SIUE Military and Veteran Services

Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Time: 12:00PM CDT
Location: Virtual - Microsoft Teams

Register: Please register via Eventbrite or Forms to receive Teams link

During the Summer 2026 semester the MAVRC Book Club, hosted by Military and Veteran Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), will be reading and discussing Home Front by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press, 2012).

Military and Veteran Services will be giving away 12 free copies of the book!!! To request a free copy, please contact us at [email protected].

You may purchase a copy of the book at any retailer of your choice or borrow a copy from your local library.

Trigger warning: Books selected may deal with themes and topics of war and combat; sexual assault, abuse, harassment, and violence; disabilities, physical and mental health, and trauma; gender and sexual identity; race, culture, and ethnicity; and politics and religion.

Politics of the authors of selected readings are not reflective of Military and Veteran Services. Differing opinions and worldviews should be communicated intellectually with respect and understanding.

About the MAVRC Book Club

To truly recognize the military and veteran community is to be informed of the various and complex histories, experiences, and narratives of military culture and veteran knowledge. The MAVRC Book Club, organized by Military and Veteran Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), will present a series of readings and discussions to better comprehend and interpret the policies and procedures that developed the United States Armed Forces, and make sense of the terrain and bureaucracy that military personnel and veterans navigate daily. Hosting such a book club will cultivate conversations with the purpose of dismantling stereotypes and the romanticism on the meaning of service. Through its diverse readings, the book club aims to highlight the contributions of its veterans, dissect the policies and procedures that have shaped military and veteran life, and to gain a worldly perspective on the conflicts that the United States Armed Forces has engaged in since its formal establishment.

All book club meetings are open to the public via Microsoft Teams.

Don't forget to RSVP for our Military and Veteran Graduation Celebration. We would love to see you there!!

It is time!

Stay Calm, Relax, and Get Registered for your Summer and Fall Classes Early!!!!

Please join SIUE Student Government for the annual Veterans Day Luncheon!

Event: SIUE Veterans Day Luncheon

Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Time: 11:30AM-1:00PM

Location: Legacy Room (Room 2038), Second Floor, Morris University Center (MUC), 1 Hairpin Drive, Edwardsville, 62026

Parking: Parking Lot B – Please see parking directions and instructions: https://www.siue.edu/parking/maps-safety/index.shtml

Attendance: Free and open to the public

Registration: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=IX3zmVwL6kORA-FvAvWuz8EDCQr8CpBKlhDCxdCjkD9UNjg4OUlOU1RVQlRQOTZSWDdWU0Y1VjJZNC4u&route=shorturl

This is an invitation to veterans, servicemembers, families and friends. The SIUE Student Government celebration includes a free lunch and words from the keynote speaker. The luncheon event will be in the Mississippi/Illinois Room, which is on the second floor of the Morris University Center.

RSVP via the link if you wish to attend: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=IX3zmVwL6kORA-FvAvWuz8EDCQr8CpBKlhDCxdCjkD9UNjg4OUlOU1RVQlRQOTZSWDdWU0Y1VjJZNC4u&route=shorturl.

Also, if you have any questions, concerns, food allergies or needs, please contact Zach Entwistle, the External Affairs Officer of Student Government, via email at [email protected].

Join us tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for this free virtual event.

World War II and the Birth of the Cold War

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In honor of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, join SIUE Military and Veteran Services for Francis Gary Powers, Jr.’s program on how the end of World War II led directly to the start of the Cold War. He will talk about the origins of the Cold War, overhead reconnaissance, and the U-2 Incident.

Francis Gary Powers, Jr., the son of renowned U-2 pilot, Francis Gary Powers, is the founder and chairman of The Cold War Museum in Vint Hill, VA and the co-author Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy (2019) along with several other titles. He travels nationally and internationally lecturing on Cold War history and his father’s legacy, and has appeared on television channels such as C-SPAN, History Channel, Discovery Channel, and A&E. And he was a consultant on Steven Spielberg’s film Bridge of Spies (2015), a thriller that depicted the spy exchange that led to release of Francis Gary Powers Sr.

This event is free and open to the public, and will be hosted virtually via Microsoft Teams. Please register to receive Microsoft Teams link.

To learn more about Francis Gary Powers Jr., visit garypowers.com. To learn more about The Cold War Museum, visit coldwar.org.