Thursday, June 20, 2024
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Innovative Support Services That Utilize Asset-Based Models to Engage and Persist Students

Ensure your support programs for military connected students are applicable, timely, and relevant to their unique and diverse needs through systematic asset-based initiatives and intentional partnerships.

Join us on Thursday, June 20, 2024, for this interactive webinar as our expert presenters share the support strategies and initiatives that were created on their campus that helped transform it into one of the top military-friendly programs in the nation. They will detail how they employed an asset-based model to identify the support areas on campus that needed improvement, and ways to develop them and other practices to engage student veterans on a deeper and more meaningful level. These tactics have allowed them to overcome barriers to create a thriving and dynamic community within the ALVS & CSU. They are now meeting the unique academic, social and career goals of their veterans and military-connected students – and so can you!

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Overcome barriers to developing an inclusive and engaging learning experience for military-connected students.
• Create innovative support programs that are applicable, asset-based, timely and relevant to the individual and diverse needs of your military-connected student to ensure a campus culture that supports their holistic development.
• Establish an inclusive atmosphere that successfully transitions veterans to your campus, enables them to adapt to the academic environment, engage in the campus community and persist through to graduation.
• Develop next steps to create or modify your current programs/resources to better meet the needs of your military-connected community.
• Equip those frontline faculty and staff members who interface with veteran and military- connected students regularly with the resources they need to understand and embrace the military culture.

Presenters

Lisa Chandler is currently the Assistant Director at the Adult Learner & Veteran Services (ALVS) Office at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Brianna Ridenour currently serves as the Program Coordinator for Adult Learners & Veteran Services at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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