From William Elfering, Military & Veteran Resource Center Director, Oregon State University: “Here is a quote from an online customer survey that is attached to our PAVE emails. “Have been working with Christopher Johnson and he’s been absolutely wonderful on taking care of my concerns and questions, solving my problems and much more. I look forward to finishing my 4 year degree there under the VA program mainly because you have great VA representation at the school.”

From Chris Johnson: “I am most proud of my team for helping grow our community within the OSU Military and Veteran Resource Center. I started at OSU right before the COVID shut downs and the MVRC had a substantial amount of folks dropping in regularly. Most of those folks have since graduated, and our community on campus felt substantially reduced as very few folks were coming in. Through my team’s outreach and the events we put on in coordination with the MVRC staff, we are starting to see larger amounts of military-connected Students visit our center and our community feels like what it was prior to COVID. My favorite part of being a Team Leader is having the ability to support and work with a team that wants to see our community succeed. I am fortunate to have a team of advisors who will not hesitate to drop what they are doing and help a veteran or family member. It is a gift to see them do this on a daily basis and know that we are having an impact within our community.”