VRC Newsletter Fall

Fall 2015

Veterans

Resource Center
University of New Mexico

Who Will You Thank?

Veterans Day, New Veteran Scholarship, and the V2V Program

News Events VRC

-Local dignitaries scheduled -Veterans Appreciation Day -VRC issues new James
to attend this year’s -SVUNM Banquet Whalen Scholarships, and
Veterans Day Ceremony calls for applications
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Who Will You Thank?

There are many women who enter into the
hotheaded things that life of a soldier take a
can be said about the U.S. significant risk, one that
military, in defense or in many of us do not wish on
opposition. Picking sides ourselves. From the far
on whether or not we are right to the far left, we
“doing the right thing” with would be wise to be
our armed forces may be grateful for the men and
extremely easy, and the women who defend us
disagreement will always without so much as
be apparent. The leaders knowing our name or
of our nation will shift the seeing our faces. Veterans
directions of our armed Day is a “Thank You” to
forces, but the objective those who stood in
remains the same – defense of the people
defend those who need and country that they
defending. We will loved. We have one day
continue to disagree on out of the year to thank
the funding and the them all together, so make
intentions, but we may Veterans Day in 2015
agree that the men and count!

Veterans Day at UNM

Try to use portrait, mobile In 1962, the UNM Alumni President, Robert Frank
device style photos for this Memorial Chapel was and CEO of UNM Health
Image area constructed in honor of Sciences, Paul Roth are
those UNM Alumni that scheduled to speak and
have fallen in combat. attend the service. The
There isn’t a more suiting ceremony is attended on
place on campus to hold an invitation basis and is
the ceremony for Veterans open to all veterans.
Day observance than this Students and others may
building. Several of the also show their support on
Veterans Appreciation
University’s most influential Day, Nov.10. (See Events)
figures such as UNM

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Events

Veterans Appreciation Day, FBI Recruitment, SVUNM Banquet and Art Auction

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Resume Workshop UNM Band Performance
Interview and Resume writing Skills Salute to the Armed Forces
Workshop Popejoy Hall
Nov. 4th 2 P.M. – 4 P.M. Nov. 11th 7:30 P.M.

Public Service Career Showcase FBI Recruiting Event
SUB Ballrooms Information Session
Nov. 5th 9 A.M. – 2 P.M. Career Services, Rm 220
Nov. 16th 3 P.M. – 5 P.M.
Veteran Appreciation Day:
Smith Plaza and SUB Ballroom B SVUNM Banquet
Nov. 10th 9 A.M. – 2 P.M. Charity Banquet and Art Auction
SUB Ballrooms B & C
Veterans Day Ceremony Dec. 12th 5:30 P.M. – 9:30 P.M.
UNM Alumni Memorial Chapel
Nov. 11th 9 A.M. – 11 A.M.

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VRC at Present

James Whalen Scholarship V2V

The Veterans Resource The James Whalen Research indicates that
Center (VRC) is requesting Endowment fund provides social connection with
applications from low-income military students peers is one of the most
undergraduate military and student veterans with important predictors of
students and student sought-after college cash. personal and
veterans from the University The scholarship is designed academic success of
of New Mexico (UNM) for as a supplemental veterans (Whiteman,
the purpose of providing scholarship that will fill Barry, & Wadsworth,
them with funds to assist in unmet financial aid need. 2013). The Vet-2-Vet
their academic pathway Eligibility is limited to Peer Mentoring
and to help supplement undergraduate military Program at UNM
their financial needs. This is students and student facilitates this
the first scholarship from the veterans at the University of connection through
James Whalen Endowment New Mexico, U.S. citizens creating mentoring
fund given to the VRC. This enrolled full-time (12 credit relationships between
generous donation comes hours), have a grade point new student veterans
from Mr. Patrick Conroy, average of at least 2.5 and and “seasoned”
Class of ’71, and cousin to have financial need. Two student veteran
Pvt. James W. Whalen. $500.00 scholarships will be mentors. If you are
awarded. Deadline to Interested in being a
Pvt. James W. Whalen was submit an application is part of the Vet-2-Vet
the only son of Bertha December 14, 2015 by close Mentoring Program
McNearny Whalen and of business day at 5:00pm next semester, contact:
William Whalen, born in the (MT).
spring of 1925 in Detroit. Vet Success on
After his high school Campus Counselor:
graduation in 1943, he [email protected]
joined the Army. Pvt. James
Whalen was killed in action Program Coordinator
April 12, 1945 in Germany. for Academic Success:
[email protected]

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Fall 2015

Veteran’s Resource Center

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
Student Union Building (SUB)

Suite 2002, MSC03 2215
1 University of New Mexico Blvd.

Albuquerque, NM. 87131

(505) 277.3181
[email protected]

(505) 277.3181
[email protected]