Throughout February, with the next event on Feb. 13 and continuing through April, the Office of Veterans Affairs will hold the Veterans Resource Center Speaker Series in the Rosenthal Student Center room 218 from 5-6:30 p.m. The speaker series will feature various speakers from within and outside of the NSU community that will talk about a variety of different topics meant to assist veterans.
Matthew Chenworth, the director of Veterans Affairs at NSU, said, “Winter 2019 was the first time that we brought in speakers during the semester and [tried] to figure out what the needs and interests of our veterans were… This is our first formally planned out speaker series where we have a different guests come in every other week.” He continued, “When our veterans and military-affiliated students are leaving the military and returning to civilian life and entering a college environment, we want to make sure that we are providing all of the resources and services available at the university and the community to them.”
Speakers in the upcoming sessions will include Marilyn Gordon, a registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist at NSU, who will speak about the importance of nutrition, Rick Bannon, a former Green Beret and current business owner, and James Heaton, who is with Legal Aid of Broward County. A full list of the sessions and speakers for this semester’s series can be found through NSU’s Shark Fins weekly newsletter.
Each event is open to the NSU community and encourages anyone who is interested to attend.
Chenworth said, “While this is the Veterans Resource Center, I really see it as a space where veterans are able to come and receive direct services… but a big part of that is helping that transition. We want to make sure that they are developing comradery, not just with other veterans, but with their peers, professors and staff members on campus.”
This year, the event will be recorded and made available online in order to serve, not just Davie campus students, but online and regional students as well. The videos will also be posted to a new YouTube channel where students will be able to access an archive of every session held from here on out. The videos will also be available on the Veteran Resource Office Facebook page and will be included in their newsletter.
For more information on the speaker series, contact vrc@nova.edu or (954) 262-FLAG.
Photo: NSU Veterans Resource Office
