Union Institute & University Offers Scholarship for Members of U.S. National Guard and Reserves

March 21, 2011 - PRLog -- CINCINNATI, OH/MONTPELIER, VT – In keeping with its mission to make higher education opportunities accessible to all, Union Institute & University (UI&U), a private, non-profit university with academic centers in Brattleboro and Montpelier, VT, today announced that it will offer a scholarship to assist members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserve components of the U.S. military.

Scholarship recipients will receive a 10 percent tuition scholarship for the first 26 hours registered in undergraduate studies and a five percent tuition scholarship if enrolled in a graduate program. In addition, the final four-hour credit course will be free.

“The scholarship allows Union to give back to those who bravely and selflessly serve our country,” said Dr. Roger H. Sublett, president of UI&U. “Union is committed to help our students’ lead exemplary lives as servant leaders in their communities. Servicemen and women emulate the commitment to servant leadership every day. We are honored to provide them with this scholarship opportunity in appreciation of their dedication to our nation, and with hopes that they will use their Union education to continue to make the world a better, safer place.”  

UI&U will waive the application fee, and may be able to accept transfer credits from other higher education institutions. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be accepted and enrolled fulltime in a program at UI&U and must maintain good academic standing through graduation.

The scholarship may be used in conjunction with Guard/Reserve Tuition Reimbursement, employer tuition reimbursement, or state and federal grants, the combination of which is not to exceed the total cost of tuition, books, and fees to the guardsman or reservists.

For more information about the scholarship contact P. Neal Meier, LtCol USMC (Ret), Ph.D., UI&U veterans and military affairs officer and director of advancement and alumni relations at 802-828-8837 or at neal.meier@myunion.edu.

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Union Institute & University is a national private, accredited university that has, since 1964, redefined higher education by placing learners at the center of their own education. Union serves more than 2000, self-motivated, socially conscious adults in rigorous faculty- mentored programs without interrupting professional, family, and community commitments. UI&U offers individualized programs of study leading to the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees. In addition to its distance learning programs, academic centers are located in Cincinnati (OH), Los Angeles and Sacramento (CA), Miami (FL), and in Montpelier and Brattleboro (VT).