Plano veteran and student will make keynote speech at Waubonsee Community College Veterans Day observance

Waubonsee Community College will hold its annual Veterans Day observance on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Sugar Grove Campus, the college said.The event, beginning at 10:45 a.m., will be held at the school’s Academic and Professional Center and is free and open to the public. The college invited students, faculty, and community members to honor military service members, the college said.The keynote address will be delivered by Waubonsee student Nathanel Welter, of Plano, a U.S. Navy veteran and president of the Waubonsee Veterans Club, according to the college. After graduating from Plano High School and taking coursework at Waubonsee in 2019, Welter enlisted in the Navy as an electronics technician and nuclear reactor operator, the college said.During six years of active duty, Welter completed two deployments aboard two nuclear submarines, the USS Albany and the USS Columbus, and earned four Navy Achievement Medals, the college said. He returned to Waubonsee to pursue a degree in cyberse