Drexel Blue and Gold Goes Red, White and Blue for Veterans!
Monday, November 9 through Friday, November 13
Location: 32nd Street Plaza (32nd Street between Market and Chestnut Streets)
The lights in Drexel’s 32nd Street Plaza will be red, white and blue to show the University’s appreciation of the service of our military veteran students, faculty and staff.

University Archive Display of Military Photos
Monday, November 9 through Friday, November 13
Locations: Rincliffe Gallery, Main Building third floor, Creese Student Center lobby and online at http://library.drexel.edu/archives.  

Monday, November 9
Veteran Student Services Information Fair
Location: Main Building Great Court
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Representatives from the Pennoni Honors College, DegreeWorks, Counseling and Health, Disability Services, Campus Activities, Drexel Learning Center, Student Resource Center, Registrar, Athletics and Recreation and Student Financial Services and academic advisors will be on hand to discuss services available for the University’s currently enrolled veterans.

Armory Museum Tour
Location: 103rd Engineers Battalion Armory (33rd and Cuthbert Streets)
Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to tour the Armory Museum, The museum displays 18th century objects from the Revolutionary War through the 20th century, including Revolutionary War Uniforms, rifles, prints and discharge papers dated 1783 and signed by George Washington; Civil War-era photographs, documents, flags, uniforms and paintings; silver presentation pieces, maps, hats, canteens, posters, rifles and letters from World War I; and canteens, drums, hats and uniforms from World War II.

Tuesday, November 10
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Veteran Student Services Office
Location: Creese Student Center suite 215 (32nd and Chestnut Streets)
Time: 10 a.m.
Join members of the University’s Veterans Task Force and celebrate the grand opening of the new Veteran Student Services office.

Virtual Open House for Prospective Veteran Students
Registration 5:45 p.m., presentation 6 to 7 p.m.
Prospective veteran students can register for a virtual open house to review Drexel degree options, the admissions process, VA benefits, including the Yellow Ribbon program, and veteran services on campus.
Registration for prospective undergraduate students: http://deptapp1.drexel.edu/em/events/detail.aspx?ID=1748
Registration for prospective graduate students: http://deptapp1.drexel.edu/em/events/detail.aspx?ID=1749

Wednesday, November 11
Veteran Student, Faculty and Staff Reception
Location: Paul Peck Alumni Center (32nd and Market Streets)
Time: 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Join fellow veterans from across the Drexel community and learn more about what the University is doing to support those who have served in the United States armed forces.
Registration for this event is required by Friday, November 6, 2009. To RSVP, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fTJSzHeOSsoeuZX8CZPWjQ_3d_3d.

CEO Workshop: “Team Building and Team Dynamics”
Location: Nesbitt Hall room 505
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. 
This workshop is also available via a live Webcast at http://goodwincollege.na4.acrobat.com/teambuilding/.
Presented by: John McGarrigle ’69, ’73, former director of Managed Contracts & Reporting, Genesis Health Care Corporation
This workshop will provide students and their teams with an array of organizational leadership tactics including building a team, setting goals, motivation, collaboration, creating an environment of success and managing different personalities and hidden agendas. McGarrigle is an experienced military veteran, commissioned at Drexel in 1969. He served on active duty for two years and followed with five years of active reserve duty teaching leadership for the New Jersey National Guard units. He completed a program at the Army Command and General Staff College -- the equivalent of earning a master's degree in military science -- and retired as a Captain of Infantry.

For more information about the Creating Excellent Organizations (CEO) program, visit http://www.drexel.edu/oca/l/what_ceo.asp.  

Thursday, November 12
Letter Writing Campaign Tables
Location: Creese Student Center lobby
Time: noon to 3 p.m.
Stop by the Panhellenic Council’s table to write a letter to a member of the military currently serving overseas.

Drexel Online Webinar for Prospective Veteran Engineering Students
Time: 1:30 p.m.
A participant in the federal Yellow Ribbon Program, Drexel University Online is proud to be military friendly. Eligible service members and veterans can earn a top-ranked education tuition-free through the new GI Bill. Drexel’s convenient online format allows students to access classes 24/7, whether traveling, stationed overseas or logging in from home. Family members can also take advantage of specially reduced tuition rates.

This Webinar will focus on online engineering programs. To register for the free session, visit http://www.drexel.com/militarywebinar.

CEO Workshop: Front Line Leadership
Location: Curtis Hall room 456 (32nd and Chestnut Streets)
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. 
This workshop is also available via a live Webcast at http://goodwincollege.na4.acrobat.com/frontlineleadership/.
Presented by: John L. Gronski, senior management consultant for Greencastle Associates Consulting; Brigadier General, Pennsylvania Army National Guard
This presentation provides leadership lessons from the front lines of business and the battlefield. Gronski is a management consultant with more than 10 years of experience implementing large, complex projects, leading business teams and working as a trusted advisor to executives. Brigadier General Gronski is a senior leader in the Pennsylvania National Guard. A proven combat leader, he commanded a brigade of more than 5,400 U.S. soldiers and Marines and approximately 5,000 Iraqi soldiers in Ramadi, Iraq between 2005-06.

Drexel Online Webinar for Prospective Veteran Healthcare Students
Time: 7 p.m.
This Drexel e-Learning session focuses on healthcare programs for prospective veteran students. To register for the free Webinar, visit http://www.drexel.com/militarywebinar.

Friday, November 13
Package Wrapping
Location: Main Building Great Court
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Help prepare packages of supplies collected during the past week to be shipped to troops currently serving overseas.
Veterans Appreciation Night at the DAC
Location: Daskalakis Athletic Center
Time: 7 p.m.

Cheer on the Drexel women’s basketball team in the season opener against Penn State. During half-time, the supplies collected during Veterans Week will be presented to Karen Jennings of the Military Support Group of New Jersey to distribute to troops currently serving overseas.

All men and women with a military ID receive free admission to the game. Game tickets are $6 for adults; children under 12 are free. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.drexeltickets.com or call 1-866-4-DREXEL.