The ASMSU policy committee meeting passed a resolution to support current efforts of both the university and the MSU chapter of Student Veterans for America for the creation of an Office for Veterans Affairs on campus.
“It would be great to get ASMSU’s help in creating this office,” said Stephanie Kuzmich, ASMSU representative for the Spartan Armed Forces Council.
ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
Kuzmich said MSU is not a veteran-friendly campus, given that there are hundreds of veterans attending the university, but no office for veterans affairs.
Public policy sophomore Evan Schrage said a lot of veterans have a hard time transitioning back to school after serving in the military.
Schrage said veterans sometimes find themselves in situations where they are older than everyone in their classes, adding that some of them start their freshman year at 25.
“Certainly we can do more to help men and women who gave up time to serve our country,” he said, adding that it is not enough that the university has a website for veterans.
ASMSU Advisor Cathy Neuman said the university is currently working on finding a space for the office, adding that the tentative inauguration for the office is Veterans Day on Nov. 11.
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