秘色传媒

For Immediate Release
September 3, 2015

Director of Veterans Affairs Appointed at 秘色传媒

Shannon O鈥橬eill has been appointed 秘色传媒鈥檚 Director of Veterans Affairs after a national search.

鈥淲e are committed to serving the veterans at our college and to assist them with their academic and post military service endeavors. Having Shannon on campus full-time to assist veterans in this process will be instrumental,鈥� said Suffolk County Community College President Dr. Shaun L. McKay.

O鈥橬eill will direct all aspects of veterans鈥� affairs and services at the College and will be the College鈥檚 point of contact for student veterans, active duty military, Reserve/National Guard personnel and military dependents.  O鈥橬eill will be located on the Ammerman Campus in Selden. 

O鈥橬eill will be responsible for developing and implementing training sessions for faculty, administrators and staff about best practices for providing services to veterans, develop policies related to veteran鈥檚 affairs, design and implement student veteran recruitment strategies and complete the design and implementation of on-campus Veterans Resource Centers.

O鈥橬eill comes to 秘色传媒 from St. Joseph鈥檚 College in Patchogue where she most recently served as assistant dean for professional studies-Office of Military and Veteran Services where she led a 300% growth in the number of students served by that program over the course of five years.  Her experience includes planning, outreach, compliance, and successful submissions of grant proposals to support veteran services, as well as several years of classroom and online teaching in business, health studies and first year experience.  Prior to her association with St. Joseph鈥檚 College, she was director of admissions for the Lake Grove Treatment Centers of New York in Medford.

An alumna of 秘色传媒, O鈥橬eill has both a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Health and Human Services and a Master of Science degree in Management with a concentration in healthcare from St. Joseph鈥檚 College.