NACC launches program for student veterans

NACC launches program for student veterans

Featured image: NACC is hosting a Grand Opening for the VA Educational Success Center will be held on July 6. The program will offer academic and career planning tailored specifically for student veterans. Pictured above are Jennifer Brown, Financial Aid Assistant; Jeremy Wilson, veteran/alumnus; Holly Williams, Financial Aid Administrative Assistant; and Sherry Whitten, Director of the College and Career Planning Center.


By Joseph M. Morgan

joseph@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.—Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) recently announced the launch of the NACC VA Educational Success Center, a new program that hopes to help veterans or their dependents as they transition from military service to life as college students.

A Grand Opening for the VA Educational Success Center will be held on July 6, 2016, at 12:30 p.m. in Room 104 in the Wallace Administration Building at NACC in Rainsville.

According to NACC Director of College and Career Planning Sherry Whitten, the intent for the VA Success Center is to: offer a welcoming environment to aid students and dependents in their transition to college; provide assistance for military/veteran students, their spouses and dependents in applying for and/or updating their educational benefits; enable further assistance with financial needs and the completion applications for Federal Student Aid or possible scholarships; provide a computer lab and study lab with internet access; and serve as a location for information about the new Student Veterans of America chapter (SVA), a campus club for veterans, their dependents and civilian students.

“Many great things can be said about the Veterans Affairs Office at NACC,” NACC SVA Chaplain Jeremy Wilson said. “Their care in assisting our servicemen and women as they continue on the right course of success is obvious as we see veteran after veteran, of which I'm one, pass through with a quality education.

“NACC is dedicated to serving those who have served them, they definitely set veterans up for success by equipping them with all the right academic tools to transition into the civilian workforce with confidence. What NACC has in store for veterans in the coming school year will only aid in that continued track record of excellence.”

Whitten said the new program will be an invaluable asset to current and future student veterans and their dependents.

“The College and Career Planning Center is here to serve students, and we look forward to continuing our services to veterans and students still serving in the armed forces,” Whitten said. “We can provide individualized career planning, transfer advising, and assistance with job placement. We are honored to serve those who have served our country.”