Bunker Hill Community College opens new Veterans Center
Bunker Hill Community College
November 11, 2010
Bunker Hill Community College will dedicate its new Veterans Center in a ceremony at noon, Wednesday, November 17, 2010, in the main lobby at the Charlestown Campus. Since the passage of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (also known as the "Post-9/11 GI Bill"), the number of veterans at the College has more than doubled to 367.
Speakers at the event include: Student Veterans Club President Michael Roche; James Wright, Ph.D., President Emeritus of Dartmouth College and a national leader in helping veterans attend college; and Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D., a MacArthur fellow and author of two books on combat trauma. While president of Dartmouth, Wright began visiting wounded veterans at military hospitals to encourage them to continue their education. In a separate presentation, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Shay will discuss what communities can do to assist returning veterans. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the C202 auditorium at the College.
The new Veterans Center provides a central place where College staff can assist veterans in working through the processes involved in obtaining educational benefits. Students have access to a fax/copier, computers, a printer, comfortable chairs and a reading area. With the help of a $50,000 foundation grant, the College constructed the Center over the summer.
