{"id":1235,"date":"2025-07-21T10:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsuccess-wds-dev.utk.edu\/veterans\/?page_id=1235"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:25:59","slug":"veteran-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/veteran-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"476\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1160\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC-Header-1024x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC-Header-1024x476.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC-Header-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC-Header-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC-Header-1536x713.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC-Header.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<p>Join the University of Tennessee, Knoxville&#8217;s Veteran Success Center, the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for a <strong>Veteran Town Hall<\/strong> to discuss issues affecting the veteran community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box-light card orange tx brd-\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This event on <strong>Thursday, November 13, 2025 <\/strong>will be held in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.utk.edu\/?id=314#!m\/275863?share\">UT&#8217;s Student Union Ballroom (Room 272)<\/a> <\/strong>(1502 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996)<strong> from 10 am &#8211; 2 pm<\/strong> <strong>and is FREE and open to the public.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1281\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Map-from-P-14-to-Student-Union-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Map-from-P-14-to-Student-Union-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Map-from-P-14-to-Student-Union-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Map-from-P-14-to-Student-Union-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Map-from-P-14-to-Student-Union-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Map-from-P-14-to-Student-Union.jpg 1630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parking will be available in the P-14 Margaret Alley lot. <strong>PRIOR REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE NEEDED IN ADVANCE<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.offstreet.io\/events\/EPZ7XVMT\">To register your vehicle, please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC7.jpg 350w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/VSC7-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Come out and visit one of <strong>over 30 serving organizations<\/strong> that will be on-hand, sign up for <strong>Federal VA Healthcare<\/strong>, check on the status of <strong>Federal VA benefits<\/strong>, and attend <strong>Q&amp;A sessions<\/strong> with state and federal speakers. Resource tables will be available during the duration of the event and featured speakers will be between 11 am and 1 pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Featured Speakers (11 am &#8211; 1 pm)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Donde Plowman (Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)<\/li>\n<li>MG Tommy H. Baker (Ret.) (Commissioner, Tennessee&#8217;s Department of Veteran Services)<\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Dr. Chris Magra, Director of the Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War, University of Tennessee<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Ed Harries (Executive Director, Tennessee State Veterans Homes)<\/li>\n<li>M. 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