March 2023 Peer Advisor of the Month: Megan Missler, Bowling Green State University
From Anthony Alessio, Team Leader, Bowling Green State University: “Megan has been in the role of both Peer Advisor and Team Leader. Once Megan was assigned students, she reached out, making good connections with all of them. With Megan’s encouragement, several students have visited the military student office. After having been trained in the Team Leader […]
March 2023 Team Leader of the Month: Ivan Lievanos, University of Washington – Tacoma
From Juanita Murillo Garcia, Veteran & Military Resource Center Director, University of Washington – Tacoma: “I am proud that Ivan Lievanos continues to show the University of Washington-Tacoma’s ethos, which led him to other leadership roles within the campus and the community. Throughout 2020-21, he took over the Team Leader role. He trained Peer Advisors to […]
March 2023 Featured Campus: University of Toledo
University of Toledo is our Featured Campus for March! “They’ve been doing an exceptional job with programming and events, like Green Zone training, to help support their student veterans on campus. The team’s enthusiasm for finding and sharing resources both within their campus and with other PAVE partner campus teams exemplifies their commitment to creating a strong […]
February 2023 Featured Campus: Casper College
Casper College is our Featured Campus for February! “Casper College has been consistently and successfully supporting both their student veterans and PAVE team members. They have been exceptional in connecting students with resources, even having four resources from organizations such as the VA and the Wyoming Veterans Commission come into their Veterans Center every week to make […]
February 2023 Co-Team Leader of the Month: Lily Tendero, University of Michigan – Flint
From Helen Budd: “Lily is always diligent about reaching out to her advisees and logs them promptly. One of her advisees from the fall term is continuing to reach out to her, which is impressive considering the overall interaction is still fairly low. This indicates that Lily has made a great connection with her advisee. She […]
February 2023 Co-Team Leader of the Month: Kelly Parrott, University of Michigan – Flint
From Helen Budd, Program Manager, Division of Student Affairs, University of Michigan-Flint: “Kelly is attending UM-Flint all online and is very active “on campus,” despite her geographical distance. She usually advises PAVE students who are also attending all-online because she knows and understands the challenges of being an all-online student and how hard it can be […]
February 2023 Peer Advisor of the Month: Alyssa Lunsford, University of Michigan – Flint
From Helen Budd: “Alyssa heard about the PAVE program from our Team Leader Lily and was eager to step up and assist her veteran peers in the nursing program in particular. Alyssa has been part of our campus community for over a year so she understands what it is like to go through the tough nursing […]
January 2023 Peer Advisor of the Month: Steven Do, University of Texas at Dallas
From Lisa Adams, Military and Veteran Center Director, University of Texas at Dallas: “This is Steven’s first semester as a Peer Advisor. He was enthused about serving in this role and the opportunity to learn about resources. This semester he was assigned six students. He consistently completed outreaches each month with his peers, logging 66 total […]
January 2023 Team Leader of the Month: Chris Johnson, Oregon State University
From William Elfering, Military & Veteran Resource Center Director, Oregon State University: “Here is a quote from an online customer survey that is attached to our PAVE emails. “Have been working with Christopher Johnson and he’s been absolutely wonderful on taking care of my concerns and questions, solving my problems and much more. I look […]
January 2023 Featured Campus: Oregon State University
Oregon State University is our Featured Campus for January! “They’ve been doing a fantastic job of connecting their student veterans both to resources and each other. Their PAVE team started off the semester with a host of fun Veteran Resource Center (VRC) events for both new and returning student veterans and was able to maintain that […]