An informal guide to the MilVets website

An informal guide to the MilVets website

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/usmilvetscu/index.htm

When you click on it, a welcome home screen will appear. To the left of the screen, you will see a menu consists of Columbia & Military, News & Events, Calendar, Gallery, Forum, and Links. Columbia & Military talks about the history of Columbia involvement with the US military. News & Events contains the latest news and events. Calendar shows important dates in a user-friendly format—easy to use and navigate. Gallery contains events photos and your photos (if you want to post them up). To view them, just click on the link. To upload pictures, please email Oscar or Zhuo. Forum lets you talk about whatever you want (that does not defame MilVets, Columbia, or any person). Forum also hosts a polling feature, so if you want milvets members to vote on something, Forum can be a place to go. Although Forum allows anonymous comments, please still sign up so that we can easily transmit information to all Forum users. To register, just click on the Forum link, and then click register link that is on top of the Forum page. Links provides some very useful websites at your convenience, among them include Columbia main pages, GI Bill, Naval Militia, and Persian Gulf Grant.

On the top of the home screen just below the pictures, you will see a menu consists of Home, Prospective Members, Members & Alumni, Chain of Command, and Sign Up. Home leads you to our home screen. Prospective Members page contains a brief talk about MilVets in order to let veterans know more about MilVets. Members & Alumni contains a list of members and alumni along with their brief bios. Chain of Command contains all E-Board personnel and their
emails. Sign Up page is where you would register to become a MilVets member.

Zhuo Zheng
Webmaster
U.S. Military Veterans of Columbia University