Georgia football legend Vince Dooley will welcome Gwinnett veterans and their guests to A Gwinnett Veterans Luncheon & Workshop. Saint Leo University in partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library, will present the event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, October 22. The event, which includes a free lunch, will be held at the Saint Leo University Gwinnett Education Center campus, 3555 Koger Blvd., Suite 105, Duluth, GA 30096.
Dooley served as the University of Georgia’s head football coach from 1964 through 1988 and athletic director from 1979 to 2004. The former Bulldogs’ coach also served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Guests will have the opportunity to attend a variety of breakout sessions dedicated to connecting veterans to the resources they need.
Workshop topics include:
- Interview and résumé skills;
- Assistance available through the Gwinnett Veterans Resource Center;
- Health care assistant provided by the Georgie Department of Veterans Affairs;
- Veteran-specific job searching assistance from the Georgia Department of Labor; and,
- Continuing education opportunities from Saint Leo University.
Reservations are required for this event. To register, go to www.gwinnettpl.org/calendar/veteransworkshop. For information, call Saint Leo’s Gwinnett location at (678) 380-4005 or email events@gwinnettpl.org.
Coach Dooley will have books available for purchase and signing at the event. He will not sign memorabilia.
Saint Leo University has a rich history of educating military personnel and their families. The Gwinnett Education Center is hosting this event to express its appreciation of all who serve or who have served their country.
About Saint Leo University
Saint Leo University (www.saintleo.edu) is a modern Catholic teaching university that is firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition and the timeless Benedictine wisdom that seeks balanced growth of mind, body, and spirit. The Saint Leo University of today is a private, nonprofit institution that creates hospitable learning communities wherever our students want to be or need to be, whether that is a campus classroom, a web-based environment, an employer’s worksite, a military base, or an office park. We welcome people of all faiths and of no religious affiliation, and encourage learners of all generations. We are committed to providing educational opportunities to our nation’s armed forces, our veterans, and their families. We are regionally accredited to award degrees ranging from the associate to the doctorate, and we guide all our students to develop their capacities for critical thinking, moral reflection, and lifelong learning and leadership.
We remain the faithful stewards of the beautiful lakeside University Campus in the Tampa Bay region of Florida, where our founding monks created the first Catholic college in the state in 1889. Serving nearly 15,000 students, we have expanded to downtown Tampa, to other sites in Florida and beyond, and maintain a physical presence in seven states. We provide highly respected online learning programs to students nationally and internationally. More than 82,000 alumni reside in all 50 states, in Washington, DC, in three U.S. territories, and in 76 countries.