{"id":42839,"date":"2016-02-11T13:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T23:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=42839"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:26:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T01:26:32","slug":"nadine-shigezawa-heads-uh-manoa-veterans-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/11\/nadine-shigezawa-heads-uh-manoa-veterans-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadine Shigezawa heads UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa veterans program"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Nadine Shigezawa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nadine Shigezawa<\/strong>, a long-serving board member of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association<\/a> and psychologist with the Veterans Administration (VA<\/abbr>), will provide University of Hawaii at Mānoa<\/a> student veterans with a multitude of services through a program called Veterans in Transition to Academic Leadershidp (VITAL<\/abbr>). She will also assist staff with veteran issues.<\/p>\n

Housed in the Queen Liliuokalani Center for Student Services, Shigezawa’s presence reflects a unique new partnership between the VA<\/abbr> and UH<\/abbr> Mānoa. Previously, veterans had to go to the VA<\/abbr> for help, resulting in fewer of them taking advantage of critical services.<\/p>\n

Shigezawa is pleased to take the work she has done for the VA<\/abbr> for more than 22 years to her alma mater. She earned her degrees at Mānoa—a BA<\/abb> in psychology\/French, MA<\/abbr> in psychology and PhD in psychology.<\/p>\n

About VITAL<\/abbr><\/h2>\n

The VITAL<\/abbr> program seeks to provide a link between the VA<\/abbr> and university campuses in order to better support student veterans’ integration back into the community through their success in educational pursuits. <\/p>\n

VITAL<\/abbr> program services offered<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • On-campus clinical counseling for student veterans with PTSD or other concerns including relationship problems, stress associated with attending college, anger management, depression, insomnia, or general adjustment to civilian life.<\/li>\n
  • Assistance with enrollment and accessing medical care through the VA<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n
  • Information to help veterans utilize their GI<\/abbr> Bill, VA<\/abbr> Vocational Rehab and other benefits.<\/li>\n
  • Consultation with instructors to facilitate understanding of potential difficulties for veterans within the learning environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Services offered to faculty and staff <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Consultation\/presentations regarding the mental health concerns common to veterans and services offered by the VA<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n
    • Availability to serve as a guest lecturer on topics such as PTSD, the VA<\/abbr>’s role as a healthcare provider, or other related military or mental health concerns.<\/li>\n
    • Collaboration with veterans’ counselors or organizations currently located on campus to promote veterans’ adjustment to the campus environment.<\/li>\n
    • Possible collaboration with VA<\/abbr> on research projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      For more information, please contact Shigezawa at (808) 594-8039.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Nadine Shigezawa provides UH<\/abbr>
      \n Mānoa student veterans with a multitude of services through the Veterans in Transition to Academic Leadership (VITAL<\/abbr>) program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,28],"tags":[318,9,478],"class_list":["post-42839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-governance","tag-college-of-arts-and-sciences","tag-uh-manoa","tag-veterans","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42839"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88621,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42839\/revisions\/88621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}