saint leo university 40th anniversary of educating those who serve our nation

CELEBRATING

YEARS OF THOSE WHO

SERVE OUR NATION

Beginning on Veterans Day in 2012, Saint Leo University marked this

milestone by launching a year-long celebration of its proud

educational partnership with the military.

From a military speaker series, to monthly screenings of military films,

the anniversary year included special programs and events at

University Campus and Centers nationwide.

It is a proud heritage in which we all share, as one university

community, committed to continuing to serve those who serve our

nation.

Celebrating 40 Years of Serving

Those Who Serve 2012-2013

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The Featured Speaker was Assistant Professor and retired U.S. Army Col. Angela Manos-Sittnick, a wounded warrior. Dr. Manos-Sittnick travelled from Atlanta for this special

presentation. She teaches in the Saint Leo criminal justice program, drawing on both her academic background and military experience.

On Monday, November 12,

University Campus classes were

canceled to allow all students,

faculty, and staff to participate

in the Veterans Day ceremony.

All members of the Saint Leo

University community, as well

as residents of the neighboring

communities, and visitors

attended this moving event.

Marion Bowman Activities Center

University Campus

Veterans Day Ceremony 2012

Saint Leo University

sponsored

Military

Recognition

Luncheon:

A Virginia Peninsula

Chamber of Commerce

Military Affairs Council

event that honored local

military personnel, for their outstanding contributions

to the greater good of the

Peninsula.

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Newport News, Virginia

Military Film Series:

Flags of Our Fathers

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Apt Building 6 Media Room

University Campus

Saint Leo University sent

Thank You Cards to Veterans

Saint Leo University’s Northeast Florida Center at SJRSC Orange Park campus

provided materials to students to make thank you cards for Veterans.

The cards were sent at Thanksgiving.

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Northeast Florida Education Center

Orange Park Campus

Saint Leo University sponsored

Jingle Bell Walk for Arthritis

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Saint Leo University was a sponsor of the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for

Arthritis in Newport News, Virginia. Chosen as one of the Most

Incredible Themed Races, participants wore holiday themed

costumes and tied jingle bells to their shoelaces.

The event raised funds to fight arthritis, the nation's leading cause

of disability, and a disease that affects many Saint Leo military

students and their families.


Wounded Warrior Luncheon

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Fort Eustis, South Carolina

Saint Leo University was a sponsor for the Wounded Warrior

luncheon held at the Fort Eustis USO Center in South Carolina.

The program provided lunch for approximately 100.

Saint Leo University hosted

Brigadier General (Ret) USAF Shulstad

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University Campus, TECO Hall

"Leading and Managing

Through Influence,"

based on his book

Golden Nuggets: A

Practitioner’s Reflections on

Leadership,

Management and Life.


USO Holiday Party

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JEB Little Creek Rockwell Hall, Virginia

Saint Leo University was a sponsor of the annual USO of Hampton Roads and Central Virginia Holiday Party at Rockwell Hall Gym on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.

This fun- filled, family-oriented event was free to all service members and their families.


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Boardroom A

University Campus

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Fort Eustis, South Carolina

Saint Leo University contributed to

USO Stockings for Soldiers

Saint Leo University participated in

Salvation Army Angel Program The Savannah Center partnered with the Salvation Army to provide new clothes, shoes and toys to 40 disadvantaged children in the Savannah area. The participation

of the faculty, staff, students and alumni was tremendous and resulted in largest collection of items ever donated.

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Savannah Center, Georgia


Yellow Ribbon Office Door Event

For the month of December , the Northeast

Florida Center staff decorated their doors

with yellow ribbons and the message

“I’ll be home for Christmas,

if only in my dreams”

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SLU Northeast Florida Center

Orange Park Campus


Hat and Mitten Trees 2012

Saint Leo University students,

faculty and staff collected

and donated hats and

mittens as part of the Fort Lee

Holiday Helper program.

The Holiday Helper

Association said, “This was by

far one of the most

appreciated gestures that

our military love about

Holiday Helper!”

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Fort Lee, Virginia


We Were Soldiers

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Saint Leo University Athletics

Military Appreciation Night

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Marian Bowman Activity Center

University Campus

Military appreciation was announced at Men’s

and Women’s Basketball games, and admission

was free for military.


Civil War Historian John Quarstein The Civil War in Hampton Roads and Tidewater

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Newport News, Virginia + VTT Broadcast

Noted historian John

Quarstein presented on

“The Civil War in Hampton

Roads and Tidewater” on

Thursday, January 31, at

the university’s Newport

News (VA) Education

Office as part of their

Lunch and Learn series.


The Tuskegee Airmen

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Apartment Building 6 Media Room

University Campus


organized

We Love the

Military:

Operation USO

Care Package

2/14/13

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Fundraising Event/Contribution for

Active Duty Military

International Business Conference

Military Panel Presentation

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University Campus

Speakers, from left, were panel moderator James Whitworth, Saint Leo associate professor of social work and retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel; Edward Spenceley, retired U.S. Army staff sergeant and senior vice president

of global commercial banking for Bank of America; Jon Bayless, vice president of business development for Tandel Systems, and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral; and Greg Celestan, chairman and chief executive officer of Celestar Corp., Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce chairman, and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel.

Global Sustainable

Economic

Development

from a Military

Perspective

Project Salute-University Campus

to Host Free Legal Clinic for

Veterans

An eight-member team from Project Salute, a mobile, free legal assistance project for low-income veterans who need assistance with disability and pension benefits, provided services on University Campus.

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Student Activity Building

University Campus


Project Salute: Free Legal Clinic for Veterans


Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s 2013

Military Appreciation Banquet

The Greater Tampa Chamber

of Commerce honored our

community’s military

personnel at the 2013 Military

Appreciation Banquet on

Wednesday, February 27

presented by Bright House

Networks. More than 450

attendees, including

leadership from all five service

branches, were in

attendance. Saint Leo

University was a sponsor for

this event.

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Tampa Marriott Waterside, Florida

Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, U.S. Army (Ret) gave a keynote address on the topic of “Leadership in the New Normal.”


LTC Jeffrey Yarvis, Ph.D. Understanding Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

in Veterans

Military social work expert LTC

Jeffrey Yarvis, Ph.D., a published

scholar in the field of traumatic

stress, provided a free, public

lecture on PTSD.

His visit was sponsored by the

Office of Veteran Student Services,

School of Education Social

Services, and the 40th Year Military Anniversary Committee.


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Author Lloyd Hunter

Lloyd Hunter, author of For Duty and Destiny: The Life and Civil War Diary of

William Taylor Scott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator was sponsored by the

Department of Social Sciences within Saint Leo’s School of Arts and Sciences.

Donald R. Tapia School of Business

University Campus

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Cold Mountain

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University Campus


Lieutenant Colonel Ty Edwards

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Tampa Education Center, Florida

Personal Recollections of a

Marine Corps Advisor with

the Afghan National Army Decorated war veteran Lieutenant Colonel Ty Edwards shared stories of his experiences during his time of service and how Saint Leo’s commitment to educating our service men and women remains important to our nation.


Dr. Kenneth Moss (retired military) Enhance Leadership Abilities

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Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library

Virginia Beach, Virginia

With over 25 years in management and organizational leadership, Dr. Kenneth M. Moss is known as an expert in mentoring, emotional intelligence, organizational management and leadership. The Capstone of his professional career includes retirement from the United States Army after 20 years of distinguished service. Dr. Moss is a Management Professor with Saint Leo University serving at the South

Hampton Roads Center.

Saint Leo University participated

Navy Freedom Marathon

Fundraiser and Health Expo

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Corpus Christi, Texas

3rd Annual VAACME/VWWP

Golf Tournament

4/2/13

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Aeropine Golf Club

NAS Oceana Master Jet Base, Virginia

Proceeds benefited the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program

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University Campus


Susan Knab Supporting Military Families:

The Wounded Warriors Project Mission and Services

Susan Knab, Coordinator of

Family Support Services at the

Wounded Warriors Project,

presented on how to support

military families, community

resources the Wounded Warrior

project offers, training they

provide helping professionals,

and the community, and

assistance they offer directly to

veterans and families.

Navy College Education Fair

4/2/13

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Mayport, Florida


Naval Station Mayport

Navy College Education Fair


presented

Just the Facts

USO-Style

Spring Concert

4/2/13

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School of Business Atrium

University Campus

Making the Grade School of Education and Social Services Presentation:

Strategies for Educational Success for Military Families

Speakers included Dr. James Whitworth, a published author, clinical social worker, and Air Force veteran dedicated to helping military, veterans, and their families deal with issues involved with living a military lifestyle.

Dr. Dwight Raines, an educator with over 30 years of experience in the classroom as well as school administration.

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Navy College, JEB Little Creek

Virginia Beach, VA

Dr. Fermin De La Torre, a former police officer with 20 years of experience in adult higher education and full time criminal justice SLU faculty member. This seminar broached various topics and strategies to aid the student in finishing their classes with higher grades and less stress.

Saint Leo University Honored Military

at Alumni Weekend 2013

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University Campus


An Afternoon with Author Tanya Biank Army Wives and Undaunted

Tanya Biank’s book Army Wives

was the inspiration for the

popular drama still running on

the Lifetime cable television

network.

Her new book, released in

February, is titled Undaunted: The

Real Story of America's

Servicewomen in

Today's Military.

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Fort Eustis Jacobs Theatre



An Afternoon with Author Tracy Crow Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine

Additionally, her short story, "Natural Selection," based on events from her life as a Marine, has been anthologized alongside work from Tim O'Brien, Tobias Wolff, and Kurt Vonnegut in the Press 53 collection Home of the Brave. Crow has also written a novel (using the pen name Carver Greene) called An Unlawful Order featuring a female military officer as the main character. She teaches creative writing at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Tracy Crow is author of Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman

Marine. She shared her experiences as a military journalist during the groundbreaking 1980s.

Eyes Right won the bronze distinction in the recent Florida

Book Awards.


1st Annual Walk for a Vet

and Take a Soldier Fishing


participated in the Chatham

County Park Services and Bass

Anglers Plus Inc. third annual

Take A Soldier Fishing Wounded

Warrior Bass Tournament at

Lake Mayer.

Anglers took members from

each branch of the military

fishing in a catch-and-release

tournament.

This year’s event also included

“Walk For A Vet” to raise

money for local Disabled

American Veterans.

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Savannah, Georgia


Windtalkers

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University Campus


Virginia Run for the Fallen

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Fort Story to Arlington National Cemetery

The Virginia Run for the Fallen began on

May 2 at Fort Story base in Virginia

Beach, VA, and was a 230-mile-long

memorial route through Virginia Beach,

Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News,

Gloucester, Tappahannock, King George

County, Fredericksburg, Stafford,

Quantico, Dumfries, Prince William

County, Manassas, Fairfax County,

Annandale, Alexandria and Arlington.


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Virginia Beach

USO

Patriotic

Festival and

Virginia

Beach

Oceanfront Air Show


VetsHouse, Inc. Dinner

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Ocean Front, Virginia Beach

Saint Leo University was a sponsor of A Stars and Stripes Affair – 3rd Annual

VetsHouse, Inc.

Vetshouse, Inc. is a unique nonprofit organization serving homeless veterans

in Hampton Roads. It is not a shelter, but a 12 month program providing

contemporary living quarters in a group environment, assistance in job

hunting, transportation, personal skills and development guidance.


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Williams Stadium, Fort Lee, Virginia


33rd National Veterans

Wheelchair Games

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Tampa Convention Center

40 Dollars 40 Years Saint Leo Campaign to Support Military Students

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Saint Leo University Fundraising Event

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in

the Workplace Workshops

8/6/13

Joe Barto, founder and president of

Training Modernization Group (TMG),

Inc., created and has led his company

to consistent, high-level performance

since its founding in 2002. A retired U.S.

Lieutenant Colonel, Barto graduated

and was commissioned a Second

Lieutenant of Armor at the U.S. Military

Academy in 1978. Barto holds a

master’s degree in public

administration.)

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Whitworth, Ph.D., LCSW, BSD, is an

associate professor of graduate

social work at Saint Leo University. He

has provided extensive private

practice counseling for military

members, veterans and their families

with depression, anxiety and post-

traumatic stress

disorder (PTSD).

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Virginia Beach Public Library

Virginia Beach, Virginia


Gettysburg

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University Campus


Key West Chamber of Commerce

Trade Show

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Key West, Florida


was a sponsor of the

25th Annual

“Showcase of Key West Businesses”

Trade Show held at

Casa Marina Resort,

Key West, Florida.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Deployment Related Trauma in the Workplace

James Whitworth, Lt. Colonel USAF (Ret) Ph.D., LCSW, BCD is an Associate Professor of Graduate Social Work at Saint Leo

University (SLU). He previously was an Assistant Professor at the University of West Florida where he taught advanced clinical counseling within the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program.

He has provided extensive private practice counseling for military members, veterans, and their families with depression,

anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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University Campus

Cindy Lee, Ph.D., LCSW, is the Director of Saint Leo University Master's in Social Work Program. She served as Family Support Project/ Operation Coordinator to provide interrelated services to address the medical, economic, mental health, and social

needs of the military members and their families.


Sumter Chamber of Commerce

Annual Military Appreciation Picnic

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Shaw AFB Education Center,

South Carolina


participated in the 4th

annual military

appreciation picnic, Shaw

Air Force Base, S.C.


Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D. "Year of Faith: Seek Peace"

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Chesapeake, Virginia

In his pastoral letter, entitled "Year of Faith: Seek

Peace," Archbishop Broglio encourages the

faithful of the Archdiocese for the Military

Services in their unique vocations of service,

draws their attention to the Church's desire to

provide for the spiritual care of those in the

military and their families, and invites them to

evangelize following the example of the

centurion whose words in Matthew 8:5-11 were

"Lord, I am not worthy to receive you under my

roof, but only say the word and my servant shall

be healed."

Saint Leo University Designated

2014 Military Friendly School

The 2014 Military Friendly Schools® list honors

the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans, and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.

“Inclusion on the 2014 list of Military Friendly Schools® shows Saint Leo’s commitment to providing a supportive environment for military students,” said Sean Collins, Vice President at Victory Media and a nine-year Navy veteran. “The need for education is growing and our

mission is to provide the military community with transparent, world-class resources to assist in their search for schools.”

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4th Annual Virginia Community Day

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Virginia Community Day

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This year’s event was held at Nauticus in Norfolk, VA, and featured tours of the

USS Wisconsin, one of the largest and last battleships ever built by the U.S. Navy.

Guests also experienced the Nauticus

museum has to offer, including exhibits and displays that chronicle the global maritime

commerce and the world’s largest Navy.

9/26/13


In The Valley of Elah

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University Campus


Motivational Speaker Ed Rollins

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Chesapeake, Virginia

Blue to Green: Three Times a Veteran,

from Top Gun Training to

Iraq and Back

Veteran of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army

National Guard, and U.S. Marine Corps

Air Force Blue to

Corporate Grey

CMSAF (Ret) Gerald Murray, senior

manager, business development for

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, spoke to

Saint Leo military students on aligning

graduation goals with current and

emerging career opportunities, military

bearing and corporate values, and

rising to the challenge.


Chief Master Sergeant Gerald R. Murray

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Marietta, Georgia

9/26/13

The Fort Lee

Run for the

Fallen

Rescheduled for

March 29, 2014

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Fort Story/Fort Lee – Williams Stadium


Guest Speaker Colonel Sheri W. Andino

Colonel Sheri W. Andino is commander

and Aerospace Studies Department

Head of Air Force Reserve

Officer Training Corps

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University Campus

Movers for Military Veterans

Community Outreach

In advance of Veterans

Day on November 11, Saint

Leo University joined with

local business organizations

in the Movers for Military

community outreach

program.

Movers for Military is a

donation drive collecting

items and gifts in honor of

Veterans Day, for those

veterans who are currently

homeless.

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Author Gary Cooper ‘54 Fatal Error: The Final Flight of a WWII Bomber

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As part of Saint Leo College Preparatory

Holy Name Reunion Weekend, Retired

Naval Commander, author and historian

Gary Cooper (Saint Leo College Prep

'54) recounted the tragic story of the ill-

fated June 4, 1945 mission of Lieutenant

DeLand Croze, his thirteen crewmen

and the Australian search party that, but

for the error of a single digit, could have

saved the crew when the mission took a

tragic turn.

Veterans Day

November 11,

2013

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Men of Honor

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Saint Leo University’s Wall of Honor

At Saint Leo University, we are proud of the partnership we have with our military. Many

Saint Leo students, as well as faculty and staff, are active members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families. The Wall of Honor tells some of their stories. In the months to come, we will continue to add to this page. Do you have a story to share? Be sure to fill out

our Wall of Honor Submission and tell us about yourself. We look forward to hearing from you!

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