http://www.svacentralflorida.org Serving students at the University of Central Florida Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:35:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To all veterans, thank you for your service to our country. We will remember you today and everyday. http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=237 Come out to the VA Extravaganza November 9th from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Pegasus Ballroom. Sponsored by Student Development and Enrollment Services, Registrar's Office / Veteran Services and the Student Veterans Association. Congresswoman Kosmas will be there to support us Campus offices will provide services to help us finish ... http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=235 The annual Toys for Tots is running now until December 5, 2009. SVA will be collecting unwrapped toys in Millican Hall in the Registar's Office. Please bring in the toy during regular office hours! If you have any questions, please email Jackie Fitzgerald at jfitzgerald@knights.ucf.edu www.toysfortotscentralflorida.org http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=233 Support Central Florida military serving overseas by donating an item for the Student Veterans Association's Operation Care Package. Our organization is putting together a few care packages to be shipped to soldiers from our community. Items may include books, board games, stationary, non-perishable food items and more (click here ... http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=225 In collaboration with UCF’s Veteran Services Office and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Dr. Steve Fiore is putting together a focus group composed of veterans currently attending college. The primary interest is in how veterans are managing what is described as “The Learning Paradigm Shift” (i.e., going ... http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=212 What: Student Veterans Association Tailgating Event Where: Memory Mall (Near the Psychology Building) When: 9/19/2009 vs. Buffalo 12:00pm 10/03/2009 vs. Memphis 8:00am 10/17/2009 vs. Miami (TV game) 12:00pm 11/01/2009 vs. Marshall 12:00pm 11/14/2009 vs. Houston (Homecoming) 8:00am 11/21/2009 vs. Tulane 8:00am For more information contact Torrin Fields. http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=196 (Washington, D.C.) – On October 15th 2009 Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to take steps to alleviate the backlog in processing applications for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. The VA Regional Office in Atlanta, which processes applications for the State of Florida, is estimated ... http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=199 We are looking for a few students that are benefiting from the 9/11 GI Bill to meet later this month with Congresswoman Kosmas. The Congresswoman is looking for feedback from students about how the program is going. Please contact Jackie Fitzgerald if you are interested. By phone 727-421-9586 ... http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=194 Operation Patriot, Inc. is sponsoring the Honor the Heroes Sporting Clay Shoot on September 26, 2009 at Tenoroc Shooting Club in Lakeland, Fl. We will be providing a continental breakfast and catered lunch. There will be a silent auction, door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. The cost ... http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=192 The ceremony will begin at 8:35a.m. by the Reflection Pond at the UCF main campus and will run until 9:30a.m. There will be a Presentation of Colors by the ROTC Color Guard and the SVA will present a memorial wreath at the Reflection Pond. SVA and UCF representatives will then ... http://www.svacentralflorida.org/?p=190