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Veterans Center of UNT

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Mailing Address
Veterans Center
University Union, Suite 321
P.O. Box 305069
Denton, Texas 76203

Telephone: (940) 565-2648
Fax: (940) 565-4446
Web site: http://veteranscenter.unt.edu/

The UNT Veterans Center, in collaboration with a diversity of university departments, aims to serve as a safe place to help student veterans navigate the university resources for academic success. Programs are designed with consideration to the particular needs and interests of student veterans and their transition from service to college. The Student Veterans Center is also the home of the Student Veterans of America chapter at UNT, a student organization serving to support and improve the welfare of student veterans and their families. For information, call 940-565-2648 or visit Suite 320 in the University Union.

For information about student veteran programs, please contact Dantrayl Smith at dantrayl.smith@unt.edu or 940-369-8288.

Student Veteran's Association of UNT

The Student Veteran's Association of UNT assists veterans, active duty, reserve, National Guard, Coast Guard and dependents to make an easier transition into the academic community by providing services to them when needed. For more information, please visit www.geocities.com/svaofunt/ or contact Harvey Spears (president) at spearshf@pwhome.com or George Niebling (advisor) at niebling@unt.edu.

GI Bill: How Do I Get Started?

The University of North Texas has several resources for military personnel who need information about benefits and programs. For more information about military benefits at UNT, please visit Military Benefits.

The Veteran's Program Office, located on the second floor Registrar's Office, handles Montgomery GI Bill educational benefits. To speak with someone in the Veteran's Program Office please contact the Registrar's Office at 940-565-2111, option 6.

Students Called to Active Duty

Texas Education Code 54.006 (f) indicates, "Beginning with the summer semester of 1990, if a student withdraws from an institution of higher education because the student is called to active military service, the institution, at the student's option, shall:

  1. Refund the tuition and fees paid by the student for the semester in which the student withdraws;
  2. Grant a student, who is eligible under the institution's guidelines, an incomplete grade in all courses by designating 'withdrawn-military' on the student's transcript; or
  3. As determined by the instructor, assign an appropriate final grade or credit to a student who has satisfactorily completed a substantial amount of course work and who has demonstrated sufficient mastery of the course material."

In order to be eligible for options under this law, a UNT student must produce a copy of his or her orders. Withdrawal may or may not require that the student talk with each instructor depending on timing in the semester; however, the latter two options do require that the student talk with his or her instructors and come to a decision as to which solution is best for each class given timing and circumstances. A student called to active duty may consider the following options:

  1. Withdrawal with a full refund of appropriate tuition/fees;
  2. Incomplete grades with the one-year I (Incomplete) removal time limit starting with the end of active duty; and/or
  3. A final grade if the course is essentially over and the course material has been sufficiently mastered (determined by the instructor).

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