Diversity Week 2011 - From Combat to Classroom—Students Who Serve

Authors

Multicultural Center, University of Rhode IslandFollow

Document Type

Article

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From Combat to Classroom; URI; Diversity Week 2011; Students Who Serv; Christine Dolan, Education Specialist II, Education; Nancy Kelley, Assistant Dean, College of Human Science and Services; and Daniel Ustick, Advisor, Career Services; Accustomed to a strict, rule-bound system, student veterans face unusual challenges in their transition from the rigorous regimen of a soldier to the more self-directed environment of a college student; The transition to college is often complicated when student veterans have experienced the trauma of war, or acculturation to another country. In this workshop, a panel of student veterans discusses the challenges faced when re-integrating themselves into civilian and campus life. Attendees will be asked to reflect on difficult transitions in their own lives, and to compare those to the challenges of the military-civilian transition; Tue, 10/4@2:00pm; Joseph A Santiago; Joe Santiago

Date of Original Version

10-4-2011

Abstract

From Combat to Classroom—Students Who Serve.

Christine Dolan, Education Specialist II, Education; Nancy Kelley, Assistant Dean, College of Human Science and Services; and Daniel Ustick, Advisor, Career Services. Accustomed to a strict, rule-bound system, student veterans face unusual challenges in their transition from the rigorous regimen of a soldier to the more self-directed environment of a college student. The transition to college is often complicated when student veterans have experienced the trauma of war, or acculturation to another country. In this workshop, a panel of student veterans discusses the challenges faced when re-integrating themselves into civilian and campus life. Attendees will be asked to reflect on difficult transitions in their own lives, and to compare those to the challenges of the military-civilian transition.