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Texas Tech University (TTU) – Lubbock, Texas –Founded in 1923 on the South Plains of West Texas, Texas Techis a comprehensive research university that retains the sense of asmaller liberal arts institution. Texas Tech earned my attention witha quote on its website by Kent Hance stating that the university“provides resources and educational opportunities needed to succeedin civilian life.” I found that intriguing, and I reached out to VanDusen, who explained the Texas Tech University veteran supportmodel. Working directly with the university’s huge career center,Texas employers come to Texas Tech because they know that theinstitution instills a work ethic that equals a success-oriented mindsetin its students. Van Dusen added that having military experiencetoday can make a student very marketable to prospective employers.Van Dusen pointed out that the career center is staffed by formerU.S. military service members who help the military studentstranslate their military experiences into terms civilian employerscan understand. This process of reframing professional experiencebecomes the foundation for a resume that demands attention fromhiring companies. The career center supports the resume-buildingprocess and provides resources that improve interview skills.Many of the university’s student-veterans are 26 years old andfeeling out of place attending college with 19-year-olds. They feelthat they are already behind the bell curve. TTU strives to helpmilitary students understand that the experiences they gained inthe military are going to put them significantly ahead of their nonmilitarypeers in terms of employment marketability.Van Dusen went on to say that, for a veteran support career centerto be truly effective, it must go well beyond being simply militaryfriendly– after all, “you can’t be too military-friendly.” TTU’smission is to help any student who comes to the career center witha problem. “Beyond military-friendly” appears to be Texas TechUniversity’s secret sauce to success, combined with their strongemployer-community relationships.We all have a responsibility to our military community to identifyinstitutions that go beyond being simply military-friendly and havethe attitude that you cannot be too military-friendly. When schools goabove and beyond awarding degrees and certificates to U.S. militaryservice members, their families and veterans, this extra initiativeopens up new opportunities for veterans and employers alike. Thefeatured institutions have implemented proven higher educationsolutions that are working across our great nation and prove that theprinciple “you can’t be too military-friendly” begins with you.NOVEMBER 2013 | 46Dr. Pete Savo is the Chief Financial Officer of a ServiceDisabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), ahigher education service business that provides qualifiedstudent candidates to military-friendly colleges anduniversities nationwide. Savo, a respected lecturer andpublished author, was employed 18 years with SikorskyAircraft and six years as a Direct Business Operationsand Lean Manufacturing Consultant for the U.S. Air Force Small BusinessManufacturing Technical Assistance Production Program (MTAPP), Air ForceOutreach Program Office and the Department of Defense (DOD) supply chainmissions. He can be reached at psavo@education-resource-information.orgor 603.321.6224.
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