1. Service For Those Who Serve
Student veterans of past and present now have a place to call their own here at Carteret Community
College. The Veterans Student Success Center is located in the Bryant building, and offers panoramic
views of the water, a comfortable lounge with computers and a printer, and a kitchenette with a warm
cup of coffee.
Hank Hingley is the coordinator of the new Veterans Center. Hingley is a veteran who retired after
serving 24 years in the United States Marine Corps. He has degrees in social psychology and psychology,
the latter he obtained from East Carolina University. In addition to his work at the center, Hingley
teaches psychology at CCC. Hingley’s first impressions of Carteret Community College are the people,
whom he says are extremely nice and very helpful, adding that the campus is very student oriented.
Mr. Hingley is very passionate about helping those who have served. The center provides advising,
counseling, and whatever other military affiliated service that student veterans might need. A year from
now he says he sees the Veterans Center as a hub for veterans. A place they can share stories and get
support from their military brothers and sisters. Hingley says he believes that education is the key to
opportunity.
Story by Ryan Daw, Public Affairs intern