Veteran's Awareness Day at Edison State College - Supporting Our Heroes
Mar 15, 2011
Lee Campus - March 14, 2011
“Veteran’s Awareness Day” at Edison State College - Supporting Our Heroes
Veterans will take center stage at Edison State College, Lee Campus on Wednesday, March 16th. “Veteran’s Awareness Day”, hosted by the Office of Student Life, will honor veterans with a scholarship gift presentation by the Korean War Veterans Association, services provided by the Mobile Vet Center and a barbeque lunch.
The media, Edison State College students, area veterans and their families are welcome to attend.
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.: The Mobile Vet Center Community Outreach Vehicle and Team will be on campus in parking lot 3 near the bell tower.
The Mobile Vet Center is a 38-foot motor coach which has spaces for confidential counseling. It brings Vet Center Counselors and outreach workers to events and activities in order to reach veterans in broad geographic areas. It is utilized primarily to provide VA and Vet Center outreach information and direct readjustment counseling to veterans, separating service members and their families in their home community including reserve and National Guard demobilization activities. Although assigned to the Orlando Vet Center, the Vehicle will cover the southern half of Florida and will also be a part of the VA’s Emergency Response Network. Services of the Mobile Vet Center include: Individual and group counseling for Veterans and their families, Family counseling for military related issues, Military sexual trauma counseling referral, Bereavement counseling for families who experience an active duty death, Substance abuse assessment and referral, Employment assessment and referral, Veterans benefits information and referral, Community resource information and education, All services confidential and free to eligible Veterans and family members
11:30 a.m.: Check presentation at the Bell Tower in front of Taeni Hall
Korean War Veterans Association will present a scholarship check to the Edison State College Foundation. The group has been a loyal supporter of Edison State student veterans, having made several scholarship contributions since 2007. The gift supports current students who are also military veterans. Edison State College District President Dr. Kenneth P. Walker and the Senior Vice President, Operations, Dr. James Browder will be in attendance.
Veteran James Davis, 32, is a current Edison State College student enrolled in the Supervision and Management Bachelor degree program. He is a veteran of both “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan and “Operation Iraqi Freedom” and currently serves as an E-6 in the United States Navy Reserve. A member of the ESC Student Veteran Association, Davis is excited about the event.
‘The Mobile Vet Center is a fantastic opportunity for veterans in our community,” said Davis. “They offer grief counseling, family counseling- so many pertinent services for veterans and their dependents to take advantage of. These services are important- and they would be extraordinarily expensive to seek privately in the “outside’ world.”
For information about the Veterans’ Awareness Day” at Edison State College, please contact Dr. Amy Teprovich, Director of Student Life at (239) 489-9284.
For media inquiries contact Meg Hawthorne, Public Information Specialist at Edison State College (Lee Campus) 239-489-9306 or mahawthorne@edison.edu.
Celebrating nearly 50 years of excellence, Edison State College is Southwest Florida’s largest, most accessible and most affordable institution of higher education. Proud to be tobacco-free, Edison State serves more than 20,000 students per year in five counties and online. For more information please visit www.edison.edu .
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Last Updated: March 15, 2011
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