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The University of Montana launched<\/a> its new Military and Veteran Services office in Nov. 2021 with the goal of recruiting and better serving veterans and the military community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, a year in, leaders at the university, located in the state\u2019s western city of Missoula, are continuing to find ways to value, engage and mentor veterans as they transition out of the service and into their next mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy design, we\u2019re trying to be more intentional with that office to grow it to serve all our military affiliated students on campus in a greater capacity,\u201d Pat Beckwith, the director of the new office, told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, over 1,000 students at the school have an affiliation with the military \u2014 including 400 student veterans \u2014 a population comprising roughly 10% of the total campus population, according to Beckwith, who served for a decade as an active-duty Army officer and is currently in the Montana Army National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UM campus. (Courtesy of the University of Montana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne in 10 Montanans are veterans,\u201d Judy Hayman, the Montana Veterans Affairs health care executive director, said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cAcross Montana, we have seen the power of partnerships to help connect veterans to the services they have earned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, the Department of Veterans Affairs opened a new video telehealth site at the university, offering private spaces equipped with high-speed internet access to provide veteran students and faculty members better access to VA care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From small steps, like waiving application fees for veteran students and helping them navigate the benefits process, to larger initiatives, including a student-veterans ambassador program and a more robust online course catalog, the school is putting in the work to expand how it reaches and empowers current and prospective veteran students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seth Bodnar, the university\u2019s president \u2014 and a former Green Beret \u2014 emphasized in an interview with Military Times that veterans \u201chave a tremendous amount still to offer,\u201d and that higher education can be the very catalyst to help get veterans on a structured path toward prosperity, both in their professional and personal lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University of Montana President Seth Bodnar, a former Green Beret, attends orientation at the school’s Missoula campus. (Courtesy of the University of Montana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bodnar, who now serves as a major in the Montana Army National Guard, assumed the role of university president in Jan. 2018 after a long and distinguished career<\/a> in and out of the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating first in his class at West Point, Bodnar served in the 101st Airborne Division, with the Green Berets and as a special assistant to the commanding general in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, Bodnar received both the Rhodes and Truman scholarships and earned two graduate degrees from the University of Oxford. Subsequent stops included a stint as an economics professor at West Point and a role as a senior executive at General Electric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt UM, we understand what it means to serve,\u201d Beckwith said, \u201cand we recognize the importance of a seamless and welcoming transition for military-affiliated students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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