CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center offers a writing program directed specifically toward veterans and their family members. The result, 10 years on, is a trove of published books, regular appearances at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and a collection of author-veterans who range from poets to novelists to screenwriters.
Agustin Ramirez, a U.S. Navy veteran and a Cal State San Bernardino alumnus, became director of CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center in 2017, a place, he says, that's always been close to his heart.
Written by Veterans is an initiative of CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center. Launched originally in 2014, it has evolved into a hybrid writing group for veterans to grow their writing skills and eventually publish their work through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
News media shines its light on Paula Priamos (English), Andreas Kossak (communication studies), Alemayehu Mariam (political science) and Brian Levin (criminal justice).
The festival provided a venue for the writers to meet and introduce their books to a wide audience.
The Thomsons, who support U.S. military students through the Zapletal Charitable Trust Scholarship, met with students, faculty and staff during their visit.