Projects w/ Veterans
In her first three decades as a Professor, Patty Limerick knew next to nothing about the existence of the Veteran and Military Affairs (VMA) on campus. Five years ago, that situation changed permanently, and Limerick is honored to have been designated as theVMA’s Campus Partner for Academic Affairs.
From its origins to the present moment, the United States has been a nation at war for many more years than it has been a nation at peace. Wars that have ended with a clear victory, a negotiated treaty, and a lasting peace may well have been more the exception than the rule. Over the last half century, the term “forever war” has gained wide relevance, as troops are dispatched into military interventions guided by little in the way of defined and achievable goals. Wars of this sort have created and maintained a disturbing disengagement between civilians and the men and women who serve in the United States Military. In other contexts, “out of sight, out of mind” is only a light figure of speech. But in the nation’s relationship to its active-duty soldiers and to its veterans, “out of sight, out of mind” is a situation that calls for remedy.’s Student Veterans serve as key figures in sustaining the mission of higher education.
