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Council Member Holden reflects on his experience with work-study veterans

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Council Member Robert F. Holden shares his personal experience working with work-study students, particularly veterans, during his 40-year tenure at CUNY. He emphasizes the valuable perspective he gained from these interactions, which has influenced his views on volunteering and understanding veterans' experiences.

  • Holden taught at CUNY for 40 years
  • Many work-study students were veterans, some older than Holden when he started teaching
  • The experience provided Holden with insights into volunteering and veterans' contributions
Robert F. Holden
0:20:33
Thank you, commissioner.
0:20:34
And speaking of the works, study.
0:20:36
I I talked 40 years at at CUNY, and we had our work study students were mostly veterans at that time, which was great.
0:20:46
And and I got to know some were actually, when I started teaching, some were Olden and Iowa.
0:20:52
I was at that time, and they they, you know, it was kind of interesting.
0:20:55
But they gave me a perspective that I carried today about, you know, volunteering and all the work they did and what they went through.
0:21:03
But let me let me just get some questions, and I'm gonna go off script a little bit.
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