About Green Zone

Transitioning from military life to student life can be difficult for student veterans, especially if they recently have returned home from a deployment or just recently have completed their active duty service. Unlike the structured atmosphere from the military, universities like Austin Peay State University (APSU) have a variety of colleges, departments, and administrative areas that can be challenging to navigate. The Green Zone program is designed to give our students a way to recognize staff and faculty who have been trained to be resources and allies for student veterans and active duty service members. The goal is to make APSU a more military/veteran-helpful university.

What is Green Zone?

• An initiative to support student veterans by designating locations recognized as a “safe place”

•  Identify faculty and staff at APSU who are knowledgeable about issues faced by military-affiliated students and the resources available to assist them.

•  Participants are identified by a Green Zone emblem located outside their office door and on their syllabus.

•  A way to be supportive and give back to those who have sacrificed for others.

•  Helps faculty and staff provide supportive services necessary to ensure that military-affiliated students are successful in their academic pursuits, adjust to the campus environment, and eventually transition to civilian employment.

 Who is a Green Zone volunteer/ally?

• APSU staff and faculty who identify themselves as:

  • Someone who is aware of the issues and concerns faced by military-affiliated students

  • Someone who is available to assist the student

  • Someone who has completed the Green Zone training

• Volunteers are NOT expected to be experts who can "solve" the problems, instead: 

• They lend a sympathetic ear

• They help the student find the appropriate resources for problem resolution.