FLORIDA TECH TODAY FALL 2014 Issue
"Student Org Spotlight"
By: Drew Lacy '14
For members of American Legion Post 406, Panther Post is more than just a student organization, it's a community within a community with a lifetime membership.
Panther Post 406 is part of the American Legion, an organization dedicated to helping military veterans around the world. Created in February, Panther Post 406 has brought a familiar sense of family to many Florida Tech veterans.
"I just got out of the military two years ago and I missed the camaraderie and my military family." says Jared J. Dela Cruz, computer engineering major. "When I first met everyone in Post 406, I felt the connection right away."
Post 406 brings together not only students, but staff and faculty as well to create a unique veteran community within Florida Tech. Members can only join one American Legion post, but membership lasts long after graduation.
"We just want to come together to each help the next veteran who comes into Florida Tech," says forensic psychology major Jamaul Grayson. He says members help each other with everything from navigating financial aid decisions to holding community barbecues.
Post 406 hopes to reach out not only to on-campus veterans, but online students and alumni as well. The club hopes to hold online meetings to allow Florida Tech students from all over the country to participate.
"Florida Tech is very veteran friendly school and it's getting better and better every year," says Grayson. "We hope to act as liaison for veterans coming here and help however we can."
