Thank You, Veterans at Rutgers

November 11, 2022

Members of the Rutgers Community,

Today is Veterans Day—an opportunity to honor the service and sacrifice of our women and men in the armed forces, both those currently in uniform and those who have served in the past. 

I want to offer my own thanks to everyone in our Rutgers family—students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff, donors, and board members—who is serving or who has served the United States in one of our military branches. We are proud to salute you.

Across the university, Rutgers has consistently earned top rankings from such places as U.S. News and World Report and Military Times in supporting veterans as they pursue their degrees. These rankings speak to the dedication of our Rutgers employees on each campus to do right by our veterans and military students, providing important programs and services to meet their needs.

For some veterans, military service led to physical and emotional wounds. Through University Behavioral Health Care, Rutgers hosts Vets4Warriors, a 24/7 peer support network dedicated to “answering the call” at any time from any veteran (or veterans’ family members and caregivers) who needs to talk. The number is 1-855-838-8255.

I invite you to celebrate Rutgers veterans and hope you share my pride in these good people. Let me encourage you to read about distinguished alumni such as Jack Jacobs, who saved more than a dozen wounded soldiers in Vietnam while wounded himself, and Sally Stenton, a retired Air Force JAG who now advocates for disabled vets. And I’d love you to meet James Negri, who shared with me his experience as a student veteran during a Faces & Voices of Rutgers taping this past spring.

To everyone in the Rutgers community who has served or who is currently serving, I offer you my admiration and my enduring gratitude.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Holloway
President and University Professor

Support and Services for Veterans at Rutgers:

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