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June 2014 Volume 22 Issue 2

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eterans Upward Bound held their 22nd annual awards banquet at the Carroll Knice-ly Conference Center on

WKU’s south campus on May 2. We were honored this year to have as our quest speaker Tonya Archey, Di-rector of Military Student Services.

This year’s banquet was the eighth year of awarding the Col. Joe Wright Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the Military Officers Association of America Cumberland Trace Chapter. The recipients of the two $700 schol-arship were Joseph Hunter and Philip Parsons. Joseph is attending WKU majoring in electrical engineering. Joseph is also this year’s nominee for the NAVUB scholarship. The winner will be an-nounced in mid-summer, 2014. Philip graduated from Hopkinsville Community College this spring with

his AAS in counseling. He’ll be attend-ing WKU this fall to attain his bache-lor’s degree. Other scholarship recipients were Ja-cob Peterson, receiving a scholarship of $500 from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1298.

Jacob is attending SKYCTC majoring in political science.

Brad Lyons received the $500 scholar-ship from the American Legion Post #23. Brad will be attending WKU in the Fall 2014 semester.

Kevin Barton received the $500 schol-arship from Ford’s Furniture. Kevin is attending WKU majoring in advanced manufacturing. Tonya Archey, Military Student Services

Joseph Hunter, MOAA Scholarship recipi-ent, and Jim Wright

Jacob Peterson, VFW Scholarship recipi-ent, and Susan Slaton

Brad Lyons, American Legion Scholarship recipient, and Mike Kenney

Kevin Barton, Ford’s Furniture scholarship recipient, and Davy Stone

2 Bertha Hunter Office Associate (270) 745 5310 bertha.hunter@wku.edu

Davy Stone Director (270) 745 6876 davy.stone@wku.edu

David W. Angle Adult Education Specialist (270) 745 6570 david.angle@wku.edu

Rick Wright Counselor/Coordinator (270) 745 5008 rick.wright@wku.edu

John Henning received the $300 Spiller scholarship. John is attending Daymar College majoring in paralegal studies.

Bob Wilson received the $100 WKU Bookstore scholarship. Bob is at-tending WKU doing graduate studies in leadership dynamics.

Bob was also our Alumnus of the Year award winner. Student of the Year was awarded to both Kevin Barton and Matt Broce. Kevin is attending WKU and Matt is attending WKU majoring in finance.

This year’s postsecondary degree completers were:

James Arterburn, Spring 2013—WKU

Nick Basham, Fall 2013—University of Nebraska

Donnie Bland, Spring 2013—Fox Valley Technical College

Raymond Durlin, Fall 2013—WKU

Teresa Jameson, Fall 2013—WKU

Carlos Lee, Spring 2014—SKYCTC

Tami Madson, Spring 2014—SKYCTC

Christopher Pasley, Fall 2013—Daymar College

Melvin Ross, Fall 2013—WKU

Eric Sanders, May 2014—WKU VUB students that have completed our program and applied to or enrolled in postsecondary education during 2013/2014 are:

WKU Eric Alford Tyler Anderson Kevin Barton Michael Basham Brian Beshears Matt Broce Scott Brown Logan Brumitt Kenny Bryant Tim Bryant Cory Campbell Cameron Cantu Samantha Collins Ronald Cooper Chris Cunningham James Daniel Vernetta Douglas John Enlow Daniel Gill Russell Gonzales Robert Gregory Robbie Harless Brandon Heninger Joe Hunter Jamie Jaggers Dale Korn Larry Leezer Herbert Loper Kristina Loper Lucas McCrory Becky McNulty Jessica Mendoza Larry Milan Michael Mitchell Josh Moore Shawn O’Keefe Dustin Perry Jackson Pryor Angel Ramos David Reed Ken Robertson Brandon Russell Dieter Schneider

Krystol Stinson Outreach Coordinator (270) 745 6570 krystol.stinson@wku.edu

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Tyler Pruden Adult Education Specialist (270) 745 5024 tyler.pruden@wku.edu

Col. Spiller and John Henning, Spiller Schol-arship recipient.

Bob Wilson, Alumnus of the Year recipient, and Davy Stone

Kevin Barton, Student of the Year recipient, and Rick Wright.

Matt Broce, Student of the Year recipient, and Tyler Pruden

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THE TOPPER is published three times yearly by the Veterans Upward Bound Project at Western Kentucky University. V U B is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The opinions expressed within this newsletter do not nec-essarily reflect the position or policy of either the U.S. Department of Education or WKU, and no official endorsement should be inferred.

Jeremy Schott Nathan Shepherd Kristin Smith Timothy Smith Chris Spears Daniel Stoneburg Donovan Todd Paul Wells Marvin Williams Matt Wilson Johnathon Yates Cody Zimmerman

SKYCTC Houston Bradstreet Randall Bratcher Jennifer Burgess Terry Burr Bobby Burrell Glenn Cook Nathan Copas Charles Cotton Ray Dinser Tommy Fravala James Givens Dave Glover Terry Glover Johnathan Graves Joseph Ignacio Billy Jennings

Bobby Jent Anthony Johnson Burke Kaplan Cheri Kaplan Patsy Leech Ryan McKenzie Billy Mitchell Amel Pleh Terry Roundtree Renee Shipman Richard Solloway Zach Toney Duane Tucker Matt Tucker Adam VanDurmen Phillip White Mike Williams Mike Wilson We here at VUB wish to extend our thanks to all our guests who attended this year’s banquet and made it a re-sounding success. We want to remind all our students that we owe our suc-cess to your participation in our pro-gram. The scholarships we make available is our way of honoring a few of those stu-dents. Those students interested in scholarship opportunities for next year should apply between mid-March to early spring. Check with VUB if you are interested: 745-5310.

community-based outpatient clinic for veterans will be cel-ebrating its grand opening in Fairview Plaza on June 2.

Humana Inc. is heading the project. Humana is a for-profit American man-aged health care company that markets and administers health care facilities. The space at 600 U.S. 31-W By-Pass will be 8,811 square feet.

The clinic will be serving veterans from the counties of Warren, Barren, and Simpson. The new facility will be offering services not available with Bowling Green’s origi-nal VA facility, Corpcare, such as an in-house social worker, psychiatrist, dieti-cian, and pharmacist. Veterans will be teamed with a LPN, RN, and a physician in what is call PAC teams.

Notes and News WHO ARE AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED VETERANS? From every generation of Americans that has gone to war, the names of a few veterans are added to our nation’s collective memory—some for selflessness and courage under fire, some for national leadership in tough times, some for their celebrity. During the month of May, The American Legion Magazine invites veterans to visit their website—www.legion.org/belovedveterans—and pick their candidates for America’s most beloved veterans. Veterans can cast up to 25 votes for veterans from nearly every war era. If a veteran doesn’t see a favorite on the list, he or she can submit a name or two. By giving Americans an opportunity to learn about, remember and celebrate our most famous veterans, The American Legion hopes to bring attention to the honorable nature of military service, teach some history and, per-haps, refresh our memories. Veterans receiving the most votes will be featured in the November issue of The American Legion Magazine and online.

(Adapted from an article in The American Legion Magazine, May 2014 issue)

Got Financial Aid Questions?

Call VUB at 270-745-5008

JUN 14 ACT Test Date JUL 4 Independence Day, VUB Closed AUG 8 Registration Deadline for ACT, Sep 13 SEP 1 Labor Day, VUB Closed SEP 13 ACT Test Date SEP 19 Registration Deadline for ACT, Oct 25 OCT 25 ACT Test Date NOV 7 Registration Deadline for ACT, Dec 13 NOV 11 Veterans Day & Remembrance Day NOV 27-28 Thanksgiving Holiday, VUB Closed DEC 13 ACT Test Date

*Please call early for information on test dates. VUB may pay testing

fees, but to do so we must have your application at least six weeks prior to the registration postmark deadline.

Schella Smith, WKU VA Certifying Official (270) 745-3732

Stephanie Gabbard, VA Voc-Rehab, B.G. Office (270) 846-2092

Military Student Services, WKU (270) 745-5837

Carrie Orning, BGTC VA Certifying Official (270) 901-1003

Department of Employment Services, Bowling Green Don “Mac” McGlothlin (270) 746-7265

VA Regional Office, Louisville (502) 566-4482

VA Regional Office, Nashville, TN (615) 695-6384

VA Medical Center, Louisville (502) 287-4000

VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN (800) 228-4973

Military Records Branch, Frankfort (502) 607-6040

American Legion, Bowling Green (270) 781-3574 Veterans Service Officer

Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bowling Green (270) 781-1872

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4 The Director’s Desk extremely proud of David, both for his years of service to our country, as well as his years of service to Bowling Green area veterans.

Greetings! Today I want to tell you about an honor received by one of our staff members. On May 30

th, 2014, VUB instructor David

Angle was one of 7 veterans who had a brick laid in his honor at the Veterans Me-morial Park outside the Warren County courthouse. David, a US Army veteran, served from 1983 to 1986 and earned the rank of Sergeant. David’s brother Dennis, a Navy veteran, also received a brick at the ceremony, and both of their bricks were placed adjacent to one already in the courtyard honoring their father, David A. Angle, who served in the Army Air Force from 1945 to 1947. Besides being one of the instructors with VUB, David is also an alumni of VUB. He joined the program in 1998 before going to college, and in 2005 he was named our program’s “Alumnus of the Year.” VUB alumni Joanna Jones and Kevin Barton also have bricks at the memorial, but Da-vid is the first VUB staff member to re-ceive this honor. We here at VUB are

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David Angle with his stepmother, Elizabeth, near the brick placed in his honor.