On this episode, we’re joined by Nick Drake, director of NC State’s Jeffrey Wright Military and Veteran Services, to discuss how private support enables our military-affiliated students to Think and Do. Drake has been the director for seven years this November and has seen a tremendous improvement in the already extraordinary program over that time — much of it thanks to the private support of military-affiliated alumni such as Jeff Wright ’91 and his wife, Kelly Breslin Wright, and Jerry Collier ’67 and his wife, Pat Collier.
NC State loves the diversity that military-affiliated students bring to campus. The university proudly welcomes our nation’s veterans and military families, and is a “Best for Vets,” “Top Military-Friendly” and “Military Spouse-Friendly” school. Philanthropy, including transformational gifts by the Wrights and the Colliers and special grant funding from the NC State University Foundation, makes it all possible by enabling the Pack to support these students as they transition from military life to college life and then into their chosen career field after graduation.
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