Ohio National Guard News

Resource fair, student roundtable
aim to support veterans in transition

Photos by Staff Sgt. Michael Carden, Videos by Sgt. Andrew Kuhn
Ohio National Guard Public Affairs

Military veterans attending Bowling Green State University Firelands participate in a roundtable discussion with Chancellor John Carey, Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, state Rep. Rick Perales and Director Chip Tansill as part of 2017 State of the State events, April 4, 2017, in Huron, Ohio.

State officials, including Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman (middle table, second from left), Ohio adjutant general, speak with student veterans at Bowling Green State University’s Firelands campus. Students met with officials to discuss the unique experiences and perspectives of student veterans pursuing a college education.

Ohio veterans speak with potential employers, state agencies and other resource providers during a veterans resource fair April 4, 2017, at the Erie County Fairgrounds in Sandusky,

Joe Gabriel (left), lead coordinator for the Ohio National Guard Employment Enhancement Program, speaks with an attendee at the veterans resource fair.

SANDUSKY, Ohio (04/04/17) —Veterans, service members and their Families attended a veterans resource fair to learn about job opportunities and benefits April 4, 2017, at the Erie County Fairgrounds. At Bowling Green State University Firelands in Huron, Ohio, student veterans attending school there participated in a roundtable discussion with Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor John Carey, Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, Ohio adjutant general, state Rep. Rick Perales of the 73rd Ohio House District in western Greene County, and Chip Tansill, director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services. These were two of several events held at locations throughout northwest Ohio featuring various state agencies, conducted in conjunction with Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State address, which he delivered that evening.