Holly Vincent
Sunday, January 6, 2019 12:00 AM
Community, Students
CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Cleveland State Community College is excited to announce the grand opening of the new Veterans Resource Center on Thursday, January 24 at 2 p.m. in room U-100 of the George L. Mathis Student Center.
CSCC recently received a TBR Student Engagement, Retention and Success (SERS) grant to create a Veterans Resource Center in the George L. Mathis Student Center centrally located on the main campus of CSCC. This space will serve as office space for the Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Specialist / Veterans Reconnect Coordinator to work with both prospective and current veteran students on campus, as well as a lounge space for Cleveland State veterans and military-affiliated students to use as needed.
Tishauna Hoffman, PLA Specialist / Veterans Reconnect Coordinator, said, “Having a veterans center on campus is important for a few reasons. First, it serves the students directly as a place to go around their class schedule to relax, get something to eat, and be in the company of others who have had some of the same life and college experiences. I hope that we help ease the transition for veterans by offering a place on campus that is just for them. Second, I felt it was really important to have a veterans services staff member available in the resource center as well. We're aiming to create a one-stop experience as far as veterans services is concerned, so that they may have all their related questions answered at one time, and so that they can be handed off to other sections of student services knowing that all their military-related issues have been taken care of.”
According to Hoffman, the creation of a Veterans Resource Center is expected to have an immediate positive benefit for this population of students, answering many, if not all, of a student veteran’s questions about topics such as orientation and registration, utilization of Veterans Administration benefits or career transition services.
Cleveland State Community College is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution