Saint Leo University Partners with Military Makeover

From St. Leo Univeristy: Saint Leo University is partnering with the Military Makeover Team for an upcoming episode of Military Makeover airing on Lifetime Television®. This mini-series is dedicated to giving back to members of the U.S. military and their loved ones, who have special needs.

University President Bill Lennox was interviewed for a segment that airs at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Friday, March 3. Lennox is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and the former superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY.

The mini-series begins with the first episode airing at 7:30 a.m. Friday, February 17, and it will re-air at 7:30 a.m., Friday, February 24.

The second episode, featuring the interview with Lennox, will re-air at 7:30 a.m., March 10. The final show will air at 7:30 a.m., Friday, March 17, and be re-broadcast on Friday, March 24.

Saint Leo has a long history of educating active-duty military, veterans, and their families, and the university wanted to show its support for the U.S. military by sponsoring Military Makeover.

“Each year more than 5,000 veterans attend classes at Saint Leo, while nearly 4,500 active-duty military members are enrolled around the world,” Lennox said. “And this commitment to military men and women is an aspect of Saint Leo University of which I am particularly proud.”

Military Makeover airing on Lifetime Television® is from the award-winning home decorating and remodeling show, Designing Spaces. Decorators, designers, renovation experts, and landscapers transform the homes of veterans and military families throughout the country. Serving as hosts for the show are Art Edmonds as the “boots on the ground” and R. Lee Ermey, retired U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant. Ermey is famous for his acting in roles in Full Metal Jacket, Dead Man Walking, and many other films and TV shows. He became the first retiree in the history of the Marines to be promoted when he earned the honorary rank of gunnery sergeant (E-7).

About Saint Leo

Saint Leo University (www.saintleo.edu) is a modern Catholic teaching university that is firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition and the timeless Benedictine wisdom that seeks balanced growth of mind, body, and spirit. The Saint Leo University of today is a private, nonprofit institution that creates hospitable learning communities wherever our students want to be or need to be, whether that is a campus classroom, a web-based environment, an employer’s worksite, a military base, or an office park. We welcome people of all faiths and of no religious affiliation, and encourage learners of all generations. We are committed to providing educational opportunities to our nation’s armed forces, our veterans, and their families. We are regionally accredited to award degrees ranging from the associate to the doctorate, and we guide all our students to develop their capacities for critical thinking, moral reflection, and lifelong learning and leadership.

We remain the faithful stewards of the beautiful lakeside University Campus in the Tampa Bay region of Florida, where our founding monks created the first Catholic college in the state in 1889. Serving nearly 15,000 students, we have expanded to downtown Tampa, to other sites in Florida and beyond, and maintain a physical presence in seven states. We provide highly respected online learning programs to students nationally and internationally. More than 82,000 alumni reside in all 50 states, in Washington, DC, in three U.S. territories, and in 76 countries.

Media Contact: Mary McCoy, University Writer & Media Relations, mary.mccoy02@saintleo.edu, (352) 588-7118 or cell (813) 610-8416

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