The University of Iowa has hired a mental health counselor to work with students who are military veterans. Chuck Xander is a veteran and mental health counselor who will fill the role. He says veterans coming from active duty on a rigid schedule and can struggle with the pace of university life.

Xander says the U-I hopes to create a program that can be a model for other schools.

The University of Iowa has more than 22 hundred students who are veterans or military-connected, such as active duty Iowa National Guard members. And it says they are the first Big 10 school to hire a mental health counselor specifically dedicated to working with student veterans.