On Wednesday night before Veterans Day, UCSC’s Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS) along with the Student Veterans of America will be sponsoring this evening to commemorate and remember all the veterans who have dedicated themselves to serving this country.

For some, this past Memorial Day was just as much about looking forward to the future as it was about remembering the nation’s fallen soldiers. Among those who will graduate from UC Santa Cruz this year—garbed in cap and gown, degree in hand—will be a handful of the school’s few student veterans.