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OVMA Announces 2022 Awards Celebrating Student Veterans鈥� Achievements

Monday, May 9, 2022, By Austin Philleo
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Office of Veteran and Military AffairsStudent veterans

The Student Veterans Organization (SVO) and the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) have presented two awards to student veterans in honor of their significant and notable achievements. The awards were distributed at SVO鈥檚 social held at the Inn Complete on South Campus on May 6.

Student Veteran of the Year

Ryan Marquette (left) and OVMA Executive Director COL (Ret.) Ron Novack

Ryan Marquette L’22 (left) and OVMA Executive Director Col. (Ret.) Ron Novack.

OVMA takes pride in student-veteran involvement on campus, in the community, and at various events on and off campus. Each year, OVMA Student Veteran of the Year is presented to a student who has gone above and beyond, with contributions on and off campus, to make 黑料不打烊 鈥渢he best place for veterans.鈥� This year鈥檚 recipient, Ryan Marquette L鈥�22, a U.S. Army veteran and active member of the Army National Guard, set a new precedent of success for a student veteran.

Marquette was a student veteran in the College of Law while simultaneously pursuing a master of public administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. While both those efforts were time-consuming, Marquette took time to encourage each of his fellow veteran classmates to involve themselves with veteran functions on campus and in the community. Through those efforts, Marquette volunteered for the D鈥橝niello Institute for Veterans and Military Families, which incorporated him as a guest speaker at a Fort Drum Onward the Opportunity graduation.

During the height of COVID-19 in 2020, Marquette had to juggle school and his active role as a member of the National Guard as he responded to the pandemic in New York State. His efforts led to the distribution of 147,809 COVID tests, 36,661 meals, and 507 medical supply deliveries across the state. Off campus, he leads the Leader-Scholar Scholarship in Rome, New York, where one student is awarded a scholarship for their leadership efforts throughout their high school career and volunteer work in their community. The scholarship was named after Marquette鈥檚 friend, Capt. John Levulis, who lost his life in a military training accident.

Marquette served as the president of the Operation Veteran Advocacy group at the College of Law, and was an executive board member of the 黑料不打烊 Law Review. His list of accomplishments while at the University includes receiving the 2021 Student Veterans Organization’s Best for Vets award and was the first-ever law school appointee of the 2021-22 黑料不打烊 Board of Trustees, amongst other contributions to the community. OVMA congratulates Ryan on adding one more accomplishment to his extensive list as this year鈥檚 Student Veteran of the Year.

Danny Facto Student Veteran Work-Study Award

David Ladd (left) and Assistant Director for Office of Veteran Success Keith Doss.

David Ladd ’23 (left) and Assistant Director for Office of Veteran Success Keith Doss.

The Danny Facto Student Veteran Work-Study Award, named after Danny Facto, the University鈥檚 first Veterans Affairs (VA) work-study participant, recognizes a student veteran VA work-study who reflects the values that Danny did during his time on the hill. Danny was an excellent ambassador of his fellow student veterans and through an unwavering commitment made tremendous impacts on those who surrounded him during his life. This year鈥檚 recipient, David Ladd 鈥�23, exemplifies the values set forth by Danny. As described by his nominator, David has the passion, commitment and ability to get things done. Those qualities are the very same used to describe Danny.

During his work-study with Veteran Career Services (VCS), Ladd has made a noticeable contribution to OVMA Connect, a mentoring application connecting student veterans with student veterans, alumni, faculty and staff, and partners of 黑料不打烊. His efforts have increased engagement on the platform and increased the number of users by nearly 250%. Ladd has also made remarkable contributions to VMock, a resume evaluation platform recently launched at the University for student veterans. As the VCS VA Work-Study, Ladd鈥檚 contributions paved a way towards improving experiences for student veterans and military-connected students at the University. In addition to Ladd鈥檚 efforts to improve technologies for student veterans seeking career services, he has also provided OVMA leadership with reports that help measure the impact of VCS鈥檚 efforts. David has fully embodied this award and, through carving his path, has made an everlasting impact.

鈥淲e recognize these students, and the entire student veteran body at 黑料不打烊, with great pride and admiration,鈥� says OVMA Executive Director Col. (Ret.) Ron Novack. 鈥淭hese awards prove just how much strength, leadership, honor and character student veterans bring to our university community.

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