Resources
Supporting our active duty & reserve military personnel, military veterans, and dependents
VETERAN STUDENT SERVICES
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- The Student Veteran on Campus (Facilitated by Purdue’s Military Family Research Institute)
- Debt of Honor
- Prisoner of War
- Why Veterans Miss War
- Now, After (PTSD From A Soldier’s POV)
- War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era The Military-Civilian Gap
- What Is Moral Injury?
- More Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- The Moral Obligation to Know Our Veterans
- Resources for academic advising (PDF)
- Resources for Disability Support Services (PDF)
- Faculty resources (PDF)
- General higher education resources (PDF)
- Legal professional resources (PDF)
- EMERGENCY: Valparaiso University Counseling or 219.464.5002 (Daytime: 219.464.5002, Evening between 5:00 – 7:30 pm: 219.531.3500)
- Valparaiso University Police Dept: 219.464.5430 or 911 (on campus phones)
- Veterans Crisis Line: 1.800.273.8255 (press 1), veteranscrisisline.net or text 838255
- Email:
- Campus Ministries
- Campus Recreation & Well-Being
- Vet Centers (Gary Area: 107 E. 93rd Avenue, Crown Point IN 46307, 219.736.5633 or 877.927.8387, Adam Benjamin, Jr. OPC: 9301 Madison Street, Crown Point, IN 46307. 219.662.5000)
- Vet2Vet Indiana (Vet2Vet Indiana is an organization of veterans committed to helping veterans achieve recovery and learn coping skills to deal with the psychiatric and adjustment problems veterans face).
- Raising Awareness about PTSD: A Resource Guide
- The Soldiers Project (The Soldiers Project offers free psychological counseling for military personnel, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and their families).
- Soldier’s Heart (Soldier’s Heart is a veterans’ return and healing project addressing the emotional and spiritual needs of veterans, their families and communities. Soldier’s Heart promotes and guides community-based efforts to heal the effects of war based on strategies presented in “War and the Soul” by Dr. Edward Tick. A project of the International Humanities Center, it is dedicated to our veterans’ successful return).
- Prince of Peace Veterans Support Group
- Valparaiso University Health Center
- Access and Accommodations Resource Center
- VU Health Insurance
- HealthLinc
- Vet Centers (Gary Area: 107 E. 93rd Avenue, Crown Point IN 46307, 219.736.5633 or 877.927.8387, Adam Benjamin, Jr. OPC: 9301 Madison Street, Crown Point, IN 46307. 219.662.5000)
- Dental Care Resources for Veterans
- VA Work Study
- Valparaiso University Career Center
- Valparaiso University Law School Career Planning Center
- Indiana Career Connect Veteran Services
(follow the veterans services link on the left navigation bar) - RecruitMilitary.com (A veteran-owned and operated firm that matches vets and their spouses with educational and job opportunities).
- Veteran Recruiting (Veteran Recruiting hosts online career fairs).
- Valparaiso University Law School Law Clinics
- National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP is a nonprofit organization that has worked since 1980 to ensure that the government delivers to our nation’s 25 million veterans and active duty personnel the benefits to which they are entitled).
- Indiana Lawyers for Soldiers (A statewide network of volunteer attorneys providing legal services for Indiana National Guard personnel who are deployed or returning from a deployment. Soldiers in need of legal assistance are referred to attorneys who volunteer their time and experience to assist the myriad of legal issues that arise during the deployment of these local heroes).
- The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program provides representation to veterans at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims).
- Team River Runner Northwest Indiana (The mission of Team River Runner is to create an environment of healthy adventure for healing active duty and veteran service members through paddle sports).
- Team River Runner – Northwest Indiana Facebook page
- Resources for Veterans in the USA (A clearinghouse of general resources for veterans).
- Tax Help for Military Members and Veterans
- IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
- Operation Combat Bikesaver
- The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Moral Injury Facebook Group