One of them, "A Million Strong," describes the panoply of programs that colleges have created to support veterans, including opening veterans centers, hiring specially trained counselors and creating veterans-only courses, orientation programs and even housing.
In some towns, the veterans center is the major employer.
Look for Schools With Veteran Support Find colleges and universities with veterans centers and counseling services.
Why in the world did you shut down a veterans center?
And so campuses from Minnesota State to the University of Southern Florida to the University of Alabama have veterans centers.
But when I moved into town and spent time with the veterans at the Kenilworth Veterans Center, Memorial Day took on a deeper meaning.
The center Ms. Mowerson runs serves the entire Eastern Seaboard, with referrals from 13 veterans' centers that provide more basic low-vision services.
Service members believed to show symptoms of a brain injury would be referred for assessment and further treatment at a veterans' center.
The Westchester Group will stage the show in October and will hold auditions July 28 and 29 at 7 p.m. at the Harrison Veterans Center.
It is also an effort to get a grip on what has been an embarrassing problem -- vacant and underutilized veterans centers built in the Northeast and Midwest decades ago when veterans were clustered there before they retired to the Sunbelt.
In a 1988 case in Union County, a woman visiting a veterans' center for a Christmas party ended up with a broken wrist after she stumbled as she headed down a stairway to check her coat.
