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Empowering Veteran Students: Ivy Tech Bloomington's Mission for Community and Support

The Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington SVO aims to assist veteran students in their academic, career, and social endeavors. We focus on fostering camaraderie through engaging social activities, service projects, and volunteerism. By enhancing our community involvement and networking efforts, we strive to support veterans in their transition to civilian life. With a goal to increase membership and participation in our events, we seek to create a welcoming environment for all veteran students while addressing challenges and ensuring realistic planning for success.

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Empowering Veteran Students: Ivy Tech Bloomington's Mission for Community and Support

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  1. Ivy Tech Community CollegeBloomington SVO Taking it further

  2. Mission statement Our mission is to assist Veteran related students by supporting the academic pursuits, and provide support for career networking and social life.  This will be accomplished through campus engagement, focusing on camaraderie through social activities, service projects and volunteerism.

  3. A small group of vets take over.

  4. Challenges that we faced • Revisions • Mission Statement • Budget • Redesign our goals or keep the old ones? • Planning things realistically • Network • Our absolute focus was on recruitment • Letting people know who we are and what we stand for

  5. Finding our way • Communiqué • ‘Call Out’ to Veterans • Social Media • Blackboard Group • Campus monitor • Mass emails • Face book • Campus events • Scary Stories • Musicfest

  6. The dream manifestation

  7. Going further • Community involvement • Funding • We wanted to help, so we did! • Community Kitchen • Monroe County Stand Down for homeless vets

  8. At present

  9. At present • 59 strong and growing • Ever adapting • Voting through Blackboard • Scheduling events around typical school schedules • Working with other organizations • Networking through social media • Always enjoyable • Camaraderie • Networking • Door prize, food and drinks

  10. Where can we go? • In the past months we have exploded, how much can happen in a year? • Imagine • how much we can heal a hurt community. • if we lead our school and supported every veteran that walked through our doors. • if we could coordinate and make more connections to benefit vets when they graduate.

  11. Our objectives To increase participation of members at meetings, organization and campus events. To increase membership by fifty percent. To fully entrench ourselves into our community by volunteerism and civic engagement. . To provide support to all student veterans at Ivy Tech – Bloomington throughout their academic career.

  12. Our budget Total Amount Requested $2,000 • Community Involvement – $650 • Volunteering (travel expenses and supplies) • Student Veterans of America (travel expenses) • Ceremonial Flag Burning Event • Camaraderie Events – $750 • Bowling • IU game • Music Fest • Cookout • Recruitment Activities – $200 • Welcome week campus activities • Veteran Meet-n-Greet • Operational Expenses – $200 • Meeting Supplies and Expense – $200

  13. Your support feeds the fire

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