Sen.
Brady: Deadline for U of I tuition waivers March 1
Children
of Illinois veterans are eligible
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[February 16, 2009]
SPRINGFIELD -- Students who are
the children of veterans and will be attending the University of
Illinois can apply for a tuition waiver, and applications must be
submitted by March 1, according to state Sen. Bill Brady,
R-Bloomington.
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The U of I awards a four-year tuition waiver to a natural or adopted
child of a veteran. Up to six waivers per Illinois county are
awarded each year, one for each of the following military conflicts:
World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Southeast Asia conflict,
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.To be
eligible, students must be permanent residents of the Illinois
counties from which they apply and must also be residents of
Illinois. They must be admitted or have applied to the University of
Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, Springfield, Health Sciences
Center or Global Campus -- by March 1 to be eligible for the first
round of awarding.
The tuition waiver will cover in-state tuition for undergraduate,
graduate or professional studies, beginning with the first term of
enrollment after eligibility has been established: summer 2009, fall
2009 or spring 2010 semester.
For more information about the tuition waiver, call the
University of Illinois' Office of Student Financial Aid at
1-217-333-0100. Information and applications are available online at
http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/aid/
scholarships/waivers_COV.html.
[Text from file sent on behalf
of
Sen.
Bill Brady by
Illinois Senate Republican staff] |
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