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FOREVER GI BILL EXPANDS
student veterans with 36
EDUCATION BENEFITS
FIGHT months of educational
TO SERVICEMEMBERS
benefits covering tuition,
fees, books, and housing.
AND VETERANS
GOES ON The original GI Bill was
signed into law in June
1944 as the Servicemen’s
Readjustment Act to assist
Access to higher education through the GI Bill is in helping them navigate these changes and putting World War II veterans.
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one of the great benefits of military service, but when them on a path to achieve their educational goals,” According to the U.S.
those benefits change in any way, servicemembers and said Keith Hauk, associate vice president of veterans Department of Veterans
veterans often need help navigating the changes. initiatives and military support. “At UMUC, we serve Affairs, its adoption was so
Despite the hope that WWI she says. “Every time I hung
where they serve. We share their values and their
would be “the war to end all up the phone I just wanted successful that, by 1947,
student veterans made
war,” confl icts continue to call to disappear.” commitment to service and excellence. That’s what up nearly half of all PROUD TO SERVE THOSE
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Students concentrate on a lecture at Goose Bay, Labrador. Classes were first offered at
men and women to serve their makes us such a great fit for servicemembers, Goose Bay in December 1951.
veterans, and their families.”
country. Unfortunately, many Then, Kerby found the PenFed college admissions.
of those warriors continue to Foundation, an organization $7.2 million to military WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY
That specialized knowledge has made all the difference
battle — with wounds, trauma that strives to fi ll the gaps in families for rent, utilities, The Forever GI Bill contains 34 new provisions, the specialized support for military and veteran students
to the university’s students, including U.S. Air Force
and even meeting basic needs fi nancial support of our nation’s childcare and other expenses majority of which enhance or expand education benefits doesn’t end there.
veteran Monique Wardrick, who graduated with her
— when they get home. heroes. The Foundation helped for veterans, servicemembers, families, and survivors,
pay for childcare, provided More than 18,500 interes and with its passage, the nation has secured the long- UMUC offers scholarships and a special military
bachelor’s degree in communication studies in 2016.t-
“ I don’t think fi nancial advice and helped free loans to active duty term viability of the Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits. tuition rate to qualifying students, a Veterans
“If not for the awesome advisors that I was blessed
Certification Office, and the Vessey Veterans Resource
Kerby apply for other services.
service members
to encounter at UMUC, I wouldn’t be here today,” said
they realize The PenFed Foundation has The new law’s most significant expansions include Center, named for the late General John W. Vessey
“At UMUC, we serve where they serve. We share
Jr., which provides student veterans and transitioning
U.S. Air Force veteran Monique Wardrick. “It changed
abolishing the current 15-year time limit for new
their values and their commitment to service
that …they’re helped thousands of people More than $6.5 million to help servicemembers and those discharged after January 1, servicemembers with timely information essential to
my life. It changed what I was able to do in my present
and excellence.”
military heroes realize the
like Kerby. Through fi nancial
career, and it’s changed the trajectory of what I’m
saving a life.” assistance and fi nancial literacy, dream of home ownership 2013 to “use or lose” their hard-earned GI Bill education making informed decisions as they strive to achieve
Keith Hauk
going to be able to do.”
Associate Vice President the PenFed Foundation forms a benefits, giving additional GI Bill resources in the form their academic and career aspirations.
Veterans Initiatives and Military Support Over 115,000 nights of free of a scholarship to veterans using their benefits to
bridge to a better life. PenFed
Kerby Stracco, an Army pursue STEM-related degrees, adjusting housing In recognition of the university’s commitment to the
veteran, knows that struggle. Credit Union underwrites the lodging for veterans and allowances by using calculations based on the location military, Military Times ranked UMUC the top public
Her husband, also an Army majority of the Foundation’s caregivers at our Defender’s where students attend the majority of their classes university and second overall among online and non-
That’s where University of Maryland University College
PenFed Credit Union has been a part of the military community since 1935, helping members
veteran, began suΠering severe expenses, so the largest portion Lodge traditional schools for military personnel and
comes in. The university got its start in 1947 and was
achieve their fi nancial goals with low rates on loans, best-in-class service and innovative fi nancial
migraines while serving in possible of the donations instead of the school’s location, and expanding benefits veterans for 2019.
founded specifically to meet the education needs of
products. Today, we have branches around the globe — from Washington DC to Puerto Rico to
Kuwait. Medically evacuated received are used directly in A new program launched for both reservists and surviving dependents.
servicemembers and veterans returning from World
Okinawa — to meet your needs wherever you’re stationed. Together with the PenFed Foundation,
and released, he requires support of military families. in 2018 to help veteran UMUC is committed to helping active-duty To learn more about UMUC, visit umuc.edu.
War II. Today, UMUC offers online undergraduate and
PenFed is honored to support the men and women of our nation’s Armed Forces.
ongoing care. As caregiver “I don’t think me saying, ‘Thank entrepreneurs succeed servicemembers and veterans and their family
graduate degrees and certificates and has dedicated
to him and their young you’ is enough,” Kerby says. “I members work through these changes to get the most
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Monique Wardrick speaks to her advisor Rodwell Cole.
military and veterans advisors on hand who have
children, Kerby fought to don’t think they realize that … from their education benefits and earn the degree or
specialized knowledge in areas like education benefits.
make ends meet. they’re saving a life.” Unanimously passed by Congress and signed into certificate they need to secure their place in the
law by President Donald Trump on Aug. 17, 2017, the
“In these uncertain times that veterans face with
Although she reached out, To learn about and support the PenFed technology-driven 21st century workforce. And, its
the large-scale changes associated with the Forever
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