{"id":15016,"date":"2020-09-16T21:13:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T01:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm-draft\/?page_id=15016"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:04:49","slug":"veterans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/tuition-and-financial-aid\/veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Veteran Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student Veteran Information <\/h1>

The University of Rhode Island is a military-friendly institution that welcomes all active duty military\/reserve\/guard and veteran students as well as their families to our campus community. <\/p>Center for Military and Veteran Education<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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The Winter J Term Office offers hundreds of courses to help all students begin, continue, or complete their academic program. For complete information related to how GI Benefits can be used to pay for URI Winter J Term courses, please visit <\/a>the Center for Military and Veteran Education website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waivers and benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Disabled American Veterans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Rhode Island General Assembly has enacted legislation granting tuition waivers to Disabled American Veterans. For more information, review the Disabled American Veterans Tuition Waiver page<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhode Island National Guard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Rhode Island General Assembly has enacted legislation granting limited tuition waivers to members of the Rhode Island National Guard. For further information, please contact your National Guard Education Liaison and visit the STAP Waiver page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veterans Benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Registrants claiming VA educational benefits must fill out the online student verification form by visiting the GI Bill\u00ae<\/sup> Certification page<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GI Bill\u00ae is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).\u00a0\u00a0
More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the
official U.S. government Web site\u00a0<\/a>https:\/\/benefits.va.gov\/gibill\/index.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Contact Information<\/h1>\n\n

If you are such a veteran student and have additional questions or concerns, we strongly encourage you to contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Flynn
Director, Military and Veteran Education Center
401.874.5213
bob.flynn@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathleen Conlon
Coordinator, Military and Veteran Education Center
401-874-5798
kconlon@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For questions concerning benefits and waivers, please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Paquette<\/a>
Veterans Coordinator, Enrollment Services
401-874-5382
vabenefits-group@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For questions concerning registration, course options, and general Winter J Term inquiries, please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sky Laurent-Kingsley
Specialist, URI Summer Sessions & Winter J Term
401-874-2621
slaurentkings@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Winter J Term Office offers hundreds of courses to help all students begin, continue, or complete their academic program. For complete information related to how GI Benefits can be used to pay for URI Winter J Term courses, please visit the Center for Military and Veteran Education website. Waivers and benefits Disabled American Veterans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4861,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-15016","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15016"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29373,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15016\/revisions\/29373"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/jterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}