MSU Moorhead Veteran's Office
 Welcome!Thank you for deciding to attend MSUM. We look forward to working with you throughout your college career. Please answer the following questions to help us identify veterans, current military, prior military and their dependents attending MSUM. Minnesota State University Moorhead welcomes you home and thanks you for your service to our country. We want to encourage veterans to consider MSUM as an education option because we highly value the qualities of maturity, dedication, persistence, responsibility, and leadership you will bring to our university. You bring a wide range of experiences from the countries in which you have been deployed and can add to our understanding of the world and our place in it. We also understand that some of you are facing very significant transitions and MSUM wants to facilitate your move from a very tight knit community of the armed forces to developing a strong social support system here as well. These web pages are designed to help you understand the resources available to you at our university. The Veteran's office provides counseling, GI Bill certifications, tutorial assistance, and is concerned with recruiting veterans and veteran's dependents. The Higher Education Veterans Program Regional Office is on campus and looking forward to helping out veterans as well as past and current military members and their families. In order to be respectful of all perspectives, we have the following expectations in the Higher Education Veterans Program Regional Office: No politics. No recruiting. At least 50% of your story needs to be true. Stop in and see us, we are located in Owens Hall, Rm 204, Telephone: Need a straight answer? Send us an e-mail.
New students who have never used the GI Bill before must complete an application for benefits, VA form 22-1990. If you are applying for benefits based on your active duty service, a certified copy of your DD form 214 must be submitted. If you are applying for benefits based on your service in the guard or reserve, a copy of your Notice of Basic Eligibility (NOBE) must be submitted. New students who are receiving benefits based on a parent or spouse's service must complete VA form 22-5490. These forms are on the VA web site. New students who are transferring their GI Bill benefits, must complete a Change of Place of Training form (VA form 22-1995 OR 22-5495 for Chapter 35 students). New and Continueing students must go to web.mnstate.edu/veterans and click on the links for GI Bill Information and Enrollment Verification and then complete the on-line forms. Veteran students interested in Veterans Workstudy should call (218) 477-5941, or stop by Owens 104 between 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. or send e-mail to schmidga@mnstate.edu. MSUM Veterans Educational Benefits? If you are a Veteran, you may be eligible for the GI Bill or other military education benefits. You may also be eligible for disability services, personal counseling, tutorial assistance, financial aid or VA Funded work-study. This website may assist you with your education benefits.
Here are the steps a Veteran needs to accomplish to apply at MSUM: Schedule an appointment to meet with the Higher Education Veterans Programs Regional Coordinator, or staff at the on campus veteran's center to discuss specific veterans/higher education questions. 1. Apply for admission thru College/University Admissions Office. http://web.mnstate.edu/admissions/apply.cfm 2. Send college level transcripts (including military courses) to the college admissions office to be evaluated for transfer credit. 3. Submit official high school transcripts. 4. Submit ACT/SAT scores or complete appropriate assessment exam. 5. Visit the Certifying Official on campus and to apply for eligible programs. Bring copies of your DD-214 and VONAPP applications if you applied for benefits online. The Certifying official is located in OW 104 ext. 5941. 6. Montgomery GI Bill (bring DD-214, enlistment contract, NOBE, (Kicker contract if appropriate.) a. Chapter 30 - Active Duty GI Bill (also apply for FAFSA) b. Chapter 1606 and 1607 (also apply for FAFSA, Federal Tuition Assistance and State Tuition Reimbursement.) c. Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation (also apply for FAFSA.) d. Chapter 35 - for dependants 7. Apply for Financial Aid (FAFSA) and supplemental funds. www.fafsa.ed.gov 8. Meet with an academic advisor or Counselor. 9. View course descriptions. http://appserv.mnstate.edu/home/COURSES/Courses.asp 10. Register for classes. 11. Apply for Federal Tuition Assistance and State Tuition Reimbursement (if applicable.)
Transfer Credit Information – Recent legislation in Minnesota requires Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to review military academic transcripts and give appropriate credit based on the American Council on Education (ACE) recommendations. http://www.mntransfer.org/students/info/s_vets.php |