1. East Carolina University STUDENT VETERANS SERVICES Mary Page Jessica Saunders Allyson Fulghum Paul Balcita Peter Rodenhauser Bradley Shepard

2. WHO IS SVS? Organization that provides academic and social assistance to student veterans and their families SVS serves: student veterans families of veterans ECU faculty and staff Work to ensure student veterans are fully comfortable with campus life

3. Student Veteran Services provides a seamless transition for student veterans both academically and socially by assisting them in becoming fully integrated into the East Carolina University community by educating, preparing, and engaging. Student Veteran Services provides supportive services necessary to ensure that student veterans are successful in their academic pursuits, adjust to the campus environment, and eventually transition to civilian employment.

4. WHY WE CHOSE SVS SVS is new to ECU Raise awareness about the organization Bradley Shepard

5. THE SVS CREW Trish Goltermann Assistant Director Oliver Anderson VA Work Study/Student Veteran Located in Brewster D 107 vets@ecu.edu

6. WHAT SVS PROVIDES Veterans Benefits and Financial Aid GI Bill Military/Veteran scholarships Transition Assistance Pirate to Pirate COAD 1000 Resume development VA Work Study

7. HOW DO THEY SERVE? Green Zone Training How can staff create a “safe space” for veterans Making veterans more comfortable to self-identify Past experiences of veterans makes their college life different from the average student Family life and its impact on their education

8. MINI-GREEN ZONE TRAINING How Vets needs are different from a normal student Pre-deployment Deployment Combat Video Post-deployment TBI PTSD

9. INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER ANDERSON Q: How do you think your experience as a student veteran is different from the typical ECU student? A: Being older than the majority of the students in my classes I have different priorities than most students, because of this I am not able to relate to the majority of these students. That being said I don't necessarily feel out casted because of it, it's more or less a difference of age and life experiences. In addition, I have to go home at the end of the day and have to deal with additional responsibilities not encountered living on campus. Student Veterans with families have even greater responsibilities on top of school work and campus activities. Finally, some student veterans have to commute long distances several days a week.

10. INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER ANDERSON Q: How has SVS helped you? Helped other veterans and their families? A: SVS has helped me first and foremost with the process of using the GI Bill benefits which I think a lot of veterans will agree with due to the fact it's one of the most strenuous processes that most veterans have little to prior knowledge of. In addition it has given myself along with other student veterans and dependents of veterans a place to go to if we encounter any issues on campus that are we are not able to resolve on our own.

11. INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER ANDERSON Q: How do you think SVS helps our campus? A: SVS helps our campus because it gives student veterans as well as faculty an additional resource that is specifically catered towards this population and how to handle any issues on campus that may arise. There aren't many other services available like that offered on campus.

12. IN THE BEGINNING First meeting with Trish Brainstorming Marketing

13. BROCHURE Why we chose to do a brochure Getting the brochure approved Where the brochure will be available What it has accomplished for ECU SVS

14. GREEN ZONE TRAINING INSERT Offer additional information on the program Low attendance Offered date on the back side to be changed from year to year Enhance attendance

15. FLYERS

16. Facebook Awareness Raise awareness for ECU Student Veterans Services about Facebook page Like them on Facebook Goal was to get 250 likes

17. FINAL REVIEW WITH SVS Excitement about final products Next steps Funding: current budget for semester $3,000 Printing

18. Jessica Maggie Allyson Peter Paul Brad

19. AFTER ITS ALL SAID AND DONE… We have helped and will continue to help ECU Student Veterans Services become more aware around campus We created a brochure and flyers that will be placed in the admissions office and seen all over campus SVS has great potential to help all of the student veterans on campus and we wanted to help make this happen