http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com A resource for military veterans to discover the educational opportunities and support being offered through the Post 9-11 GI Bill Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:41:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:37:12 +0000 tlavelle http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=465 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/feed/ 8 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/19/the-national-association-of-veterans-upward-bound-project/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/19/the-national-association-of-veterans-upward-bound-project/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:52:35 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=456 National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel website. The National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel (NAVUBPP) is the professional association for Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) staff personnel. Veterans Upward Bound projects, supported by NAVUBPP, are designed to help develop the personal potential of military veterans. The VUB staff and instructors assist veterans by improving, developing upon, and extending the educational access of opportunities that veterans are eligible for. This is determined through academic needs assessment, instruction, enrichment, and other academic support activities.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/19/the-national-association-of-veterans-upward-bound-project/feed/ 4 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/18/guide-to-military-friendly-colleges-and-universities/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/18/guide-to-military-friendly-colleges-and-universities/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:38:49 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=452 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/18/guide-to-military-friendly-colleges-and-universities/feed/ 2 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:01:22 +0000 bgolshahi http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=442 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/feed/ 6 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:00 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=373 Post 9/11 GI Bill? The best first step--and one you're probably following if you're here--is trying to keep up with the latest Post 9/11 GI Bill news from November forward. By staying up-to-date, you're sure to remain informed on how your veterans educational benefits are working for you in Spring 2010. Veterans Benefits GI Bill has followed the VA website changes, emergency funds, and other last-minute fixes to the new GI Bill conundrum for the past several months. Some of the news, unfortunately, has been bad news--like banks turning military members with emergency checks away, or at best, telling them to delay--but then there's also the promise if a better semester coming this Spring thanks to the automated system being built for the VA's website. No more applications-in-the-slush-pile, waiting to be done by hand!]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/feed/ 5 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:46 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=348 Veterans on Campus mentioned back in May '09 that the Wisconsin GI Bill--a state-funded military financial aid program in WI--would force students to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The WI GI Bill grants a tuition waiver, but the student must provide documentation that he or she applied for the Post 9/11 GI Bill in order to qualify; if they were accepted, they must switch from Chapter 1606/MGIB to Chapter 30, and if they were declined, they may continue using Chapter 1606/MGIB. This throws a monkey wrench into the issue of whether the MGIB or the Post 9/11 GI Bill is more beneficial for Wisconsin college students. The effect was only proposed back when Dr. Pat blogged about it in May, but has officially been approved to go into effect in Spring 2010. Wisconsin military students will now have to decide whether to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill or not based on different factors:

1. Whether or not they receive more money from the Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 30) and the tuition waver from the WI GI Bill, or
2. They receive more funds from the Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 1606)

]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/feed/ 1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:15:53 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=341 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/feed/ 2 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:02:11 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=334 U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has responded to this by posting how many financial benefits have been distributed on a continual basis--the last update, October 8, 2009, with 2,651 Post 9/11 GI Bill applications processed and 3,461 other government financial aid programs processed. This does not even begin to squelch the staggering 75,000 applicants for the Post 9/11 GI Bill, which raises up the question: what about the other 72,000+ military students? The answer was emergency funds, which would grant each of these individuals $3,000 in temporary financial aid benefits that would later be deducted from the total financial aid received by the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Combine this with several understanding colleges that are not dropping students because of overdue tuition bills, and you have a sustainable amount of money to hopefully cover textbooks and living expenses until all Post 9/11 GI Bill applications are taken care of. Housing funds is a whole other monster to conquer entirely.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/feed/ 1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/07/21/7-points-of-interest-on-the-vas-post-911-gi-bill-site/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/07/21/7-points-of-interest-on-the-vas-post-911-gi-bill-site/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:23:53 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=254 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/07/21/7-points-of-interest-on-the-vas-post-911-gi-bill-site/feed/ 1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/07/14/veterans-benefits-gi-bill-blog-seeking-personal-stories-on-transferability/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/07/14/veterans-benefits-gi-bill-blog-seeking-personal-stories-on-transferability/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:41:35 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=243 family transferability for the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The U.S. Department of Defense has received an overwhelming amount of applications pertaining to the transferability option of the Post 9/11 GI Bill.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/07/14/veterans-benefits-gi-bill-blog-seeking-personal-stories-on-transferability/feed/ 9 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/06/29/army-college-fund-acf/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/06/29/army-college-fund-acf/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:08:26 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=221 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/06/29/army-college-fund-acf/feed/ 4 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/28/step-up-for-the-gi-bill/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/28/step-up-for-the-gi-bill/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 14:57:37 +0000 jker http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=173 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/28/step-up-for-the-gi-bill/feed/ 2 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/15/saint-leo-university-and-the-yellow-ribbon-program/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/15/saint-leo-university-and-the-yellow-ribbon-program/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 16:53:00 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=163 Saint Leo University announced that they will be participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program. The Yellow Ribbon Program is a provision of the Post 9/11 GI Bill that allows universities to voluntarily enter an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Veteran Affairs to fund additional tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate rate (the amount covered under the Post 9/11 GI Bill.) ]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/15/saint-leo-university-and-the-yellow-ribbon-program/feed/ 2 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/13/ten-little-known-facts-about-the-post-911-gi-bill/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/13/ten-little-known-facts-about-the-post-911-gi-bill/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 21:43:44 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=160 1. The Post 9/11 GI Bill and "Break Pay" The original Montgomery GI Bill included "break pay," the ability to receive pay during "no class" increments 55 days or less. This was designed to give students continual financial support during lapses in their semesters, such as winter intersession/break.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/13/ten-little-known-facts-about-the-post-911-gi-bill/feed/ 18 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/12/august-1-2009-implementation-of-the-post-9-11-gi-bill/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/12/august-1-2009-implementation-of-the-post-9-11-gi-bill/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 22:32:50 +0000 jker http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=158 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/05/12/august-1-2009-implementation-of-the-post-9-11-gi-bill/feed/ 0