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Combat2College (C2C)
         
Welcome home and thank you Veterans!

Please join us for an informal reception:
Thursday, September 4th, 6:30 to 9pm
Campus Center, Faculty/Staff Dining Room, Rockville Campus
Refreshments will be served
RSVP: Chanel Riley at 240-567-5058 or Chanel.Riley@montgomerycollege.edu

C2C is a comprehensive program at the Rockville Campus to welcome home and provide academic opportunities and appropriate support services for veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and/or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). For a more comprehensive description of C2C, see: Combat2College: Facilitating College Success for Combat Veterans (.pdf 103KB), by Joseph Bleiberg, PhD, et.al.

C2C has been developed jointly by:
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto, CA
Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington DC

Core Program Features for STUDENTS

  • Single Point of Entry (Admissions and Management Enrollment)
  • Identified Counseling Faculty (academic advising)
  • Identified Disability Support Services Counseling Faculty (academic advising/accommodations)
  • First Year Seminar (adapted DS107)
  • Assistance with developing Student Veterans Club
  • Referral/Coordination with Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Mentoring
  • Physical Education activity classes, adapted as needed

Core Program Features for FACULTY/STAFF

  • In-Service Training Opportunities for departments/areas
  • Training material available via Combat2College Website

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE C2C COMMITTEE
Dr. Monica Brown, Dean of Student Development
Professor Joan Gough, DSS Counselor
Professor Sue Haddad, C2C Assistant Program Coordinator/DSS Counselor
Professor Joan Hawkins, Counselor
Professor Karen King, Counselor
Professor Tim Kirkner, Counselor
Professor Lucy Laufe, College-wide Honors Coordinator
Mr. Lester Lichter, Assistve Technology Coordinator
Professor Janet Merrick, C2C Website Contact/DSS Counselor
Ms. Catherine Mund, Campus Registrar
Ms. Tuyet Nguyen-Jackson, Veterans Affairs Coordinator
Mr. Marcus Peanort, Interim Director of Student Life
Ms. Chanel Riley, Program Assistant
Professor Rose Sachs, C2C Program Coordinator/DSS Counselor
Professor Karen Thomas, Chair of Health Enhancement, Exercise Science, & Physical Education
Dr. Charlotte Twombly, Chair of Sociology

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Joseph Bleiberg, PhD
Senior Fellow, National Rehabilitation Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology,
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Gregg Leskin, PhD
Assistant Director
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Palo Alto, CA

Stacey Pollack, PhD
Director Trauma Services Program
Washington DC, Veterans Administration Medical Center

Matthew J. Reinhard, Psy.D.
Neuropsychologist
War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC)
Washington, DC

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS contact:
Ms. Tuyet Nguyen-Jackson, Veterans Affairs Coordinator at 240-567-5033

FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION contact:
Professor Rose Sachs, C2C Program Coordinator at 240-567-5077
Professor Sue Haddad, C2C Assistant Program Coordinator at 240-567-5087
Ms. Chanel Riley, C2C Program Assistant at 240-567-5058

   

 

 

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