What's Next for Student Veterans? by David DiRamio

Author:David DiRamio
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: National Resource Center for The First Year Experience

Voices of the Campus Teams

Through a series of semi-structured qualitative interviews, Campus Team members were asked to share their perspectives of PAVE and the impact of PAVE at their campus. Peer Advisors and Team Leaders have also shared how they personally benefited from the program by becoming part of a community and giving back to others.

A veteran comes to our office and meets someone who has been in the military or who is currently serving in the military, and it’s that instant bond, instant camaraderie. It’s an understanding that “I’ve been there” and “You’ve been there” and we’re going to work together to help you get through this. —Veteran Services Coordinator

I’m the first in my family to go to college so it was definitely a foreign experience to me, and I tried to latch on to other military members in the community as quickly as possible just because I knew that the academics would be tough, so I wanted something familiar when I got here at the university. —Peer Advisor

One of the best parts about PAVE this semester was being able to help out student veterans like me who were going through the same things I had when I first started school here. —Team Leader

I feel that it is the positive reinforcement, moral support, and the encouragement that [make] the difference, and that is why PAVE is successful, and will continue to be successful in positively changing veteran and veteran dependents’ lives in the future. —Team Leader

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