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UW Bothell 2018 graduating veterans \/ Marc Studer photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About 40 veterans or their dependents are graduating from the University of Washington Bothell, marking a big transition in their lives. They received special recognition at a veterans challenge coin and stole ceremony May 21 in the North Creek Events Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chancellor Wolf Yeigh, a Navy veteran, handed out his custom UW Bothell coin. A challenge coin is a traditional military symbol of unit spirit and pride. Bob Lewis, a veterans student assistant, placed a stole around each graduate\u2019s neck. The stole is a ceremonial scarf bearing the name of the veteran\u2019s military branch. Veterans will drape them over their robe at the June 10 commencement ceremony at Safeco Field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veterans make up about 5 percent of the UW Bothell student body, which is not as large as at some other institutions, Yeigh noted. \u201cBut I feel our student veterans here are more engaged,\u201d he told the audience. \u201cIt\u2019s a real community. There\u2019s a special connection among our student veterans. I\u2019m really excited you are graduating. I am really proud of what you have accomplished.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeigh thanked veterans\u2019 family members who were at the ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know from personal experience our journeys could not be complete without our family members,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were approximately 200 veterans on campus this school year, plus about 70 others who are spouses or children of veterans, who were eligible for benefits. UW Bothell Student Affairs<\/a> coordinates Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and campus programs under the direction of Veterans Services Manager Rosa Liu, who distributed certificates and hugs at the coin and stole event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several veterans at the event have distinguished themselves as students. They include Clinton Foriska<\/a>, this year\u2019s Chancellor\u2019s Medal recipient. He\u2019s an Army veteran who received a Biology degree at UW Bothell on his way to medical school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May Azcarraga, an Air Force veteran, was a student veterans assistant and served as treasurer and vice president of the UW Bothell Student Veterans Association. Graduating with a degree in Management Information Systems from the School of Business, Azcarraga has a full-time job lined up with T-Mobile where she has been a cybersecurity intern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azcarraga found her community among other veterans at UW Bothell. \u201cIt was good helping out other people, networking, just seeing and hearing other people\u2019s stories,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haliehana Stepetin is a Navy veteran graduating with a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies. A Native from the Aleutian Islands, Stepetin won a competitive grant at the UW Bothell Equity & Inclusion Conference<\/a> to promote a performance group of indigenous artists that she assembled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognition of her military service felt good, she said, \u201cespecially as a Native woman veteran. It\u2019s a complex situation, right? But it feels good.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fall, veterans who are students can look forward to the opening of a new resource center. The space in UW1 will be the place to congregate and to connect veterans to services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lewis, the veterans student assistant who handed out the stoles, said it\u2019s a tight-knit community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny veteran you meet, whether it\u2019s on the street or in school, they\u2019re all motivated,\u201d said Lewis, a former Marine working to be a business graduate in a couple of years. \u201cThey all want to do their best. \u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chancellor Yeigh congratulates Clinton Foriska as Bob Lewis looks on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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