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Introduction:
Bowling Green and Western Kentucky University are located between
two large military installations, Fort Campbell and Fort Knox.
This area of the country also produces a large number of active
duty and Kentucky Army National Guard soldiers. A result of
this has been that a good number of veterans are returning to
the area and attending WKU.
This group of veteran students can be broken down into two
subgroups, based on age and time served in the military, which
have different issues, goals, resources, and responsibilities.
In this seminar we will examine the differences between these
two groups and the “typical” WKU student, as well
as strategies for improving the classroom experience for both
groups of returning vets.
I am a career Army Officer, who is Department Head for the
Military Science and Leadership department at Western. My interest
in conducting this seminar is to assist you in helping former
soldiers to graduate and have a better educational experience.
I spoke with Mr. Randy Wilson, Director of the Veterans Upward
Bound program at Western, Army Community Service, and the Veterans
Administration (VA) to get the best information possible.
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