Office of the University Registrar
Office of Veterans Affairs
Attention: Veterans and Dependents
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Do you have questions about your VA Education Benefits?
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Call The Department of Veterans Affairs: 1-888-442-4551
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or visit their website - http://www.gibill.va.gov/
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Or, contact:
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(800) 827-1000 U.S. Veterans
Administration
(732) 937-6347 NJ Bureau
of Veteran's Services
(800) 827-1000 Newark Regional
Office
At Rutgers, The State University
of NJ, your contacts are:
New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Students - contact Robert Whitman, Registrar (732)
445-4110
Graduate Students - contact Richard Bird, Registrar (732) 445-3557
Camden:
Dora Perez, Certifying Official
141 Armitage Hall
(856)225-6053
Newark:
Marie Diaz-Torres, Assistant Registrar
(973)353-5372 Certifying Official
Benefit Entitlement:
Veterans: (December 31, 1960
to August 1, 1974) apply for a $200.00 (per semester)
State Tuition Credit Rebate.
Call (732)932-8157 or (732)932-7067. (Notices 22-/3/93)
NJ Vietnam Combat Veterans
(renewal applicants only -- those funded prior to
April 9, 1990) may be eligible
for a full tuition Credit Rebate. Call the appropriate
Rutgers representative on
your campus. (Notices 12/5/91)
Apply for a $200/semester
full-time $100/semester part-time State Tuition Credit
Rebate. N.J. Vietnam Combat
Veterans from 12/31/60- May 7, 1975 may be eligible
for a full tuition Credit
Rebate. (Official Notices 9/4/90)
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GULF WAR VETERANS' BENEFITS
The VA advises that Under Public
Law 102-25 the Persian Gulf War Veterans' Benefits
Act of 1991, the Persian
Gulf period is defined as beginning August 2, 1990, and
ending at a date yet to
be determined by presidential proclamation, or by law. If you
served during this period,
you're probably eligible for the benefits.
(Evening Watch, December
'91)
Offered to people in military
for 6 years
Must have a HS diploma or
GED
Must not have a Bachelors
degree
Updated: July 23, 2004
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