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The Veteran Services office serves as a liaison for students with the Department of Veterans Affairs Office.
The University of Nevada, Reno is fully approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for educational benefits to qualified veterans under existing, applicable public laws. Honorably discharged veterans, or those currently in service, who plan to attend the university must apply for veterans’ educational benefits when they pay registration fees.
The university is also approved for spouses and dependents who qualify for benefits under the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Education Assistance Program (DEA) - Chapter 35, Title 38, USC. DEA is a program of financial assistance for the education of men and women whose parents or spouses are deceased or completely disabled as a result of injuries or diseases received during their military service.
Each student receiving benefits under any of the public laws must complete the Veterans Educational Benefits Application. Students may face a six- to eight-week delay in receiving their educational benefits while the Veteran’s Administration processes their application.
Policies of Satisfactory Academic Progress apply to students using Veteran’s Educational benefits. Veterans Educational Benefit recipients must follow the policies for Satisfactory Academic Progress as published by the Office of Financial Aid, Employment and Scholarship Services. Failure to follow the Academic Standard for Satisfactory Progress will result in the discontinuation of education benefits. To maintain satisfactory academic progress, a student must maintain a 2.0 semester and/or 2.0 cumulative University of Nevada GPA.
Specific regulations for veteran services may be obtained by contacting the veterans benefits coordinator, (775) 784-4700, option 5. Veterans’ Services is located in the Admissions & Records Office on the second floor of the Fitzgerald Student Services Building (building 082 on the campus map). Please visit our Veteran Services website at http://www.unr.edu/veteran/. |