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Helping Our Veterans: What We Can Do. Resilience and Achievement. Classroom Challenges. From Combat to College. Veterans As Agents of Change. On The Campus Community. Impact of the GI Bill. University Enrolled Veterans. The Transition. From Combat. To College.
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Resilience and Achievement • Classroom Challenges
Veterans As Agents of Change • On The Campus Community
The Transition • From Combat • To College
For College Success Veterans Must Make the transition FROM a highly STRUCTURED environment TO one that expects a great deal of INDEPENDENCE
What Do Student Veterans NOT Need? The GOAL is to convey to the Veterans that What do all human beings need? What Do Student Veterans Need? To be put down, judged, treated less than the best from you Probing questions about their military experience They deserve higher education Acceptance and Genuineness They can achieve higher education Expertise and Understanding Questions about their disabilities unless it is caring to assist with learning Empathy and Firm Guidance They are supported as they move forward to meet their full potential
RESILIENCE Self Esteem & Confidence GOAL Achievement
What Do Veterans Bring to the Classroom? • Flexibility:Veterans are better prepared to handle differences • Worldly Outlook: Veterans have experiences of living abroad and knowing other cultures. • Academic Abilities: Veterans are focused and determined Veteran Qualities: loyalty, leadership, respect, integrity, duty, reliability, and working as a team
Resources • http://www.todaysgibill.org/ • http://www.soc.aascu.org/Default.html • http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/MilitaryPrograms/index.htm • http://www.studentveterans.org/ • http://www.gibill.va.gov/ • https://www.ww2012.com/common/home.action • Department of Defense • Veterans Education Symposium