OVMAE Veteran Spotlights

Adam Scott in U.S. Navy uniform smiling and standing in front of a light brown wall.

Service to success: A conversation with Adam Scott, ASU academic success specialist and U.S. Navy veteran

Adam Scott, an academic success specialist in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University, met with digital audiences senior Brad Hofmann, a Veteran Affairs work-study student at ASU’s Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement, or OVMAE, to discuss Scott’s time in the Navy, his career and his passions.

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Yolanda Rodriguez in military uniform, pictured in black and white

Overcoming obstacles: A conversation with Yolanda Rodriguez, ASU instructor and U.S. Marine Corps veteran

Yolanda Rodriguez, instructor in ASU’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) and  doctor of naturopathic medicine, served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 19 years and completed three degrees before, during and after her service.

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Learning from the Past to Change the Future: A conversation with pioneering ASU instructor in military mental health, US Marine Corps and Arizona Army National Guard veteran Michael Maisano

Michael Maisano, instructor in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts’ School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology and ASU ROTC advisor on mental health, was interviewed in October 2023 by ASU student veteran Zach Woomer ’25 BS, Veterans Administration work study in OVMAE. Maisano served 15 years in the United States Marine Corps and the Arizona Army National Guard.

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Wanda Wright smiling

The Wright stuff: new director of Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement is also a teaching professor, researcher and sustainability advocate

Wright is the director of ASU’s Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement (OVMAE), a teaching professor in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, and most recently, named by the Veterans Administration (VA) secretary to be the new chair for the VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans and selected to be in the next class of Arizona Veteran Hall of Fame inductees.

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Sean Ryan smiling

Renaissance Man: A conversation with ASU professor, U.S. Army veteran Sean Ryan

Sean Ryan, clinical assistant professor in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts’ School of Applied Professional Studies, was interviewed by Retired Col. Wanda A. Wright, OVMAE director, in September 2023. Retired Col. Sean Ryan is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and spent more than 30 years in military service. 

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Kermit Brown smiling at the camera

Coming Full Circle: A conversation with ASU professor, U.S. Marine Corps veteran Kermit Brown

Kermit Brown, assistant teaching professor in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, was interviewed by Retired Col. Wanda A. Wright, OVMAE director, in August 2023. Wright, who began her role as director of ASU’s Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement in June, has been getting to know the many affiliated faculty, partners and student veterans who support or engage with OVMAE’s academic programs and community events. Professor Brown is the first veteran to be featured in this series of dialogues. 

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