Designing Programs to Support Veteran Students: Orientation, First Year Experience and Institutional Policies
Available On-Demand
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· Providing Quality Services to Veterans' Family Members – The Hidden Students on Our Campuses - Available On-Demand
"The challenge is to motivate and engage a cohort of students who by age and life experience fall outside the norm public undergraduate education. The challenge is to equally educate and engage faculty and administrators in working with a cohort of students unlike most in their professional experience."
~ Webinar Presenter
Overview
This webinar will review the characteristics of returning veterans relative to general student population, i.e. age, military experience, education, diversity, training, other demographics. Specifically, it will focus on programs and activities designed to welcome returning veterans into the university community and to maintain contact and support throughout their term of enrollment. The speakers will discuss designing veteran-specific orientation and First-Year Seminar programs.
Participants will be asked to consider the difficulties and obstacles commonly faced by student veterans, including those currently serving and those returning, and both university and community resources available to address these issues. Finally, the speakers will discuss partnering with local and state agencies and military service organizations to enhance services to veterans on campus and in the community.
Objectives
- Examine university administrative policies established to accommodate returning veterans, serving veterans, and veterans ordered to active duty mid-term.
- Discuss the nature, characteristics and common (and some special) needs of veterans
- Highlight key issues affecting the transition of returning veterans into the civilian environment, as well as the academic environment.
- Participate in a dialogue on social, educational, family, financial, and psychological support resources, and how these resources interact to contribute to veterans’ personal and academic success.
- Achieve a better understanding of factors contributing to successful transition from military to academic environment.
Who should attend?
Who is the speaker?
Brenda York MEd
Director of Disability, Re-Entry and Veteran Services office, Montana State University
For the past 14 years Brenda has worked closely with MSU's student veterans to make sure they receive(d) the GI Bill and other help afforded to veterans. About 300+ veterans enroll at MSU each Fall. York has also worked with colleges across the state to implement veteran assistance programs, and MSU also helped convince the Montana Board of Regents to allow state campuses to participate in the Yellow Ribbon program connected to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. York also oversees Disability Services at MSU and is in a unique position for veterans that may need other assistance outside of their educational benefits.
Glenn Puffer, EdD
Dr. Glenn Puffer is the Associate Dean of Students at Montana State University, and a veteran of 21 years active US Army service worldwide. As the number of veterans returning to higher education has increased, so has Dr. Puffer’s involvement with veterans issues at Montana State University and in the community. He has taught a veterans-only section of the university’s First Year Seminar for the past four years, is a member of the local Veterans Service Providers group and volunteers his time annually to Warriors & Quiet Waters, a locally sponsored organization that provides fly-fishing opportunities to returning wounded Servicemen and women.
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