On May 4, 2022, the Student Veterans Resource Center hosted the first in-person Honor Cord Ceremony since 2019 for the 79 student veterans eligible to graduate this calendar year. The Honor Cord serves as a symbol of gratitude for the student veteran’s unique life experience, maturity and perspective that student veterans bring to classroom discussions and…
The University of Georgia’s Student Veterans Resource Center (SVRC) proudly dedicated a new display – a waist-length wool jacket spangled with World War II combat medals. The Eisenhower jacket perfectly fit UGA alumnus Dr. Harold Berkman (BBA ’49) from 1945 until the day he passed away in 2020 at age 94. Read More……
Sixty-five scholarships totaling $48,000 were awarded to UGA’s student veterans during the annual Veterans Week Reception on Nov. 9 at the Tate Student Center. The annual ceremony is hosted by UGA’s Student Veterans Resource Center (SVRC) and sponsored in part by the Reynolds Veterans Association (RVA). Students receiving scholarships and their areas of study are…
Caleb Ray slides into the cockpit of an F-16 at the Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. He pulls his helmet down and adjusts the GoPro mount facing him—one that he helped engineer in his first year as an aircraft technician and welder for the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. Read more…