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The 2013 Veterans Business Outreach Center of the Year was awarded this month to John McKeone, business adviser in the Small Business Development Center and an employee of the Research Foundation for SUNY at Buffalo State.

Karen Gordon Mills, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., said in her award announcement, "Your hard work, innovative ideas, and dedication to your community have helped you and the Research Foundation for the State University of New York succeed. The SBA is pleased to recognize the Veterans Business Outreach Center's achievements and your role in driving our nation's economic growth."

McKeone will receive the prestigious recognition at the National Small Business Week celebration in Washington, D.C., on June 21, acknowledging his outstanding work with more than 200 veteran clients to provide targeted training, counseling, and mentoring to help them develop their businesses and entrepreneurial ideas in the Western New York area.

The campus is invited to celebrate this significant achievement at a reception to congratulate McKeone on Monday, June 24, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 206.