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Resources for Veterans

Recommended Reading

• From Combat to Classroom, Diramio
• From Soldier to Student
• JPED Veterans with Disabilities vol 22 No 1 2009
• Supporting Student Veterans in Transition
• Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families
  Keith Armstrong. Publishers Group West, 2006.
• On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
  Dave Grossman. Back Bay Books, 1996.
• On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace
  Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen. PPCT Research Publications, 2004
• The Ultimate Sacrifice
• Case Studies Showing Differences Between the Post-9/11 GI Bill and the Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty

Veterans House

Veterans House serves as a 24-hour, seven day drop-in center for student veterans enrolled at the University of Connecticut. Veterans House provides adequate study areas, and a kitchen where prepared meals can be reheated. The living room/lounge area is fully furnished with couches, tables, and chairs. It also has a large screen television and stereo equipment.

Veterans House also provides a meeting location for veteran organizations, and serves as a designated safe space for personal reflection. Simply put, Veterans House is a place to meet other veterans, network, and grow accustomed to university life.

Please contact Paul Gaines, Jr. at 860-486-8151, or paul.gaines@uconn.edu, for more information.

Veterans and their families may face unique challenges as they begin or return to their Academic studies at the University of Connecticut.The following links provide a starting point to find information and services that are available.

• Veterans Benefits (Office of Financial Aid Services)
• VA Benefits
• Tuition Waiver Information
• Links to Other Sites
• Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS)
• Immediate or Emergency Assistance
• Clinical Services
• Self Help
• Office of Student Services and Advocacy
• Center for Students with Disabilities
• UConn Connects
• Connecticut's Military Support Program
• An extensive list of University, State, Federal and Private resources available to Veterans and their families has been compiled by the Veterans Committee at the University of Connecticut Avery Point Campus.