A Special Informational Session by UIS for Veterans = Amazing Thoughtfulness!

Dean Korte laughs as Becky entertains.  Meanwhile, Janet speaks with Jeff Young.

On Wednesday afternoon, a special informational session was held in PAC Conference Room C by various departments for veterans and those still in active-duty status.

John Ringle from housing, Rebecca Prather from Financial Services, Karen Willard from the TRAC along with several others from Counseling, the CTL, and Center for First Year Students were on-hand to entertain any questions servicemembers had.

The information provided was incredibly helpful, and meeting the people behind the departments face-to-face certainly helped to open doors that otherwise may have been ignored.

However, I left the conference feeling a little bit...concerned: less than 5% of veterans and servicemembers enrolled at UIS attended the conference.  I feel that had more shown up, it would have done us all good to forge relationships and support with one another during our collegiate careers.

One veteran--a woman named Becky--talked about starting up the Military Veterans Student Organization again this year.  A meeting is slated to be held with Dean Korte next Wednesday.  We'll see what happens.  I'll keep you all posted.

Until next time...

~  N.