The Veterans Alliance Organization (VALOR)
NDSU's VALOR Committee is an ad hoc group of staff, faculty, students, alumni, and community partners who have a personal interest in supporting NDSU's military students.
VALOR's intent is to improve the campus climate for student veterans and enhance their success.
Explore the resources and announcements catalogued here by the committee (Menu button above), and contact a VALOR member with any questions or concerns.
In addition to student veterans, VALOR considers the needs of other military-affiliated students, such as active-duty service members, Reservists, members of the National Guard, and military family members.
VALOR focuses its efforts on:
- Maintaining a network of supportive allies to military-affiliated students;
- Guiding and supporting efforts focused on military-affiliated student recruitment, enrollment, persistence, and completion;
- Providing information and resources to staff and faculty to promote understanding of military-affiliated students;
- Cataloging resources available to assist military-affiliated students during their educational experience: and,
- Helping military-affiliated students translate their life experiences to success in their studies and future endeavors.
All staff, faculty, and administrators can become VALOR Allies. VALOR materials and training opportunities provide:
- An understanding of military culture;
- An understanding of potential issues student veterans and other military-affiliated students face; and,
- An awareness of the resources available to student veterans and other military-affiliated students on and off our campus.
VALOR is provided guidance and oversight by its Advisory Board.
