For the City Times

STEVENS POINT — Student veterans and ROTC cadets will be featured in a public ceremony marking Veterans Day at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Monday, Nov. 12.

The ceremony will be held at 12 noon at the Alumni Room in the Dreyfus University Center. The ROTC Color Guard will present the colors and UW-Stevens Point Pep Band will perform.

The master of ceremonies will be student veteran Christopher Smith and Chancellor Bernie Patterson, a U.S. Army veteran, will address guests. ROTC cadets will recite the poem “In Flanders Fields” and student veteran Calvin Wynn will read an original poem. Aaron Lewis, president of the university’s Veterans Club, will talk about the organization and its fundraisers. Light refreshments will be served.

A benefit for a UW-Stevens Point student scholarship is being offered Saturday, Nov. 10, in honor of veteran George “Ski” Chodzinski. The Ski Memorial 5K Walk/Run begins at 10 a.m. at the Pfiffner Park bandshell and supports the scholarship in Chodzinski’s name through the Health Promotion and Wellness program. For more information, go to https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/StevensPoint/TheSkiMemorial5K.

UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield’s Symphonic Band will offer a Veterans Day Concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Helen Connor Laird Theater, 2000 W. Fifth St., Marshfield. Themed “The War to End All Wars,” the concert marks the 100^th anniversary of the end of World War I. Concert tickets are free for those with military ID and Marshfield campus students. General admission tickets are $7, available at http://marshfield.uwc.edu/campus/arts/music.

UW-Stevens Point is offering discounts to service members and veterans, with military ID:

• Basement Brewhaus – free coffee Nov. 11-12
• Centertainment Productions – one free guest entry at events the week of Nov. 12
• University Store – 30 percent off with coupon from the Veterans Club Office, Nov. 8-16, 15 percent off for the public Nov. 8-12, a thank you banner for all to sign
• Cardio Center and Strength Fitness Center – free workouts Nov. 11
• Outdoor Rentals – one free rental Nov. 11-17

UW-Stevens Point is home to 325 student veterans, National Guard members, reservists and military dependents who benefit from one-on-one service with a veteran coordinator. The university is consistently named a Military Friendly School by Victory Media and selected as a top school by Military Advanced Education and Transition Guide to Colleges and Universities. The university is also certified by UW Veterans Education and Transition to Success.

For more information on veterans’ programs at UW-Stevens Point, contact Ann Whipp, coordinator of Veterans Services, at 715-346-3237 or [email protected].