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Call-Up of Students to Active Duty in the Military
The call to active duty presents an extreme hardship upon students. In an effort to assist those students who are called to active duty, the campus has established the following policy.
Students who are called into active military duty during the course of an academic term, including the National Guard and Reserve active duty, will receive refunds and course credits as follows:
Departure during the first fifteen calendar days after classes have begun for the term:
Official UIS News
UIS student continued learning and leading his fraternity, while deployed with the Illinois Army National Guard
University of Illinois Springfield senior political science major Miguel Valente, 21 of Chicago, a specialist in the Illinois Army National Guard, continued to advance his college education, while being deployed to Texas as part of the Southwest Border Mission.
Valente worked with UIS professors, who made special accommodations to help him learn remotely, and the UIS Office of Military and Veterans Affairs to continue earning his UIS degree while deployed from Oct. 11, 2020 to Nov. 5, 2021.
University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) raised the American flag in a ceremony Thursday to commemorate Veteran's Day.
The annual Flag Raising Ceremony honored the holiday's historical connection to World War I.
Following the flag raising, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, the director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, gave a keynote address.
This story aired on WICS Newschannel 20 on Nov. 11, 2021.
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National Guard Grant
Program Information
If you are a member of the Illinois National Guard, you may be eligible to receive the Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant. This grant can pay for eligible tuition and certain fees (i.e., registration, graduation, general activity, matriculation and term fees) for undergraduate or graduate study. Benefits are limited to use only at Illinois 2- or 4-year public colleges as follows:
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Children of Veterans Tuition Waiver
Children of Veterans Tuition Waiver is a four-year (consecutive) tuition waiver at the University of Illinois. If you are awarded the waiver, it will cover your in-state tuition (for undergraduate, graduate, or professional studies) at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, Springfield, or Health Sciences Center).
Navy Tuition Assistance
Tuition Assistance for Navy Personnel
Note: Last Updated Spring '22
Active Duty Sailors and Naval Reservists
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