Veteran Students Again Involved With The Great American Teach-in

General News

Student Veterans from the Student Veterans Association (SVA) on the St. Petersburg-Gibbs campus will be participating in the ” Great American Teach-in” this November 16th. at Pinellas Park Middle school again this year. This will be the fourth time that  St. Petersburg College’s SVA has taken  part in this wonderful event. Twelve students have already signed up to be part of it. Jeff Thomas will be in charge of this event as he has been over the past four years.   As Jeff will be graduating this year, he will be training a new individual in order to take over for 2107.

 

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.