State grant helps expand UO Student Veterans Center services
A grant awarded to the University of Oregon’s Student Veterans Center by the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs will help the center expand its programs and resources. The grant also expands the Peer Advising Veterans Education program, which matches new veteran students on campus with experienced UO peers. Trent Goodman served in the Marine Corps as […]
Johnson County Community College PAVE Team Meets with Congressman Kevin Yoder
Members of the Johnson County Community College PAVE team recently met with Congressman Kevin Yoder of Kansas to discuss the great work they’re doing for their student veterans. Read More
From enlisted to enrolled, a CMU veteran
Colorado Mesa University’s PAVE program Team Leader Cody Kem was profiled on his school’s website. (From the Colorado Mesa University website) Read More
Program Paves Way for Student Veterans Transitioning to Campus Life
PAVE at University of Texas-Dallas was highlighted in this article on the UTD website. “The PAVE program has given UT Dallas student veterans another resource for navigating campus life with peer support,” said Lisa Adams, director of the MVC. “Our peer advisors have firsthand experience with transitioning from the military and beginning a degree program at […]
Within Reach
Learn about how PAVE, M-SPAN, and the University of Michigan Depression Center and Department of Psychiatry’s other outreach programs are finding ways to treat veterans, students, and others where they are, changing the lives of people who may not otherwise receive mental health treatment. (From Medicine at Michigan) Read More
Chris Burd: From Self-Centered to Selfless
UW Tacoma student veteran Chris Burd made the most of a second chance at a career in the military. Burd has kept himself busy while on campus. He’s currently interning at the Geneva Foundation, a non-profit that funds research into military health care. Burd works at UW Tacoma’s Veteran and Military Resource Center (VMRC) and […]
Navy vet finds a new adventure as a student at the UO
Before University of Oregon student vet Caitlyn Sweat was a Peer Advisor, she had a Peer Advisor who regularly reached out to her. Although she didn’t often reply to those emails and text messages, she recalls a sense of community. Now, as a Peer Advisor assigned to nine student veterans that she reaches out to […]
Sophomore helps fellow veterans as a peer advisor, SGA senator
U.S. Marine Michael Bearth is a mechanical engineering major with a passion for helping his fellow veterans. Bearth is a member of the Student Veterans Organization (SVO), a Peer Advisor for the Wichita State Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE) program, and is currently holding the position of the veteran senator in the Student Government […]
Grand Valley State receives $1.3M grant to help veterans earn degrees
PAVE partner campus Grand Valley State University received a $1.3 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide West Michigan veterans free academic support services to help them complete a degree. Grand Valley has repeatedly been named a gold-level military friendly institution by the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, Veterans Network. Among its […]
Student veteran orientation presents new initiatives
Dylan Keyes, a University of Michigan Peer Advisor, was recently quoted about PAVE in an article about the U-M student veteran orientation: “It’s really having someone we feel like we can connect with… You have a lot of vets that come in with a lot of other baggage, and it’s really having someone else there […]