Congratulations on finishing up the fall semester and to our graduating student veterans - job well done!!! All of us at the Office of Student Veterans hope that winter break is restful and we look forward to seeing you and your families in the spring. Before we sign off for the holidays, we wanted to pass along a few things to the student veteran community. We're excited to see you all in 2020!

The first order of business is to wish a big congratulations and thank you to our very own Anna Page, who has led many of the student veteran initiatives during her time here at Duke. As many of you know, Anna recently graduated from the Masters of Divinity program and will be working in the local area before serving as an active-duty Chaplain in the Army. To Anna - thank you for all that you have done for the student veteran community here at Duke. We will miss you and hope that you stay connected. Fair winds and following seas in your future endeavors! 

We also wanted to take a moment and introduce our new graduate assistant in the Office of Student Veterans, John Pratson. John is currently earning his Masters of Public Policy at the Sanford School here at Duke and is a former Marine infantry officer. John served for over six years in a variety of roles, including operational deployments to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the Indo-Pacific region, and as an instructor at The Basic School in Quantico, VA. John is the student point for contact for all student veteran issues here at Duke, so please feel free to reach out to him if you need anything!

Want $wag?

Contact the us at veterans@studentaffairs.duke.edu if interested in free T-shirts (v-neck or crew neck), mugs, or lanyards. We'll figure out how to get the $wag to you!