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The Student Veteran Experience

November 13, 2023 • The University of Oklahoma • Season 1 • Episode 18

University of Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz Jr. is joined by Student Veteran Association President and former United States Army Green Beret Harrison Anderson and the director of the Aerospace and Defense Program at the Michael F. Price College of Business, Shad Satterthwaite. Both guests served in the United States military and speak to the unique experience on a college campus that a student veteran will go through.

0:00 – Intro

4:19 – Why Harrison chose OU as a student following the service

5:55 – OU as a friendly environment to current and former servicemen and women

9:13 – Some of the challenges a student veteran faces transitioning from the military into college life

13:18 – What OU and the SVA is doing to make OU better for student veterans and the importance of the new Veteran Zone

17:02 – The growth at OU for student veterans

19:22 – The ROTC relationship

20:54 – Recent gift to renovate the Armory

23:18 – Aerospace and Defense at OU

30:00 – Signing off