Three Rivers Veterans

The SVA is finally stood back up again after fading away during COVID. Active Duty, Veterans and Dependents welcome to attend meetings and join.

Come in for the Veteran's Coffeehouse going on in the Oasis today!!

Don't forget. Today is the Veterans Coffeehouse event in the Oasis. It's room F203.

Sandra Jeknavorian, the program coordinator of Visual Fine Arts at TRCC, is wanting to gauge interest in an art therapy program for our veterans. If you are interested, send her an email. Here is a page she shared about the benefits of art therapy.

Art Therapy Helping Veterans Heal Body and Mind - VeteranAid Art Therapy: Helping Veterans Heal Body and Mind. As new therapies surface to help veterans cope with PTSD, art therapy has been shown to help.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/veteran-enrollment-seth-bodnar-montana/636295/

How higher ed can engage veterans — from a university president who is a veteran Identify how veterans differ from traditional students and support them accordingly, says the president of the University of Montana.

Join us for the Veterans' Coffeehouse event. There will be multiple vet relevant visitors coming in from both inside and outside of TRCC to speak to any veterans who stop by about topics such as education and su***de awareness/prevention.

Hi, everyone. Just wanting to introduce myself. I'm Tom, the new(ish) manager for the Oasis. I actually started last year, but I've recently taken on partial responsibility for posting Oasis/Veteran related updates here on our Veterans' page.

Things were pretty tough for a while, and even if the Oasis was open, it wasn't all that busy due to Covid. But, classes are more or less back to normal and people are attending school in person again. I think I may have had more veterans in already this semester than in the entirety of the last two semesters combined. Still nothing like pre-Covid numbers though.

Here are a couple updates:

1. The new issue of GI Jobs is in for those interested.

2. I'm working on getting the computers re-imaged to have all of the software we use for our various classes available for when students want to come in and do school work requiring special programs like AutoCAD.

3. The Veteran's Club is a non-entity for now as there is no one to lead it and seemingly no one expressing serious interest in doing so. If anyone is interested in getting it going again, or just participating if it does get up and running, let me know and we'll work on getting it squared away.

I'll have the room open M-F 1000-1500 for the foreseeable future. Coffee and printing are still free and the snacks and drinks are all stocked up. Come in and pay me a visit!

Thanks everyone,
Tom

Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP) | Veterans Affairs The Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP) offers education and training for high-demand jobs to Veterans who are unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep reading to find out if you’re eligible and how to apply. 

Interested in helping plan these Veteran's Coffeehouse events? Thames Valley Council for Community Action is HIRING!!

Click here for the position description and ways to apply! https://bit.ly/3cbuz0E

Hey Vets this is some amazing climbing!!! With a great group.

There is still time to sign up and join me and this amazing group!!! We have 3 sessions left.

Veteran adaptive rock climbing!!!