/news-archive/tag/student-veterans-of-america/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:11:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2016/12/14/ualr-military-student-success-center/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:11:41 +0000 /news/?p=65969 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to open Military Student Success Center Friday, Dec. 16]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will celebrate the opening of a new center for student veterans on Friday, Dec. 16.聽 The ribbon cutting for the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Military Student Success Center will be held at 9 a.m. Dec. 16, in Room 111 of the Speech Building. 鈥淭he 糖心Vlog传媒LR Military Student Success Center was created to facilitate a sense of community for 糖心Vlog传媒LR’s military students,鈥� said Kathy Oliverio, 糖心Vlog传媒LR director of military student success. 鈥淭he center will provide a support system for the unique needs of active duty military members, veterans, and military dependents.鈥� The center will serve as a centralized location where military students can socialize, study, and get information about the many resources available to them. The 1,634-square-foot facility contains a computer area where military students can do homework, as well as a lounge area and a break room. The center will house a veteran student support team that includes representatives from the offices of admissions, records and registration, transfer student services, financial aid and veterans benefits, academic advising, student health, mental health counseling, career advising, disabilities resource center, and 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 military student support organization, Students Affected by the Military. Earlier in the year, 糖心Vlog传媒LR received a $9,963 grant from and to renovate space on campus to create a student veteran center.聽The grant is part of the Vet Center Initiative, which was created in 2014 to support the Student Veterans of America mission to provide veterans with the resources, support, and advocacy needed to succeed in higher education and after they graduate. ]]> /news-archive/2016/06/16/student-veteran-center/ Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:03:50 +0000 /news/?p=64603 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR receives grant to renovate Student Veteran Center]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been awarded a $9,963 grant from and to renovate space on campus to create a Student Veteran Center. 糖心Vlog传媒LR was one of 50 universities to receive a grant of up to $10,000 to build or renovate centers for veterans attending college. Student Veterans of America and The Home Depot Foundation awarded a total of $422,747 to the universities. “Veterans have always been an important population of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR student body,鈥� said Kathy Oliverio, director of military student success for the university. 鈥�With expected growth of the veteran student population and the needs that the veterans have, the grant will allow dedicated facilitates, staff, and training to help 糖心Vlog传媒LR expand the services that are available and better serve a growing population of veteran students.” 糖心Vlog传媒LR is home to nearly 1,000 student veterans. The Student Veteran Center will serve as a centralized location where veterans can socialize, study, and get information about the many resources available to them. The center will house a veteran student support team that includes representatives from the offices of admissions, records and registration, transfer student services, financial aid and veterans benefits, academic advising, student health, mental health counseling, career advising, disabilities resource center, and 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 military student support organization, Students Affected by the Military. The center will ensure student veterans are successful by engaging them in community service, empowering them to complete their degrees, and providing the connections necessary to gain employment after graduation. The center also will create a heightened awareness and sensitivity by helping faculty and staff achieve a better understanding of a student veteran鈥檚 unique needs. “Many veteran students face challenges that most other student populations do not,鈥� Oliverio said. 鈥淭he majority of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 veteran students are first-generation college students. Typically, this means there is a lack of a support system when it comes to the unfamiliar college environment. Additionally, veteran students oftentimes endure stressors related to their military duty, such as traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.” Student Veterans of America and The Home Depot Foundation launched thein 2014 as part of the Student Veterans of America mission to provide veterans with the resources, support, and advocacy needed to succeed in higher education and following graduation. By the end of 2016, 111 campuses in 40 states will have earned more than $970,000 benefiting more than 53,600 student veterans. Renovations for the new Student Veteran Center will take place this summer and fall. 糖心Vlog传媒LR plans to open the center in a to-be-determined location on Friday, Nov. 11, in celebration of Veteran鈥檚 Day. In the upper right photo, Kathy Oliverio, 糖心Vlog传媒LR director of military student success, stands at VFW Post 9095 in Little Rock. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/糖心Vlog传媒LR Communications.聽]]>