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Providing Support for Veterans in Higher Education 

Tuesday March 25, 2025 @ 2 pm EST

Description: Raise awareness of the biases and challenges that veterans often face in higher education while providing practical strategies for fostering a more inclusive and supportive academic environment.

Presenter: Ann Treadaway was appointed Director of Veteran and Military Programs and Services at Rutgers University in 2015. In this position, Treadaway serves as the principal advocate for military affiliated students across Rutgers’, ensures the quality of policies, programs, activities and services are high, and serves as the university’s liaison with outside agencies and offices whose work affects the lives of the military affiliated population.

Prior to joining Rutgers, Treadaway served as Director of Veterans Support Services at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York where she developed innovative programming and enhanced support services to assist military affiliated students in their transition to on-campus learning. From 2001 to 2006, Ann Treadaway served in the United States Army. In 2003 she was assigned to the 94th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) in the 130th Engineer Brigade with whom she deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to Baghdad in 2003 and Mosul in 2005. Treadaway holds a B.A. in History and Political Science with a focus on the Middle East from the State University of New York, Purchase College and an M.A. in Early American History from the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Ann recently earned her Doctorate in Education at Northeastern University where her research focused on Military Cultural Competency and ways to bridge the military civilian knowledge gap. Ann has conducted over a hundred Military Cultural Competency Education sessions in her career and presented nationally on topics related to military service and culture.  Ann is a Member of the Big10 Veteran Committee, of which she chaired from 2022 to 2024, NASPA Veterans Knowledge Community,  Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

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Morning: Verification Credential

Afternoon: Packaging and Award Notification

Tanner Matchus, Associate Director of Financial Aid, Community College of Vermont

Matt DeSorgher, Senior Associate Director of Customer Service, Univ. of Vermont

Verification is the process used by the institution to check the accuracy of the information the student and, in the case of a dependent student, the student’s parents, provided when applying for Title IV federal student aid via the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Information is verified by obtaining documentation such as tax returns/transcripts, identification cards, signed statements/worksheets, etc. attesting to the accuracy of the information. Verification ensures the accuracy of data used to establish eligibility for need-based federal student aid. This training will explain the various aspects of verification, the data elements to be verified, and the documents required to complete the process.