BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5f1e4450-fb3d-47d5-bbec-d1a1a3d11f07.171514@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20160913T195149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160913T195149Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Ballroom West SUMMARY:Boots to Books: Advising and Teaching Veterans DESCRIPTION:Since the height of the Surge Campaign during the Iraq and Afg hanistan wars\, the Military has drastically reduced the total force stru cture. In May 2016\, it was reported that the Army is continuing to reduc e the force from about 480\,000 to 450\,000 by 2018. The Department of Ve terans Affairs indicates that enrollment of veterans in college has incre ased 16-fold as many of these veterans have traded in their uniforms for text books. With the continued development and utilization of the Post 9/ 11 GI Bill\, colleges across the country see dramatic increases of vetera ns attending classes. At Missouri State University we've developed the Ve teran Student Services office to meet the growing demands of this excepti onal group of students. In this session\, learn about unique needs of stu dent-veterans\, discuss ways we can engage\, encourage and empower our st udent-veterans and hear from current student-veterans about their persona l transition and experiences.Co-Sponsored by Veterans Student Services. P resented by Army CPT (Ret) J.T. Craig.\n\n\nRegistration required http:// www.missouristate.edu/advising/42540.htm X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p></ p>\n<p align="center"><span>Since the height of the Surge Campaign during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars\, the Military has drastically reduced the total force structure. In May 2016\, it was reported that the Army is co ntinuing to reduce the force from about 480\,000 to 450\,000 by 2018. The Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that enrollment of veterans in college has increased 16-fold as many of these veterans have traded in th eir uniforms for text books. With the continued development and utilizati on of the Post 9/11 GI Bill\, colleges across the country see dramatic in creases of veterans attending classes. At Missouri State University we've developed the Veteran Student Services office to meet the growing demand s of this exceptional group of students. In this session\, learn about un ique needs of student-veterans\, discuss ways we can engage\, encourage a nd empower our student-veterans and hear from current student-veterans ab out </span><span>their personal transition and experiences.Co-Sponsored b y Veterans Student Services. Presented by Army CPT (Ret) J.T. Craig.</spa n></p>\n<p align="center"><span>Registration required </span><span><a hre f="http://www.missouristate.edu/advising/42540.htm"><span color="#0000ff" >http://www.missouristate.edu/advising/42540.htm</span></a></span></p>\n< p align="center"></p>\n<p align="center"></p>\n<p></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160923T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160923T120000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://www.missouristate.edu/advising/41529.htm CATEGORIES:Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR