VETLANTA: Educational Resources
for Veterans
One of the most commonly recognied benets of military
service is education. We often hear stories of those
who initially chose to serve for the educational benets
provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) while serving,
followed by the Veterans Administration (VA) post-service. We
at VETLANTA recognize that, while education is certainly a
benet of service, it is also a need of those who served in order to
build sustainable careers and fullling lives. At the most recent
VETLANTA Summit, hosted by Georgia Tech’s Scheller College
of Business, VETLANTA highlighted several organizations right
here in Georgia that are making a marked impact in the area of
veteran education. It is no coincidence that our home state is
leading the way nationally with affording military veterans with
the opportunities they deserve to become educated contributors to
the workforce and society as a whole.
The most traditional educational route that comes to mind for
veterans is the four-year college or university, and this option is a
good t for many, but not all veterans. Most Georgia universities
have student-veteran support infrastructures and/or concerted
efforts to recruit more veterans into their programs. Of note,
the local universities in the metro Atlanta area all have such
efforts, including Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Kennesaw State,
and Emory University, to name a few. Nearby, the University
of Georgia also has a strong Student Veterans Resource Center,
and it serves the Atlanta veteran population through its satellite
campuses in Gwinnett County and Buckhead.
In addition to top-notch four-year universities in Georgia,
there are numerous training, certication, and licensing programs
available that qualify veterans for great careers that don’t
necessarily require a college degree. The state of Georgia has
committed resources to these in order to both appeal to veterans
with all sorts of career interests, and also to meet the demands
of companies seeking to employ them. Leading the charge
in these areas is the Technical College System of Georgia1,
which meets high-demand workforce needs through two-year
training programs and certications. Partnering with them is the
Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource Center
(a/k/a Georgia VECTR Center2). Located in Warner Robins,
the Georgia VECTR Center assists veterans with transition to
educational programs within the state of Georgia, and ultimately
to the workforce. In addition to these, Georgia Tech offers the
Veterans Education Training and Transition (VET3) Program,
which provides training for Lean Six Sigma, supply chain
certications, and some IT-related certications. Most of these
programs are available at no or low cost to veterans who live in
Georgia.
VETLANTA is proud to advocate for and offer information
about the numerous educational resources available to veterans
in Georgia. It is clear that our state is on the leading edge
8 | November 2018 | Real Hero Report
Speakers discussed education
benets and resources available to
veterans at the VETLANTA Summit
held at Georgia Tech’s Scheller
College of Business.
Above, Lloyd
Knight,
President of
VETLANTA,
posed with
Buzz, the
ofcial mascot
of Georgia Tech.
nationally for what we do to educate and integrate veterans into
our workforce so they can continue to make signicant societal
contributions that began with their service to our country.
For more information about these programs, please visit the
websites below:
Technical College System of Georgia: tcsg.edu
Georgia VECTR Center: gavectr.org
Georgia Tech’s VET Program: pe.gatech.edu/military-
programs
/tcsg.edu
/gavectr.org
/military-programs