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As we honor those who serve our country, meet Nate Derge. He\u2019s just one of 1,100 student veterans on UWM\u2019s campus who greatly contribute to this school and country.<\/p>\n\n

Supporting more veterans than any other school in the six-state region, UWM thanks all student veterans for their service.<\/p>\n

Events on and off campus<\/a> honored veterans and military service members in the week leading up to Veterans Day.<\/p>\n

Among those veterans is Kevin Evans, a once-homeless Army veteran who turned his life around<\/a> and undertook a journey that led him to earning a master’s degree in social work from UWM. Now, he helps veterans who are having the same troubles that he had.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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