“One veteran at a time” is how Ross Bryant describes his approach to running UNLV’s Military and Veterans Services Center. But as members of the thriving veteran community of 1,700 on campus attest, he brings far more to his job than just an ability to focus.

Ross Bryant’s business card is telling of the kind of outreach he is championing for active military and veteran students attending UNLV this fall. The first director of UNLV’s newly formed Office of Veteran Services has his cellphone number listed prominently on his card. It’s there so veteran students can reach him day or night to talk about anything, Bryant said.