University of Massachusetts Amherst

From the Battlefield to the Classroom

From the Battlefield to the Classroom: supporting student veterans, listening to their stories

Featuring veterans of Iraq, the Gulf War and the Vietnam War

With Eileen Stewart of the Veterans Affairs Office

Former and current student veterans talk about the experience of coming home from war and going to college.

This event is intended as a non-partisan and civil dialogue on the related issues of military service during wartime and university education, and is sponsored by Veterans and Service Members Association of UMass, UMass Veterans Affairs Office, the Veterans Education Project, Students Against the War, and the UMass Anti-War Coalition.

This event is free and open to all.