The Project
Student veterans can feel uncomfortable on college campuses, and the culture shock of joining a campus community is part of every veteran's college experience. Many veterans enter college as returning adult students, and their discipline, focus and commitment to the college process may be different from that of traditional students. Many veterans also experience stereotyping and fear stigmatization in relation to disabilities or academic readiness — although most are academically prepared.
Who We Are
The Military and Veterans Success Center (MVSC) at USF St. Petersburg serves more than 660 military-connected active duty, reserve, veteran and dependent students on campus, and indirectly supports more than 90,000 veterans in Pinellas County through its involvement with the Pinellas County Resource Guide.
The center was established to assist student veterans with transition to college life and to provide the support needed to improve the chances for their success. It has evolved into a comprehensive program offering support services, career counseling, mentoring, employment assistance and guidance on a vast variety of VA benefits and health services. In 2018, there were 5,112 visits to the center and have been 13,275 visits since the center opened in November 2015.
What Your Gifts Will Do
Your gifts will help us build upon the recent renovations, titled the Inside-Out Project, that have taken place to the Military and Veterans Success Center. Our goal with the Inside-Out Project is to create a unique space that can be used not only by our veteran students, but traditional students as well.
The hope is to start breaking down the barriers that exist between veteran students and traditional students. Your gifts will help us to support programming in this new space and upgrade needed equipment for the MVSC.
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