Marist Featured In Fox News "Helping Heroes Work"

Marist College is featured prominently in a new Fox News video, "From Combat to the Classroom," that promotes its Helping Heroes Work campaign. The Fox News program is designed to help military veterans find educational opportunities and resources as they make their transition from military service to civilian life. 

Marist Student Veteran Shawn George,
Fox News photo

The video is narrated by television host Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North (U.S. Marine Corps, Retired). Marist student veterans Shawn George and Nicholas Castellane, Dean of Graduate and Adult Enrollment Sean-Michael Green (who served as a U.S. Marine), and various parts of the Marist campus appear throughout the five-minute and 34-second video.

Sean-Michael Green with Marist student
veterans, Fox News photo

Fox News selected Marist for the video project because of its “Military Friendly School” designation by G.I. Jobs (GIJobs.com). Green, who is also head of Marist's Veteran’s Liaison Office and Student Veteran’s Organization said, about veterans at Marist, "I think culturally they need to know that  there are people like them there. I think that they need to know that they have a support system and that there are other veterans [at Marist]. They are just not isolated; they are not alone."

Marist Red Fox Company Campaign Coin,
Fox News photo

To make veteran's feel welcome, Marist has adopted certain cultures and traditions that are familiar to military veterans. For instance, Marist has created a unique Fox Company "campaign coin," which recognizes student veterans for outstanding performance or service. Military campaign (or challenge) coins traditionally represent the challenges faced by unit members in a military campaign or operation, and are awarded to unit members for special achievement.

You can read more about Marist's participation in this video series on the Marist College "News From Public Affairs" website at http://www.marist.edu/publicaffairs/foxnewsvets.html. 

Watch the entire promotional video "From Combat to the Classroom" on the Fox News Helping Heroes Work website. Follow this site to watch for the release of a second video, “The Mission: Staying in School,” which will feature other members of the Marist community.