As today's date has been for years, it's Veterans Day. It's the day to honor and appreciate all the people who have served in any branch of the military throughout the years.
They contributed to the safety and security of everyone in the country while sacrificing their own. These people deserve our thanks and respect.
As an institution, Ball State University does a great job helping veterans. It helps hundreds of veterans every year with financial, academic and psychological support.
Ball State has 340 veterans and family members of veterans supported by some form of the GI Bill. In addition to the financial support, veterans have support networks throughout campus. The Veterans Support Group meets three times a semester to help them make sure they are getting all of the benefits they can and to encourage them to graduate.
The Student Veterans Organization is another resource that provides academic and social support for student veterans. The group is only about a dozen deep right now, but it's still young. It meets once a month and organizes several events throughout the semester.
Ball State also has 10 campus partners, including the Learning, Counseling and Career centers and the Disabled Student Development and Financial Aid offices, that work with veterans one-on-one to help them with problems they may be having.
"To Honor Our Wounded Warriors," an SVO presentation for student veterans, is today in Lucina Hall. It will feature Army Master Sgt. Jeffrey Mittman who will give the keynote speech called "The Luckiest Man."
According to Ball State's Web site, it is one of only 60 military friendly universities named by "Military Advanced Education Magazine" in 2009 and "G.I. Jobs Magazine" named it a 2010 military friendly school.
For most of us, today is one of only a few days in the year during which we consciously pay our respects to veterans. Ball State deserves credit for taking care of its military veterans every day of the year. They certainly deserve it.
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