The Veterans Resource Center Honors Those Who Have Served Our Country

Mike Haynie, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation and IVMF founder and executive director, wrote the Syracuse.com op-ed “Syracuse University veterans center fulfills our duty to those who have borne the cost of war.”

Vice Chancellor Haynie wrote in this op-ed about the question, “Why create an academic facility focused on veterans and their families at Syracuse University?” He answered this in two parts, stating, “First, I believe all individuals and institutions have a moral obligation to assume responsibility for the costs and consequences associated with America’s decision to wage war.” In his second part he explained the opportunities it provides for the university and for central New York. He said, “you cannot tell the story of that Greatest Generation without telling the story of Syracuse University and Central New York. This university kicked open its doors — wider than almost any college or university in the nation — and welcomed more than 14,000 returning veterans to this campus.”