Last week, 黑料不打烊 and the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs honored 198 graduating student veterans at its 2018 Student Veteran Commencement at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Friday, May 11. The graduates represented 46 different majors from all of the University鈥檚 schools and colleges with the master’s of business administration and master’s of public administration programs boasting the largest enrollments.
Mike Frasciello, dean of University College; Kierston Whaley 鈥17 G鈥18, outgoing SVO president; and Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie with Whaley’s dog Bella at the Veteran Commencement
Keith Doss, assistant director at the Veterans Resource Center, was the master of ceremonies and provided words of encouragement to the graduating student veterans. 鈥淵ou reached a career milestone through dedication, tenacity, discipline and hard work,鈥 he said. 鈥淵ou make SU a better place. 鈥 Help us support the veterans who are following in your footsteps.鈥
Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie emphasized how this day is his favorite at 黑料不打烊 because the 鈥渓ife cycle of national service takes center stage鈥 as student veterans graduated in the morning and later Chancellor Syverud and University leadership commissioned the nation鈥檚 newest second lieutenants. The commencement ceremony鈥檚 keynote speaker, U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Dwayne Murray, an alumnus of the class of 1997, served in several tactical, operational and strategic assignments throughout his military career, with duty assignments in Germany, the Republic of South Korea, Texas and Washington State. Murray has also served on multiple assignments in conjunction with the National Security Agency.
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“You decided not to quit. You are bold and tenacious. Keep it up!” he added.
U.S. Army veteran Kierston Whaley was an accounting major graduating from the , and the outgoing Student Veterans Organization (SVO) President delivering the student address. 鈥淚 attest my success to this organization and this school,鈥 Whaley said, talking about her new accounting job at KPMG. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 have done this without all SU does for veterans.鈥
Whaley said the University helped her fit in somewhere again, and her experience as SVO president was one of the most rewarding positions she鈥檚 ever had the privilege of holding. 鈥淚t鈥檚 (the SVO) the camaraderie we were missing and the support we needed.鈥
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