{"id":40299,"date":"2024-12-16T12:50:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T17:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=40299"},"modified":"2024-12-16T12:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T17:50:19","slug":"the-military-resource-center-at-empire-state-university-is-celebrating-its-first-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2024\/12\/the-military-resource-center-at-empire-state-university-is-celebrating-its-first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Military Resource Center At Empire State University Is Celebrating Its First Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Empire State University\u2019s Veteran and Military Resource Center is celebrating one year of supporting and empowering military-affiliated students seeking higher education. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The center opened in November 2023 and in just one year has become a cornerstone of support for military-affiliated students, staff, and alumni. The center offers assistance with transition programs, academic support, veteran career services, and a variety of virtual and in-person programming to bring SUNY Empire\u2019s expansive military-affiliated community together. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Desiree Drindak, director of the Veteran and Military Resource Center, said providing a physical space for active-duty members, veterans, and family members to connect provides a unique resource that makes SUNY Empire stand out in its dedication to military-affiliated students. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have accomplished more than I think we ever imagined in the last year,\u201d Drindak said. \u201cWe\u2019ve always connected to community resources so our students could have the resources they needed, but this space specifically has now become a resource for our community to veteran organizations.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since its inception, the Veteran and Military Resource Center has found different ways to recognize military-affiliated students through commemorative events and now student organization. The center recently brought back the veteran and military student club and hired a military-affiliated student intern to assist with student engagement. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been able to make so much progress with engaging our students in a more social aspect versus just the academic,\u201d Drindak said. \u201cThis program is about building community virtually and in-person, and the student club has been able to enhance all of that energy and get more student voices included in the conversation so we can build programming around them.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>Empire State University serves over 1,000 military-affiliated students, the highest number of any State University of New York institution. Drindak credits that growth to the foundations built through the center and the university\u2019s support programs that bring a transfer of military training credit, automatic support, and community connection immediately to SUNY Empire students. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe university is working towards building programs and services to help students stay and continue to get their degree so they can move along in their journey,\u201d Drindak said. \u201cOur increase has been steady over the last few years, and that allows us the programmatic support to continue to grow.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drindak, reflecting on the last year of progress with the Veteran and Military Resource Center, said the future looks bright. She said the center is working to staff a veteran and military career advisor and expand connections with community organizations. Above all they are continuously working to build better support for military-affiliated students and their families. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe support of this population and this program is embedded into the fabric of the university,\u201d Drindak said. \u201cSupporting access to education is so important and, for this population, allowing these designated resources really helps us support military families and our communities around the state and around the world, so they can accomplish their educational goals and then move forward into the next phase of their life.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empire State University\u2019s Veteran and Military Resource Center is celebrating one year of supporting and empowering military-affiliated students seeking higher education. \u00a0 The center opened in November 2023 and in just one year has become a cornerstone of support for military-affiliated students, staff, and alumni. 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