{"id":938,"date":"2022-12-05T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsuccess-wds-dev.utk.edu\/veterans\/?page_id=938"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:07:50","slug":"thomas-r-cruise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas R. Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-740 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Director, Veterans Success Center<\/h3>\n<h4>Biography<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thomas (Tom) Cruise serves as the director of the Veterans Success Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As director, Tom plays a key role in ensuring the success of student veterans and military-connected scholars. This involves overseeing a range of services designed to support scholars in their transition from military service to academic life. Responsibilities include developing and implementing best practices that enhance both academic and holistic transitions for veterans through programs that foster social belonging, academic support, and career readiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cruise is an Air Force veteran, serving six years as a crew chief of the F-16. He holds an Associate of Arts in Business from Ashford University, a Bachelors of Science in Communications, and a Masters of Science in Educational Psychology, both from UT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs a former student veteran, I understand the experiences of our veteran population. It is an honor and privilege to serve this community and aid in their success at UT. We were volunteers then, volunteers now, and volunteers forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>CliftonStrengths: Strategic, Individualization, Adaptability, Maximizer, Futuristic <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director, Veterans Success Center Biography Thomas (Tom) Cruise serves as the director of the Veterans Success Center at the University [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-938","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thomas R. Cruise - Veterans At UT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas R. Cruise - Veterans At UT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Director, Veterans Success Center Biography Thomas (Tom) Cruise serves as the director of the Veterans Success Center at the University [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Veterans At UT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-13T21:07:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thomas R. Cruise - Veterans At UT\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot-200x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-05T19:21:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-13T21:07:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1800,\"caption\":\"Headshot of Thomas Cruise from VRC taken in the Communications Studio on December 17, 2019. Photo by Steven Bridges\\\/University of Tennessee\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/thomas-r-cruise\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thomas R. Cruise\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/\",\"name\":\"Veterans At UT\",\"description\":\"University of Tennessee, Knoxville\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/veterans\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thomas R. Cruise - Veterans At UT","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thomas R. Cruise - Veterans At UT","og_description":"Director, Veterans Success Center Biography Thomas (Tom) Cruise serves as the director of the Veterans Success Center at the University [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/","og_site_name":"Veterans At UT","article_modified_time":"2025-01-13T21:07:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1800,"url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/","url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/","name":"Thomas R. Cruise - Veterans At UT","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot-200x300.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-05T19:21:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-13T21:07:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/20191217_Thomas_Cruise-headshot.jpg","width":1200,"height":1800,"caption":"Headshot of Thomas Cruise from VRC taken in the Communications Studio on December 17, 2019. Photo by Steven Bridges\/University of Tennessee"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/thomas-r-cruise\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thomas R. Cruise"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/#website","url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/","name":"Veterans At UT","description":"University of Tennessee, Knoxville","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}