LOS RIOS COLLEGES VETERANS RESOURCE CENTERS Art Pimentel, Ed.D. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LOS RIOS COLLEGES VETERAN’S RESOURCE CENTERS Art Pimentel, Ed.D. District Director of Educational Services and Student Success Board of Trustees Presentation April 10, 2019

PURPOSE OF VRCS AND SERVICES: Comprehensive Veterans Resource Centers (VRCs) serve as a one-stop where Veterans and their families can receive guidance for their educational and VA related needs. Services are geared to assist Veterans in successfully transitioning from military to college life by providing critical student and support services to Veterans.

ENROLLMENT PROFILE OF VETERAN STUDENTS: Enrollment of Veterans at Los Rios colleges have declined slightly from 1,376 in fall 2014 to 1,191 in fall 2018. • The enrollments reflect 695 Post 9-11 Veterans and 298 dependents (including surviving spouses) who attend Los • Rios colleges. There were over 150 disabled Veterans enrolling at Los Rios colleges for Vocational Rehabilitation in Fall 2018. • 1,376 1,329 1,293 1,500 1,273 1,191 1,200 900 600 300 0 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 800 673 676 664 644 610 600 416 387 357 348 338 400 230 220 238 206 196 200 159 191 190 176 177 0 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 ARC CRC FLC SCC

PROFILE CONTINUED… LRCCD Veteran Student Enrollment by Gender (Fall 2018) 27.7 69.6 2.7 Female Male Unknown LRCCD Veteran and All LRCCD Student Enrollment by Race and Ethnicity (Fall 2018) 60.0 42.2 34.3 40.0 28.4 24.1 14.2 12.1 20.0 9.9 8.5 6.3 4.5 3.9 2.9 0.0 African American Asian Filipino Hispanic/Latino Multi Race White Veterans All Los Rios Students LRCCD Veteran Student Enrollment by Income Level (Fall 2018) 25.9 33.7 30.6 9.8 Below Poverty Low Middle And Above Unable to Determine

STUDENT SUCCESS NUMBERS: District-wide Veteran students attempted 11.68 average units and completed 8.58 average units in fall 2018. • Average units attempted and completed for Veteran students is higher than the 8.04 and 6.06 for all students. • The average GPA for Veteran students is 2.59 which is lower than the 2.76 for all students in fall 2018. • The course success rate of 70.7% for Veteran students is slightly lower than the 72.4% for all students in fall 2018. • Veteran Student Outcomes by Average Units Attempted, Average LRCCD Veteran Student Enrollment by Unit Load (Fall 2018) Units Completed, Average GPA and Course Success Rate (Fall 2018) Average Units Average Units Course Success 80.0 65.7 Attempted Completed Average GPA Rate 51.6 60.0 ARC 11.78 8.74 2.63 72.5 29.8 40.0 14.0 CRC 11.37 8.13 2.50 68.6 20.0 4.5 FLC 11.72 8.49 2.57 69.9 0.0 Up To 5.9 6 - 11.99 12 - 14.99 15 and Over 12 and over SCC 11.89 8.88 2.66 70.4 LRCCD 11.68 8.58 2.59 70.7

VRC SERVICES AND BENEFITS: • Assist with transition to College • Academic Counseling Services • Assist with GI Bill Intake and Documents • Priority Registration • Assist with Admissions and Registration • Financial Assistance • Bridge to External Services and Housing • Tutoring Services • Coordination with other campus • Textbook Loan Program programs (DSPS, Counseling, Health • Computer Lab and Study Spaces Services, Financial Aid) • Employment Opportunities

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENT: • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs • Soldiers Project • American Legion • Elks Lodge • California Employment Development Department (EDD) • CalVET for Employment Opportunities • Women Veterans Alliance • Blue Star Moms • Red Cross • Wounded Warrior Project • El Dorado County Veterans Alliance • El Dorado County Salute to Valor and many others…

STUDENT EXPERIENCES:

AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE: CHRISTINA SEUI

COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE: JONATHON BALGOS

FOLSOM LAKE COLLEGE: KEN WALKER

SACRAMENTO CITY: BRITTNEY VANN HENDERSON

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • Sandra Belmares (SCC) • Betty Glyer-Culver, OIR (DO) • Robert Heryford (ARC) • Jake Hughins (SCC) • Ken Walker (CRC) • Christine Wurzer (FLC)

THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?