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Plano veteran and student will make keynote speech at Waubonsee Community College Veterans Day observance · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Plano veteran and student will make keynote speech at Wabonsee Community College
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  Veterans Day observance. Written by Shaw Local News Network. This
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  Everlet. Wabonsee Community College will hold its annual Veterans Day observance
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  on Wednesday, November 11th, at the Sugar Grove campus, the college said.
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  The event, beginning at 10.45 a.m, will be held at the school's
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  academic and professional center and is free and open to the public.
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  The College invited student students, faculty and community members to honor military
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  service members, the college said.
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  The keynote address will be delivered by Wabonsea student Nathanael Welter of
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  Plano, a U.S. Navy veteran and president of the Wabonsea Veterans Club,
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  according to the college After graduating from Plano High School and taking
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  coursework at Wabin Sea in 2019, Walter enlisted in the Navy as
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  an electronics technician and nuclear reactor operator. The college said During six
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  years of active duty, Walter completed two deployments aboard two nuclear submarines,
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  the USS Albany and the USS Columbus, and earned four Navy achievement
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  medals, the college said. He returned to Wabansi to pursue a degree
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  in cybersecurity and took on student leadership to advocate for fellow veterans.
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  I'm deeply grateful for how Wabonsi gives back to the veterans who
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  gave so much for their country, Welter said in a news release
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  from WCC. After one military contract or twenty years, veterans typically have
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  families, lives, and life experiences. The ceremony will also feature the posting
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  of the colors by the West Aurora High School Air Force Junior
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  Reserve Officer Training Corps Color Guard, and a musical performance by Waban
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  C. Corral director and adjuncted instructor of music Holly Schmidt, and accompanist
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  and adjunct instructor of music Hey Rim Yu according to the release.
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  This article was reformatted from a press release using artificial intelligence. A
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  Shaw local editor verified the information, edited the article, and approved it
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  before publication.