Center for Military and Veteran Services
91制片厂 has long been considered a top choice for military-connected students, and we are proud of our nearly 600 student-veterans, active-duty, reservists, and military dependents who have decided to make Drexel their home.
The Center for Military and Veteran Services coordinates a campus-wide effort to ensure that student-veterans and military dependents are able to access high-quality campus services with ease; our goal is to create a truly military-friendly campus community through our welcoming and informative approach. Learn more about the resources available through the Center for Military and Veteran Services brochure [PDF].
Interested in attending Drexel? Learn more about how to . To review the educational benefits offered to veterans, visit Drexel Central. If you're looking to get involved or learn more about the Center for Military and Veteran Services, email rebecca@drexel.edu.
Services include but are not limited to:
- Providing information relating to , academics, financing, Yellow Ribbon benefits, counseling and health, and disability resources.
- Overseeing the Masci Family Student Veterans Lounge for student-veterans with leadership opportunities for Student Veteran Ambassadors.
- Onboarding and orienting student-veterans and military students during Welcome Week in the fall and at the start of each term.
- Planning networking opportunities and social activities for military-connected students to connect with alumni.
- Organizing service and philanthropic events to engage military-connected students and their families in giving back to their community.
- Providing career education opportunities and an for veterans in transition from military to civilian careers.
- Organizing campus-wide events to celebrate service, such as the Memorial Day Primer and our Veterans Day Tribute.
- Coordinating priority registration and liaising with advisors who monitor academic performance and retention of veterans and military-connected students.
Our current military-friendly community includes the following:
- Drexel Veterans Task Force – Made up of representatives from key University departments that impact student success
- – Drexel's student-veteran organization
- – A transitional program out of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies
- Drexel Veterans Alumni Network (DVAN) – Drexel's alumni veteran organization (in coordination with Alumni Relations)
- Drexel Veterans Colleague Resource Group (DVCRG) – Employee veterans
- Academic Advising
- Admissions: Transfer and Graduate
- Alumni Relations
- Army ROTC
- Athletics / Recreation
- Center for Inclusive Education and Scholarship (CIES)
- Center for Learning and Academic Success Services (CLASS)
- Center for Military and Veteran Services
- Communications and Marketing, EMSS
- Corporate & Executive Education, LeBow College of Business
- Counseling & Health
- Department of Public Safety
- Disability Resources
- Drexel Central: Financial Aid and Billing
- Drexel Education Online
- 91制片厂 Libraries
- Drexel Veterans Association
- Faculty
- Health Insurance and Immunizations
- Institutional Advancement
- Institutional Research
- Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
- Lindy Center
- Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusive Culture
- Office of Government Relations
- Office of the Provost
- Office of Scholar Development
- Office of the University Registrar
- Student Life
- Steinbright Career Development Center
- Undergraduate Research and Enrichment Programs
- Veterans Colleague Resource Group
- Co-op essentials course designed specifically for Veterans
- Events with Philadelphia veteran service organizations to support career education and networking (ActionTank, FourBlock, GPVN, Bunker Labs, and DVVC)
- Collaboration with the Steinbright Career Development Center and Human Resources to sponsor annual "lunch and learn" events highlighting best practices working with student-veterans
- Continued collaboration among Drexel's veterans' administration, CMVS, and Drexel's Office of Counseling and Health Services to promote mental health
- Veterans and military family appreciation events in November, including City of Philadelphia Veterans Day Parade participation (students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni)
- Drexel Family Weekend recognition of military and families
- Supporting master's and doctorate student research on veterans in higher education
- Host Care Package Drive for active duty deployed military professionals
- Partnering with the with a military transition student success seminar course for new student-veterans
- Alumni veteran presentations focused on careers and how to leverage service and higher education in the workplace
- Hosting panels featuring veteran women who have served our nation as part of the annual Women's Herstory Month programs
- Alumni Weekend events
- Collaboration with Army ROTC Task Force Dragon to host the Hall of Fame
- Annual Memorial Day Primers honoring members of the U.S. armed services who gave their lives in service
- Red, white, and blue graduation cords for military-connected students, faculty, and professional staff to receive recognition at Commencement