Madison College is a higher institution that has the interest of veterans in mind.  This interest in ensures the success of veterans and is transparent in the hiring of Kelly Knueve as the Navigator for Veteran Services. With a Masters in Counseling Psychology, her sole mission is to ensure the success of all veterans attending Madison College.  Her attention and care for veterans is obvious with the compassionate yet always professional demeanor that she displays in her daily work ethic.

Knueve knows the struggles of a veteran through her diverse career as clinician and her own personal experience as having a Grandfather serving in WWII.

One of Knueve’s biggest concerns is a veterans transitioning from the military to a classroom setting.

“It is extremely difficult to navigate and I can provide a step by step process to the problematical process of becoming a college student,” said Knueve, who has seen many veterans struggling in their transition to civilian life.

Although she does not provide mental health treatment it doesn’t mean she cannot navigate any veteran in distress or in need to get counseling services.

Knueve says she has a two-plan approach to measure success in this job. The first plan reacts to any veteran’s requests and provides the proper guidance and information. The second plan is to be preventive by education via social media and through direct and indirect interaction with the resources that are available to all veterans to ensure success leaving the battlefield and becoming a veteran student. Unfortunately there is only one position budgeted to have one physical staff member, but is only a call or email away to assist students veterans.

Madison College is fortunate to have someone like Knueve as a navigator for veterans to ensure the success of our student veterans. Knueve wants to tell every student veteran out there, if you need assistance or advisement in your college endeavors, she is here for you.

You can contact Kelly for an appointment by calling (608)-246-6076 or email: [email protected].