On July 8, FVSU’s College of Graduate Studies and Extended Education celebrates the grand opening of the Military Resource Center (MRC) located on the 3rd floor of the Hubbard Education Building.
According to college dean, Dr. Anna Holloway, the facility is designed to assist veterans and their dependants with all aspects of college life, from application to graduation. “We’re striving to be a military friendly university,” Holloway said. The MRC will provide counseling, peer support groups, assistance with health services and financial support available to military veterans. “The center is going to be great. We’ve had training to deal with issues that affect veterans, such as post traumatic stress disorder. We are also starting a student veterans organization and opening a veterans lounge as a part of the center here on campus, so I’m looking forward to providing that type of support.”
The center is a result of FVSU’s participation in the University Systems of Georgia’s “Soldiers 2 Scholars” (S2S) outreach effort. Fort Valley State is one of nine institutions working with the program, which launched in January 2010. Holloway, principal investigator for the College Access Challenge Grant received $20,000 from the Department of Education to fund the MRC initiative.
“The grant is the USG’s way of showing us how important this cause is and FVSU’s administration has shown that they really believe in this mission as well.”
For more information about FVSU’s Military Resource Center, contact LTD Eric Shaw at (478) 825-6905. For more information about the USG’s “Soldiers to Scholars” Program, visit http://www.usg.edu/news/release/specialprogrameasespathtocollegefor_military/
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