--- title: "Veterans Mentoring Program" url: "/offices/veterans/veterans-mentoring-program" type: page date: 2026-03-25 updated: 2026-04-14 --- # Veterans Mentoring Program Student Life | Veterans Programs # Veterans Mentoring Program Dedicated to supporting student veterans' transition to civilian and academic life. Includes a special adapted section of RELS 161 (The Nature and Experience of Religion) that introduces meditation, yoga, and stress reduction, plus an off-campus four-day retreat at Paradise Island, Bahamas for eligible participants. Each semester, the SVO (Student Veterans Organization) works in conjunction with the Office of Admissions to partner each new undergraduate student veteran with a returning student veteran that is enrolled in a similar program of study. The mentor/mentee partnership is meant to establish a bond between vets, encourage participation in academic and social activities on campus, and ease the transition to academic and civilian life by being able to seek guidance from a peer that has been through a similar assimilation process. As the student veteran population continues to grow, the alumni have increased their role as mentors to the current student veterans through participation in our fall and spring guest speaker series, and assisting the graduating student veterans with additional network opportunities. If you are interested in becoming a mentor for the Student Veterans Organization, please contact David Bollert at . Image ![badge for NAVPA member institution](/sites/default/files/styles/original_aspect_ratio_400/public/media/2026-04/navpa_member_logo_jpeg_1.jpg?itok=zbtrV0eR) Image ![badge for chapter member of the Student Veterans of America](/sites/default/files/styles/original_aspect_ratio_400/public/media/2026-04/sva_chapter.jpg?itok=f8ahjAh0) Image ![badge for 2018 - 2019 Military Friendly School](/sites/default/files/styles/original_aspect_ratio_400/public/media/2026-04/mfs%202018-2019.png?itok=IFAJUxti) *An approved chapter of Student Veterans of America.*