By Julia Turner
Office of Media Relations
One of the hardest transitions for veterans is the shift from a military to a civilian lifestyle. Clemson University, which was founded as a military college, recognizes that and is providing training for staff, faculty and students on how to help Clemson’s veteran students adjust to life on campus.
The training process, called Green Zone Training, delivers a safe space for student veterans and active service members. It seeks to raise awareness of the challenges a veteran student might encounter by teaching faculty, staff and peers how best to support this group of students and informing them of the community resources available to student veterans on and off campus.
Paul Millard, who serves as the coordinator for the transfer and special student population at the University of South Carolina, Green Zone Training will facilitate the training, to be held from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 in the Student Senate Chambers. RSVP here.
Green Zone training participants will receive an informational packet with a Green Zone sticker. The sticker, meant to be placed somewhere where passersby will easily see it, alerts students that an individual has completed the training. Those who display the sticker could be used as a source of knowledge and would have the resources to empower veteran students through their college experience.
Nicholas Paschvoss, assistant director of career development, said, “This training is small piece of how Clemson University will achieve short-term and long-term goals, such as the 2020 road map. As higher education practitioners, we need to have a better understanding of underrepresented student populations to increase awareness and diversity to education.”
For more information, contact Paschvoss at paschvo@clemson.edu.
