UNM Veterans Resource Center Receives Gift

Roger D. Newall, Com­man­der of the Depart­ment of New Mex­ico Mil­i­tary Order of the Pur­ple Heart, presents UNM Veteran’s Resource Cen­ter Mandy Dyk­man with a check.

Roger Newall, Albu­querque Mayor Richard Berry’s Veteran’s Affairs Liaison, presented the UNM Vet­er­ans Resource Cen­ter (VRC) a check for $500 in a cer­e­mony at the VRC office, in the Stu­dent Union Building.

“VRC is hon­ored to received this gift, espe­cially with the new com­put­ers we just received from Enroll­ment Man­age­ment,” said Vet­er­ans Resource Cen­ter Direc­tor Mar­i­lyn (Mandy) M. Dyk­man, LCDR, USCG (Ret.) “VRC’s five new com­put­ers will enable stu­dent vet­er­ans and depen­dent fam­ily mem­bers to read­ily print class sched­ules, cer­tifi­cate of eli­gi­bil­ity and other forms nec­es­sary to get them paid on time and efficiently.

With the expected increase in print­ing for the upcom­ing sum­mer and fall 2012 reg­is­tra­tion, the check will go towards copy paper and ink car­tridges for the VRC’s printer.

Newall is a for­mer active duty and reserve Air Force ser­vice man who cur­rently serves as the Com­man­der for the Mil­i­tary Order of the Pur­ple Heart and as a National ROTC/JROTC Pres­i­dent. Newall served in the Air Force dur­ing the Viet­nam con­flict, earned a Master’s in Edu­ca­tion for Spring­field Col­lege in Spring­field, Mass. and has more than 20 years of expe­ri­ence involv­ing the both pub­lic and pri­vate edu­ca­tion. Newall also has more than five decades of expe­ri­ence as a hockey player in both com­pet­i­tive and non-competitive pro­grams, addi­tion­ally serv­ing as a referee.

“Roger comes to the city with a host of man­age­ment and com­mu­nity ser­vice expe­ri­ence,” said Mayor Richard J. Berry. “As a recip­i­ent of the Dis­tin­guished Fly­ing Cross and the Pur­ple Heart he brings an excep­tional per­spec­tive to our veteran’s affairs office.”