Good morning! ROTC on campus and new group for vets

Good morning Metro State Alum,

I've got some news for you this cold (but not as bad as the last few days) morning. I've linked to an article about ROTC on the Auraria Campus in the InDenverTimes.com (Click here). Though published October 29th, it is a timeless article and it relates to an interesting Veteran I chatted with yesterday.

In regards to the person I communicated with yesterday: A MSCD student-to-be in 2010 and a Service Officer for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Phil Egger is a junior-to-be, starting in 2010. Egger recently started the group, Auraria Campus Veterans Organization & Their Families. He feels strongly that the Auraria Campus, including MSCD, UCD, and CCD, need a Veterans Organization. There are an estimated 600 to 800 veterans on campus, but no known organization under which they can united on the Auraria campus, he says.

"We need to bond and stand up together and quit being individuals," Egger explained. The group is open to all vets and their families.

"Branch of service does not matter,” Egger says. “You can be combat vets, cold war vets, it doesn't matter. You served and you deserve advocacy, guidance, and socialization of like-minded veterans.” He added that military families using benefits are more than welcome, as are both males and females.

Though he has found support from various existing veterans’ organizations, Egger is looking for some help getting things going. For more information, contact Egger on Facebook or via his metro email at: peggers@mscd.edu with the subject title, "I am a veteran."