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Vets on campus
The expanded GI Bill is bringing military veterans—including many who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan—to the Sac State campus in numbers not seen since the Vietnam War. The number of veterans using educational benefits this fall, both active duty and reservists, has increased 25 percent to more than 500.
Under the GI Bill, veterans can potentially earn benefits in excess of $1,000 a month as full-time students, plus extra financial incentives. The historic 1944 GI Bill provided education benefits to millions of veterans returning from the war.
Sac State is also part of a “Troop to College” initiative made up of representatives from the UC, CSU and community college systems, which helps veterans make the transition from the service to college.
“The campus can seem overwhelming with all the offices from financial aid to academic advising. The University is a different world than the military,” says Jeff Weston, coordinator of the Veteran Affairs office on campus. “Like many students about to enter college, veterans are a little apprehensive.”
Weston said another wave of veterans may be headed to Sac State. Last year Congress authorized reservists—who have been called up to serve in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001—to take advantage of newly introduced benefits.
» More: www.csus.edu/admr/vets
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