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Further Education for VeteransBy Julia O’Dell and Randy Wilson Say you’re a single dad, recently discharged from the Army, who needs more education to get a better job. Or maybe you’re a veteran who saw combat in Iraq or Afghanistan – and you’re not sure what to do now. To find success in today’s job market, many veterans are required to learn new skills, and further education is often the only answer to starting a second career.
Veterans Upward Bound (VUB), a free U. S. Department of Education (ED) funded program, assists veterans with transitioning to high education. VUB projects help qualifying veterans make the transition from military to civilian life, complete their GED, or enter college or other postsecondary training programs. VUB is an educational and skills program designed specifically to serve the needs of veterans, whether they are from the Vietnam era, the 80’s or 90’s, or today’s combat veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan. The program can be described as ‘academic boot camp’ and assists veterans in preparing to succeed in the classroom.
VUB offers a unique range of services designed to prepare veterans to enter their chosen educational program, whether it is at a 2-year community college, a 4-year college or university, or a public or private vocational or technical school. All services offered by VUB, including instruction, textbooks, advising, and supplies, are provided free of charge for qualifying veterans.
The program provides non-credit academic refresher courses specifically tailored to the needs of each veteran. Participants can strengthen their writing, reading, math, basic science, and computer skills before they start college. The program also assists in understanding the complexities of the GI Bill system and assists participants in applying for those benefits.
VUB also recognizes that the Veteran student is going to need more than just academics to make it in higher education. The 64 VUB programs, nationwide and in Puerto Rico, provide academic and career assessments, study-skills assistance, help with filling out financial aid and school applications, career development, tutoring, mentoring, financial literacy and many additional one-to-one services. The goal is to place veterans in higher education environments that best match their education and career goals, after ‘knocking the rust off their academic skills.’ Between the refresher classes, veterans are given an opportunity to engage in the college experience through cultural and career activities at no cost to them. Veterans can develop the mental discipline to graduate from a postsecondary institution, and be successful in a second career.
Since 1972, there have been thousands of success stories, including veterans who have become doctors, lawyers, educators, nurse, engineers, and social workers. VUB is a proven program designed to assist eligible veterans, but the veterans themselves must take the first step. Make the commitment and take the time to enroll in VUB today!
For more information about the VUB, and to find the program nearest you, please visit our website at http://navub.org/ or in the pages following this article.
Julia O’Dell is the Director of Veterans Upward Bound at the University of Kansas and Randy Wilson is the past Director of VUB at Weber State University in Utah.
Refer to the following pages for the Veterans Upward Bound Program in your state. Be sure to tell the program director about tuition credits and any academic credits you may have earned while on active duty.
North Alabama Center for Educational Excellence Earnest Davis earnest.davis@aaum.edu
513 Sparkman Drive
(256) 372-4600 http://www.nacee.net/vub.htm
Gadsden State Community College Tia Freeman tfreeman@gadsdenstate.edu
P.O. Box 227
(256) 549-8286 http://www.gadsdenstate.edu/college-life/veterans-upward-bound.php
Arizona State University Veronica Hernandez
P.O Box 871912
(480) 965-3994
http://vub.asu.edu
Yavapai College Jane Hersh jane.hersh@yc.edu
1100 E. Sheldon Street PMB 6008
(928) 776-2091
http://www.yc.edu/vub
University of Arkansas Janelle Bollman jbollman@uark.edu
1001 E. Sain Street
(479) 575-2565 http://precollege.uark.edu
Pulaski Technical College Jackie Johnson jyjohnson@pulaskitech.edu
3000 W Scenic Drive
(501) 812-2802 http://www.pulaskitech.edu/vub
Henderson State University Shawna McNeal-McKenzie mckenzs@hsu.edu
1100 Henderson Drive
(870) 230-5600 http://www.hsu.edu/Provost/TRIO/Veterans-upward-bound.html
TELACU VUB Yesenia Guerra yguerra@TELACU.com
5400 East Olympic Blvd.
(323) 832-5428 http://telacu.com/telacu-education-foundation/college-readiness-programs/veterans-upward-bound/
Santa Ana College Lilia Tanakeyowma Tanakeyowma_lilia@sac.edu
1530 W. 17th Street ( R-101)
714-564-6288
http://www.sac.edu/vub
Metropolitan State University of Denver Leroy Chavez chavezL@msudenver.edu
Campus Box 89
(303) 556-3946
http://www.msudenver.edu/vub/
Colorado State University - Pueblo Shawn Taylor shawn.taylor@colostate-pueblo.edu
2200 Bonforte Blvd.
(719) 549-2824 http://www.colostate-pueblo.edu/StudentLife/TRIO/VeteransUpwardBound/Pages/default.aspx vub@ppcc.edu
Pensacola State College Mark Nisbett mnisbett@pensacolastate.edu
1000 College Boulevard
(850) 484-2068
http://www.pensacolastate.edu/services/UpwardBound.asp
Georgia State University Jacquelyn Willis-Walker jwillis7@gsu.edu
PO Box 3983
(404) 413-1769 http://www.gsu.edu/oeo
Boise State University Mark Heilman markheilman@boisestate.edu
1910 University Drive
(208) 426-3630 Http://education.boisestate.edu/vub
Roosevelt University Christopher Chalko cchalko@roosevelt.edu
430 S. Michigan Avenue
(312) 462-7532 http://www.veterans-ru.org
Vincennes University Judith Ann Gardner jgardner@vinu.edu
3833 N. Meridian Street
(317) 927-9605 vub@vinu.edu
Wichita State University Shukura Bakari-Cozart shukura.cozart@wichita.edu
1845 Fairmount St.
(316) 978-6742 http://www.wichita.edu/vub
University of Kansas Julia O'Dell jodell@ku.edu
Gateway Tower II, Suite 105
(913) 321-5512
http://vub.ku.edu
Western Kentucky University Davy Stone davy.stone@wku.edu
1906 College Heights Blvd., 11098
(270) 745-5310
http://www.wku.edu/vub
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Robert Carmouche rlc1713@louisiana.edu
P.O. Box 43452
(337) 482-6831 http://gs.louisiana.edu/vub
Southeastern Louisiana University Chevonne Neal chevonne.neal@selu.edu
SLU 10548
(985) 549-3386 http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/programs/vub/index.html vub@selu.edu
Delgado Community College Mark Simms msimms@dcc.edu
615 City Park Ave.
(504) 671-5390 http://www.dcc.edu/student-services/advising/veterans-affairs/upwardbound.aspx
Prince George Community College A’Lelianne Warren P.H.D warrevax@pgcc.edu
301 Largo Road-Bladen Hall 122 301-546-0521 vub@pgcc.edu
University of Massachusetts at Boston Lovelle Seymore lovelle.seymore@umb.edu
100 Morrissey Blvd
(617) 287-5870 http://www.veterans-ub.umb.edu veteransupwardbound@umb.edu
Suffolk University Michael Smith mjsmith@suffolk.edu
73 Tremont Street
(617) 725-4101 http://www.suffolk.edu/vub vub@suffolk.edu
Wayne State University Paul Rease ac2610@wayne.edu
5425 Woodward
(313) 577-9716 http://federaltrio.wayne.edu/veterans/ Minneapolis Community and Technical College Craig Asche craig.asche@minneapolis.edu
1501 Hennepin Avenue
(612) 659-6580 http://www.minneapolis.edu/vub University of Kansas Julia O'Dell jodell@ku.edu
Gateway Tower II, Suite 105
(913) 321-5512 http://www2.ku.edu/~vub/ vub@ku.edu
Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley Carl Alexander carl.alexander@mcckc.edu
3201 Southwest Trafficway
(816) 604-4348 http://www.mcckc.edu/services/military/vub
Montana State University Director Search In Progress lpetriccione@msubillings.edu
Northern Center for VET
(406) 657-2086 http://www.vubmt.com Western Nebraska Community College Ce Merrigan merrigan@wncc.net
1601 E. 27th Street
(308) 635-6091 http://www.wncc.edu/student-life/student-success/trio-programs/veterans-upward-bound Truckee Meadows Community College Robert Hernandez rhernandez@tmcc.edu
Meadowood Center
(775) 829-9007 http://www.tmcc.edu/veterans-upward-bound/
University of New Mexico - Taos Randy Larry rlarry@unm.edu
1157 County Road 110 http://taos.unm.edu/veteransupwardbound
LaGuardia Community College Vicki Bello vbello@lagcc.edu
31-10 Thomson Avenue
(718) 482-5391 vets@lagcc.cuny.ecdu
Central Carolina Community College Ashley Tittemore atittmore@cccc.edu
1105 Kelly Drive 919-718-7463 http://www.cccc.edu/studentservices/upwardbound/veterans/ veteransub@cccc.edu
Cuyahoga Community College Marjorie Morrison Marjorie.Morrison@Tri-C.edu
2900 Community College Ave.
(216) 987-4938 http://www.tri-c.edu/vub
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Terence Harrison terence.harrison@cincinnatistate.edu
3520 Central Parkway
(513) 569-4853 terence.harrison@cincinnatistate.edu
East Central University Mary Meeks mmeeks@ecok.edu
1100 East 14th
(580) 559-5541 https://www.ecok.edu/trio/vub
Redlands Community College Brennan Apostolo brennan.apostolo@redlandscc.edu
1300 S. Country Club Road
(405) 422-1451 https://www.redlandscc.edu/index.php?q=content/trio-veterans-upward-bound
University of Pennsylvania Diane Sandefur sandefur@exchange.upenn.edu
220 S. 40th Street
(215) 898-6892 http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/eap/vub/
Aspira Inc. de Puerto Rico Angela Santiago Medina vub@pr.aspira.org
P.O. Box 29132
(787) 641-1985 http://pr.aspira.org/progr_pr_span.html#Program/UpwardBound
Trident Technical College Sylvia Gilliard Sylvia.Gilliard@tridenttech.edu
Veterans Upward Bound VB-M, 7000 Rivers Avenue
(843) 574-6871 http://www.tridenttech.edu/student/help/eop/st_vetup.htm
Black Hills Area/WNCC Program Rick Rhode rhoder@wncc.net
321 Kansas City Street
(605) 394-5002 http://www.wncc.edu/student-life/student-success/trio-programs/veterans-upward-bound
University of Tennessee Tammi Basile tbasile@utk.edu
1914 Andy Holt Ave.
(865) 974-2132 http://caps.utk.edu utkvub@utk.edu
East Tennessee State University Len Morrison morrisol@etsu.edu
Box 70306
(423) 439-2282
http://www.etsu.edu/vub
University of Texas at Arlington Lisa Thompson lthompson@uta.edu
P.O. Box 19345 817-272-9882
http://www.uta.edu/veteransub University of Texas at Brownsville Rene Valdez rene.valdez@utb.edu
One West University Blvd
(956) 882-7609
http://www.utb.edu/em/vub/Pages/default.aspx
Weber State University Randy Wilson randalwilson@weber.edu
1308 University Circle
(801) 626-7173
http://www.weber.edu/vetsupwardbound
Southwest Virginia Community College Gwendalyn Slone Gwendalyn.Slone@sw.edu
PO Box SVCC
(276) 964-7663
Davis & Elkins College Mark Rosencrance rosencrancem@dewv.edu
100 Campus Drive
(304) 637-1257 http://www.vubwv.org
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Dr. Charles Allen (414) 229-5758 https:/www4.uwm.edu/trio/veterans 
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