UndergraduateHonoring Your Commitment
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• Authorization for Cornerstone Certifying Official to Certify Benefits Form (Coming Soon!): You must submit this form each semester that you wish to use your educational benefits.
• Voc Rehab Request for Supplies (Coming Soon!)
• Transfer students need to submit the Change of Program/Place of Training form to our office. Service members use form 22-1995. Dependents of service members use form 22-5495.
• Enroll for Direct Deposit using form 22-0296.
• No-cost medical treatment may be available to Soldiers and Veterans who have been injured within the last three years through the Wounded Warrior Traumatic Brain Injury Project.

We, Cornerstone University, will permit any covered individual (a student who is entitled to educational assistance under chapter 31, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, or chapter 33, Post-9/11 GI Bill® benefits) to attend or participate in the course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the individual provides to the Student Financial Services Office a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 (a “certificate of eligibility” can also include a “Statement of Benefits” obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) website – eBenefits, or a VAF 28-1905 form for chapter 31 authorization purposes) and ending on the earlier of the following dates:

1. The date on which payment from VA is made to the institution.
2. 90 days after the date the institution certified tuition and fees following the receipt of the certificate of eligibility.

We will not impose to a covered individual any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries or other institutional facilities. We will not require that a covered individual borrow additional funds because of the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to Cornerstone due to the delayed disbursement funding from VA under chapter 31 or 33.

• Military.com
• U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
• Montgomery G.I. Bill®: GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at benefits.va.gov/gibill.
• Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: Our PGS students in the Michigan Army or Air National Guard can apply for the Michigan National Guard and Air National Guard Grant.
• Federal Tuition Assistance: After being accepted and choosing a major at Cornerstone visit GoArmyEd.com. Create a login at GoArmyEd.com, choose your major and select Cornerstone University once in your account. Students will need to upload a course planner such as a program evaluation (can be found online or from your advisor). After approval from GoArmyEd log back into your GoArmyEd account to select the courses you intend to take for the current semester. Then upload the semester schedule and detailed bill from the Financial Aid Office. Classes must be approved before the first day of the semester in GoArmyEd so make sure this process is started early.
• Visit the Veterans Services page to find out about all programs and services provided by the VA. Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of programs and services provided by the VA. Eligibility for most VA benefits is based upon discharge from active military service under conditions other than “dishonorable,” and certain benefits require service during wartime. If you are new to the VA, the Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors booklet will help you get started.
• Benefit Payment Rates: These rates are specifically for chapters 30, 1606, 1607 and 35, which are disbursed directly to the student.
• Apply for VA Education Benefits using the vets.gov system.
• WAVE Benefits Enrollment Verification: Chapter 30, 1606 and 1607 students must complete a Student Verification of Enrollment on the last day of the month or first day for the previous month.
• The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) VetSuccess Program is authorized by Congress under Title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 31. It is sometimes referred to as the Chapter 31 program.
• VA Health Care: VA operates more than 1,400 sites of care, including hospitals, community clinics, community living centers, domiciliaries, readjustment counseling centers and various other facilities.
• VA Disability Compensation: Disability compensation is a benefit paid to a veteran because of injuries or diseases that happened while on active duty, or were made worse by active military service. It is also paid to certain veterans disabled from VA health care. The benefits are tax-free.
• VA Life Insurance: Benefits for veterans and service members who may not be able to get insurance from private companies because of the extra risks involved in military service or a service-connected disability.
• VA Pension Program: Pension benefits are meant as assistance for eligible veterans, surviving spouses and children who demonstrate financial need.
• Anthony Castelli Attorney’s Veteran’s College Scholarship is giving away an annual scholarship awarded to a current military veteran or honorably discharged veteran or parent, sibling, child or grandchild of a current or honorably discharged veteran.
• Survivor Benefits
• Burial and Memorial Benefits
• HospitalAdministration.org
• My Career Advancement Account (MYCAA)
• Government Financial Aid for Military Service and Family Members
• U.S. Veterans Magazine
• Scholarships.com
• Fisher House
• National Military Family Association

As a DoD personnel you are eligible for all forms of financial aid that Cornerstone offers. Your School Certifying Official (SCO) can provide information for application for federal student aid programs, scholarships, grants, loans, etc., to DoD Tuition Assistance (TA) recipients.

If you qualify for a Pell Grant through Federal Financial Aid, you will have your TA benefits applied first to your account balance prior to the application of your Pell Grant funds to your account. Unlike TA funds, which are tuition-restricted, Pell Grant funds are not tuition-restricted and may be applied to other allowable charges on the account.

Once you, as an eligible Service member, decide to use TA, Cornerstone University will enroll the student only after the TA is approved. Service members will be solely responsible for all tuition costs without this prior approval. CU can pre-register a Service member in a course while final TA paperwork is being processed. All Military TA must be requested and approved prior to the start date of the course each semester/term. The Military TA is approved on a course-by-course basis and only for the specific course(s) and class dates that a Service member requests via their online account.

All students, including TA eligible members are given access to a Financial Aid Specialist who can provide information on all types of financial aid. This includes federal financial aid. All students can reduce or decline their federal loan before disbursement each semester/term.

Service member’s point of contact is Cornerstone’s School Certifying Official. This person can be a liaison between other offices on campus to support the student through academic and financial advising, disability services, and career counseling.

Cornerstone University will allow Service members and reservists to be readmitted to a program if they are temporarily unable to attend class or have to suspend their studies due to service requirements.