Saint Leo University V.E.T.S.

03/30/2015

This is our way of saying Thank you for everyone that came out, and supported Foreword March we really appreciate you.

03/11/2015

Don't forget to come out tomorrow for a great time

Come out all Faculty, Students , and Veterans Get ready for Forward March on March 12.

03/02/2015

Watch these two buddies reconnect for the first time since the war in Iraq.

Marines share their heroic story

01/23/2015

Come out all Faculty, Students , and Veterans Get ready for Forward March on March 12.

11/20/2014

11/19/2014

Check us out in this paper article. http://ee.usatoday.com/emag/Default.aspx?href=USAM%2F2014%2F11%2F11&pageno=113&view=document

11/11/2014

Happy Veterans Day to every one who is currently served or has already served. We also say thank you to the families that are out there that has supported your veteran until the very end.

11/06/2014

Took a trip up there to help out our fellow Saint Leo Students. Little Creek Naval Base during VSS/Student Services was part of an ongoing and collaborative effort in providing support to our students in the VA region. We talked about the Military Academic Excellence Fund, Kognito, Veteran Transition Resource Course, and the Core Values Essay Composition Competition. Christine Georgallis provided information on Student Services including Accommodations and Tutoring Services. Both Christine and Gunny took time to answer questions from staff and students while at the centers. They also visited Chesapeake, and the Langley AFB Centers. 2nd picture
Christine Georgallis (L), Gunny, and Susan Paulson (Center Director)
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Early Jackson (L), Christine, Gunny, Elliot Seagraves.

10/24/2014

Don't Forget to come out and support Operation Stand Down today at 4pm Veteran's Memorial Park in Hudson Fl. Great way to support our veterans

10/24/2014

Tampa Bay Partnership Blog – October 22, 2014
Guest Blogger: Tedd “Gunny” Weiser, interim director – Veteran Student Services at Saint Leo University (photo attached)

Saint Leo University Participates in Pasco County Stand Down to Benefit Veterans

For more than 40 years, Saint Leo University has educated and proudly supported the U.S. military. In 1973 our institution began offering classes to military students at the Avon Park Bombing Range in Highlands Park, FL, and later that year on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. In the decades since, we have educated tens of thousands of active duty military, veterans, and their families. Today, the military comprises nearly one-third of our total enrollment of more than 16,000 students.
This month Saint Leo students and faculty will again participate in the Pasco County Stand Down, a grassroots, community-based intervention program that helps the nation’s estimated 67,000 homeless veterans manage life on the streets. Stand Down began in San Diego, CA, in 1988 and, 25 years later, it has celebrated many successes with more than 200 similar events conducted each year nationwide. Pasco County Stand Down will support homeless and at-risk veterans in four counties – Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough and Hernando.
The annual event provides these veterans with a broad range of highly needed services including food, clothing, medical/dental care, benefits advice, personal care, haircuts, entertainment, and mental health services. Stand Down is sponsored by many local public and private organizations, including Saint Leo University, that share a common vision of supporting these often forgotten veterans.
For this year’s event on October 24-26 at Veterans Memorial Park in Hudson, a select group of current and former Saint Leo Master of Social Work (MSW) students, along with faculty, will offer supportive counseling to veterans. The MSW program involvement is part of an institution Service Learning Project that provides needed counseling for veterans while concurrently training newer social work clinicians in advanced, research-based counseling methods.
More than 125 veterans who are expected to participate in the Stand Down will be offered free, confidential, and supportive counseling services—the first time that such services are being offered at the event. Supervising Saint Leo MSW faculty will evaluate the effectiveness of using such service learning projects for teaching counseling skills to graduate social work students.
With the increasing number of homeless and at-risk veterans in our community, the programs and services provided at the Pasco County Stand Down can make a significant difference in a veteran’s life. We are grateful for their service to our country, and I would encourage you to show your gratitude by supporting the 2014 Stand Down.
For more information about how you can help support the Pasco County Stand Down, visit http://pascostanddown.org

10/07/2014

Vss Slu Saint Leo

10/07/2014

Everyone who came out for the Oktober Vets we would like to say thank you for coming. We had a great night with all of the veterans