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    Impacting Lives
    Empowering Veterans

    The Beck Center for Veterans has a profound impact on the lives of veterans and their families. Founded through the support of Buddy Beck and his wife Charlotte, our focus is personal rehabilitation, individual development and education.

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    Distinguished Alumni
    Ron Miller

    After completing A-State's ROTC program in 1959, Miller was commissioned as an Army officer. He became a highly accomplished military pilot, flying a helicopter gunship during three tours in Vietnam.

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    Arkansas State ROTC
    Hall of Heroes

    A-State pays tribute to ROTC Alumni who have distinguished themselves through heroic service, government service and outstanding representation of the university, by placing them in the Hall of Heroes.

Beck Center for Veterans

The Beck Center for Veterans serves individuals with prior or current military service and their families within the Arkansas State University (A-State) and external communities. Services include, but are not limited to, resources to access the higher education experience, resources for counseling, personal rehabilitation, advocacy, financial assistance, and support for veterans to achieve their post-military service goals.

Our Focus

The Beck Center for Veterans is located in a university setting to provide a centralized opportunity for veterans to:

  • Explore career options through counseling and testing
  • Participate in skill or placement testing as necessary
  • Secure an academic advisor to develop a degree plan of study
  • Utilize the specialized physical and mental rehabilitation services that are available including physical therapy, speech language pathology and mental health counseling
  • Utilize our veterans' educational services officer for benefits advisement
  • Include family members who desire education on care giving and need counseling
  • Identify other services that may be essential to them
  • Be referred when necessary
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Support the Beck Center for Veterans

Your generous, tax deductible donation enables us to help more than seventy combat-injured service members returning home from the current conflicts, to provide assistance to their families and help fill in service gaps where they exist. As the number of wounded steadily increases, so do the needs of these brave individuals.


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