ULM Honors Veterans With Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal
The University of Louisiana Monroe held its annual Veterans Day Appreciation Ceremony in The Terrace on the seventh floor of the ULM Library.
Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Awards
The University of Louisiana Monroe held its annual Veterans Day Appreciation Ceremony on November 6, 2026, recognizing ULM students, faculty, and staff who are veterans or currently serving on active duty. Several veterans received the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal at the event, which community veterans were also invited to attend.
Why it matters
The ceremony gives recognition to veterans within the campus community and in Monroe, a city where the university serves as a central institution. The medal honors veterans and families of service members, offering formal state recognition for service.
The Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal is available to honorably discharged Louisiana veterans and families of service members killed in action, with ribbon colors denoting service categories. The exact number of medal recipients at the ceremony was not reported.
The players
University of Louisiana Monroe
A public university in Monroe, Louisiana, that hosted the ceremony and recognizes its veteran students, faculty, and staff.
Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs
The state agency that presents the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal to eligible veterans and families of service members.
Dr. Wendy Bailes
Dean of ULM's College of Health Sciences and a former member of the United States Army.
The details
The ceremony was held in The Terrace on the seventh floor of the ULM Library and was open to ULM students, faculty, and staff who are veterans or on active duty, as well as community veterans. The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs presents the medal, using blue for honorable discharge, purple for Purple Heart recipients, black for prisoners of war or missing in action, and yellow for service members killed in action.
Timeline
November 6, 2026: University of Louisiana Monroe holds its Veterans Day Appreciation Ceremony.
Season Trajectory
The Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal, presented by the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, uses ribbon colors to distinguish honorable discharge, Purple Heart recipients, prisoners of war or missing in action, and service members killed in action. ULM's ceremony applies that state framework to a university setting on Veterans Day.
Monroe-area veterans and their families can attend campus recognition events like this one, and eligible veterans can pursue the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal through the state. The medal's ribbon colors help identify a veteran's category of service at a glance.
The takeaway
Recognition events like ULM's ceremony connect veterans on campus with the state honors available to them. Veterans who believe they qualify for the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal can check eligibility with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by KTVE 10 KARD 14 myarklamiss.
