WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:01.590 line:15% My name's Keith Hawk, 2 00:00:01.590 --> 00:00:04.160 line:15% I'm the Associate Vice President for Veterans Initiatives 3 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:06.120 line:15% and Military Support at UMUC. 4 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:08.920 line:15% So what that means is, everything that we do 5 00:00:08.920 --> 00:00:12.780 line:15% in terms of non-academic programmatic support for veterans, 6 00:00:12.780 --> 00:00:16.160 line:15% everything from assistance in terms of mentoring, 7 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:18.360 line:15% assistance in terms of 8 00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:20.720 line:15% things that support their academic pursuit, 9 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:23.440 line:15% as well as certification of their VA benefits, 10 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:24.950 line:15% I'm responsible for all that. 11 00:00:24.950 --> 00:00:27.460 line:15% And then on the military side, what I do is 12 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:29.860 line:15% all of the programs that we have 13 00:00:29.860 --> 00:00:32.070 line:15% that interface with service portal systems, 14 00:00:32.070 --> 00:00:33.530 line:15% military service portal systems, 15 00:00:33.530 --> 00:00:36.380 line:15% that allow access to tuition assistance funding, 16 00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:37.970 line:15% I manage all of that, and then, 17 00:00:37.970 --> 00:00:42.970 line:15% we're also a member of Servicemen's Opportunity Colleges, 18 00:00:43.100 --> 00:00:45.540 line:15% that provides guaranteed transferability 19 00:00:45.540 --> 00:00:46.840 line:15% between institutions, 20 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.680 line:15% I have a team that helps manage that process for us, 21 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:51.670 line:15% as well, which supports service members. 22 00:00:51.670 --> 00:00:53.680 line:15% Periodically interact with students, 23 00:00:53.680 --> 00:00:55.170 line:15% one of the programs that we do have 24 00:00:55.170 --> 00:00:57.050 line:15% in terms of non-academic support, 25 00:00:57.050 --> 00:00:58.580 line:15% is we have a veterans center 26 00:00:58.580 --> 00:01:00.880 line:15% at our academic facility at Largo. 27 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.040 line:15% Because we're a predominantly online institution, 28 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:05.320 line:15% don't get as much foot traffic in there as, you know, 29 00:01:05.320 --> 00:01:07.870 line:15% some place like the University of Maryland at College Park, 30 00:01:07.870 --> 00:01:11.130 line:15% but we probably have 40 to 50 veterans per week 31 00:01:11.130 --> 00:01:12.550 line:15% that come in there. 32 00:01:12.550 --> 00:01:16.210 line:15% So I go down there several times per week for a couple hours 33 00:01:16.210 --> 00:01:18.150 line:15% just to sit there and, you know, chat with people, 34 00:01:18.150 --> 00:01:21.220 line:15% find out what their concerns are, what they're dealing with, 35 00:01:21.220 --> 00:01:22.690 line:15% and sometimes that gives us insights 36 00:01:22.690 --> 00:01:24.990 line:15% in terms of what it is we can do for 'em. 37 00:01:24.990 --> 00:01:25.980 line:15% So, during the week, 38 00:01:25.980 --> 00:01:28.480 line:15% you'll find me with career and alumni services, 39 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:30.300 line:15% doing some sort of job fair, or hiring fair, 40 00:01:30.300 --> 00:01:31.513 line:15% you'll find me at those. 41 00:01:32.620 --> 00:01:33.920 line:15% You'll find me at virtual events, 42 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:35.800 line:15% we do a lot of virtual events. 43 00:01:35.800 --> 00:01:39.271 line:15% We do three or four webinars per month, 44 00:01:39.271 --> 00:01:43.650 line:15% specific to veterans certification and veterans assistance, 45 00:01:43.650 --> 00:01:45.920 line:15% you can find me online at those. 46 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.757 line:15% And then we will periodically do veterans-focused events 47 00:01:49.757 --> 00:01:54.270 line:15% either here at Adelphi or at one of our locations 48 00:01:54.270 --> 00:01:56.607 line:15% that we have in the DC or Maryland area, 49 00:01:56.607 --> 00:01:58.810 line:15% I'll be at all of those as well. 50 00:01:58.810 --> 00:02:00.250 line:15% The most recent one we did, was, 51 00:02:00.250 --> 00:02:02.580 line:15% we just held commencement in early May, 52 00:02:02.580 --> 00:02:04.850 line:15% we do an annual Military Appreciation Fair 53 00:02:04.850 --> 00:02:08.020 line:15% the Saturday prior to our commencement. 54 00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:09.350 line:15% Always get a big turnout at that, 55 00:02:09.350 --> 00:02:12.540 line:15% even though we're predominantly an online school, 56 00:02:12.540 --> 00:02:16.294 line:15% roughly 30%, 30 to 35% of our veteran population 57 00:02:16.294 --> 00:02:18.170 line:15% takes some kind of face-to-face class 58 00:02:18.170 --> 00:02:20.060 line:15% and most of them are here in the 59 00:02:20.060 --> 00:02:22.620 line:15% DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia area, 60 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:23.890 line:15% we had a big turnout for that. 61 00:02:23.890 --> 00:02:26.560 line:15% So, you know, that's another type of event that we'll do 62 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:28.260 line:15% throughout the course of the year.