Local veteran service experts to convene at ECU

Representatives from the Pitt County Veteran Services Office, the Greenville Veteran Affairs Health Care Center, Region IV for the NC Division of Veterans Affairs and the Greenville Vet Center will present a panel discussion on the Future of Services for Older Veterans in eastern North Carolina at East Carolina University.

The panel presentation, sponsored by the College of Human Ecology’s Office of Healthy Aging Research, Education, and Services (OHARES), will be held in the Green Room of the Croatan Building on the ECU main campus Feb. 6 from Noon until 2 p.m.

The initial panel discussion will run for one hour, with an additional hour set aside for the panelists to discuss potential collaboration opportunities directly with the audience. Research affiliates from OHARES will also be in attendance to discuss possible partnerships at the local and state levels. Refreshments will be served.

For information on the Office of Healthy Aging Research, Education, and Services, contact Director John Kerbs by phone 252-328-5546 or e-mail kerbsj@ecu.edu, or visit the website www.ecu.edu/che/ohares.