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(Livermore, Calif.) - Las Positas College (LPC) is excited to provide veterans who register for classes with numerous benefits and resources to assist them throughout their college careers.
Benefits may include tuition assistance, scholarships, a textbook assistance program and veteran work-study opportunities. Veterans can also access counseling services, priority registration, job search assistance and housing through LPC's Veteran First program.
As part of a three-year grant received last year from the Department of Education, Victor Retana has been hired by LPC as a new success coach. He graduated from LPC as a student veteran.
“Having attended other schools and looked at several campuses within my area, not a single one compared to LPC,” said Retana. “Both the services and resources offered here are second to none, specifically the Veterans First Resource Center. As a veteran, you receive services like no other and are guaranteed to succeed as long as you do your part.”
LPC Veterans First Resource Center (VRC) services and resources include:
- Veterans' educational benefits information
- Peer support, mentoring and textbook exchange
- Computer room with free printing
- Palo Alto Veterans Affairs healthcare specialists, Swords to Plowshares advisor and many others who hold regular hours in the VRC
- Financial resource information and application assistance
- Lounge area with large screen television, movies, snacks and drinks, Wi-Fi, coffee and study tables
- Workshops with assistance in resume review, scholarship application, personal statements and more.
- Locations of the LPC Student Veterans Organization meetings
- Study room with free subject support assistance
LPC Veterans First Specialist Evelyn Andrews is grateful to student veterans who attend LPC and feels that having a strong, resource-heavy veterans center is essential.
“Working with veterans who are transitioning from military to college life is extremely rewarding. The Veterans Resource Center at Las Positas College offers many services to remove barriers for veterans, “Andrews said. “The best part about our center is the camaraderie and support that each veteran provides to each other.”
Two classes available to student veterans this fall include Critical Reading and Composition and Fundamentals of Public Speaking. Both courses will provide students with free textbooks.
Student veterans can visit the LPC admissions website to enroll.
For more information, please visit the LPC Veterans First website.
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