OIF, OEF vets can apply for $5K scholarship

[unhappycamper]

OIF, OEF vets can apply for $5K scholarship
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jun 17, 2008 5:52:06 EDT

Applications are being accepted through Sept. 1 for the Horatio Alger Military Veterans Scholarship program, open to veterans who have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom in at any time since Sept. 11, 2001.

Applications for the $5,000 scholarships, and more information about requirements, are available online.

The program, to help fund veterans’ undergraduate education, is offered by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans.

Scholarship recipients must attend school full time in order to qualify for the scholarship.

Since the inception of the scholarship in June 2005, the association has given 1,880 scholarships, with a value of up to $5,000 each. The money is paid to the veteran’s college over the course of his or her education. If a student is in college for four years, the school will get up to $1,250 per year to defray the cost of the veteran’s education.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/06/military_veterans_scholarships_061608w/

[midnight]

1. Every little bit helps. But this barely covers a semester of

tuition at a state school. Didn't there use to be a GI bill that covered expenses?