UTSA veterans share military-to-college transition experiences
Adapt and Overcome: Essays on the Student Veteran Experience book launch features special veterans panel
(October 21, 2016) – Members of the UTSA community have published “Adapt and Overcome: Essays of the Student Veteran Experience,” an important book to help active duty military and veterans successfully transition to college life. The narrative, which includes chapters written by UTSA veterans, describes the unique challenges faced by veterans who have excelled in college and offers solutions to help others in uniform navigate those challenges.
In “Adapt and Overcome,” the authors discuss why they joined the military and how their military experiences contributed to their decisions to attend college. They write about strategies that worked for them as college students and share their ideas about how colleges and universities can be more supportive. The book also includes several chapters written by veterans and civilians at UTSA who work tirelessly on behalf of student veterans.
UTSA will celebrate the launch of the book starting at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26 in the Business Building University Room (BB 2.06.04) on the UTSA Main Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
The event, hosted by the UTSA Veterans Services Advisory Committee (VSAC), will begin with a Veterans’ Information Fair and networking session, followed by the keynote address from retired Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, UT System associate vice chancellor for Leadership Development and Veteran Affairs
“From a veteran’s point of view, it is hard to overstate the value of this book,” said Maj. Gen. Cucolo. “It combines the two things every veteran needs: the voices of peers who have walked the path before them, and the views of faculty and administrators who stand ready to help them navigate this new and challenging piece of terrain called higher education. It is a great primer for anyone trying to understand the spectrum of challenges involved in a veteran’s transition.”
A panel discussion with UTSA alumni student veterans who contributed chapters to the book will follow. They include Brandi Cuevas, U.S. Army; Bonnie Drusky, U.S. Air Force; Jason Frazier, U.S. Marine Corps and Brian Houston, U.S. Navy. Mary McNaughton-Cassill, UTSA professor of psychology in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, edited the book and will moderate the discussion.
Books will be available for purchase and chapter authors will be on-site for autographs. All proceeds will go to the UTSA Student Veteran Association.
Free event parking on a first-come, first serve basis in the Bauerle Rd. Garage.
The UTSA VSAC assists veterans and our military affiliated community in making a seamless transition to our academic community and to provide staunch support always. The VSAC recognizes the unique experiences that student veterans bring to our campus environment and leverages these resources to help steer our student veterans toward degree, certificate, or program completion by providing a military-friendly and helpful campus environment.
— Courtney Clevenger
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