Veterans Affairs

The California Community Colleges Veterans Symposium This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. brings together faculty, staff, and administrators from California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to support student-veterans, students on active duty or in the reserve components of the US Armed Forces, and their families. Conference attendees will share their knowledge and experience and learn from colleagues how to better serve military-affiliated students in all three of California's systems of public higher education. 

Date: July 30-31, 2024

Location: Newport Beach, CA

The CSUCO Division of Academic and Student Affairs participates in the California Mapping Articulated Pathways (MAP) Initiative Workgroup. The MAP Initiative This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. works to expand credit for prior learning for students attending California Community Colleges. This effort, and the CSU's participation in it, helps students who transfer to a CSU campus move more quickly to completion of their academic goals. 

More than 80% of veterans who attend a CSU campus transfer from a California Community College (CCC). Robust collaboration and active connections between CSU and CCC campuses help students transition from one institution to another. To that end, several regional consortiums have regular meetings to bring together those who serve military-affiliated students. Organized by Veterans Resource Center (VRC) directors within the ten regions of the California Community Colleges, these consortiums include VRC directors from CCC, CSU, and UC campuses and often include private, not-for-profit, colleges and universities as well. Meetings of these groups include announcements from each segment of higher education, presentations from local veterans service providers, and updates on state and federal legislative and regulatory changes.