In this chapter, you will listen to clips of Kris’s time at Columbia University. Please be aware that Kris’s story is NOT a generalization of student veteran experience in Columbia University or any other higher education institution. After listening to Kris, you will be introduced to Beth Morgan, Director of Higher Education Transition and Partnerships at the Center for Veteran Transition and Integration here at Columbia University. Her clips will provide more information about Columbia’s veteran resources as well as some of the challenges she has encountered. Listening discretion is advised.
Part 1: Kris
Clip 1: Dealing with the right-wing
Clip 2: The Aftermath
Part 2: Beth
Meet Beth Morgan. Morgan is the Director of Higher Education Transition and Partnerships at the Center for Veteran Transition and Integration here at Columbia University. A daughter of a career veteran and grew up living around the world on military bases and spending time around military personnel naturally led Morgan to enter the veteran space, specifically by working in higher education. Her first job working specifically with the military was with the Marine Corps and helped develop the Leadership Scholar Program {LSP}, which was all about helping Marines transition into higher education. Afterwards, she made her way to Columbia through the LSP program by assisting Marines with their applications to Columbia. She also worked for a nonprofit called Service2School, which did similar work, but it was done for all the services and also helped officers. This program is for people looking to go into graduate school.
Clip 1: Beth’s work with veterans
Clip 2: Is Columbia the gold standard?
