Veteran and Military-Affiliated Students – On-Demand Training

Support Strategies & Initiatives That Scaffold Services From Admission to Graduation

Veterans and military-affiliated students need your support more than ever – from their application/acceptance through to their graduation. Equip your frontline faculty and staff with the resources they need to be advocates and help champion them every step of their educational journey.

Our expert presenter shares the support strategies and initiatives that helped transform Colorado State University into one of the top military-friendly programs in the nation. She will detail how they employed an asset-based model to identify the support areas on campus that needed improvement, and ways to develop them and other practices to engage student veterans on a deeper and more meaningful level. These tactics have allowed them to overcome the barriers and lack of use of the ALVS resources to engage and help students thrive. They are now meeting the unique academic, social and career goals of their veterans and military-connected students. Discover ways you can adapt this success to your own campus.

From institutional philosophy, transition and ongoing programs, collaboration with campus and community partners, and finally commencement – ensure your focus is on the accomplishments of your veterans and military-affiliated students in the ways that will help them succeed.  

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Overcome barriers to developing an engaging learning experience for military-connected students.
• Ensure your support programs for military connected students are applicable, timely, and relevant to their unique and diverse needs through systematic asset-based initiatives and intentional partnerships.
• Establish a welcoming and supportive atmosphere that successfully transitions veterans to your campus, enables them to adapt to the academic environment, engage in the campus community and persist through graduation.
• Develop next steps to create or modify your current programs/resources to better meet the needs of your military-connected community.
• Equip those frontline faculty and staff members who interface with veteran and military-connected students regularly with the resources they need to understand the unique needs of the military culture.
  

Presenter

Lisa Chandler is currently the Assistant Director at the Adult Learner & Veteran Services (ALVS) Office at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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