Student Veterans:

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Student Veterans

• Understanding the New Challenges

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• Why are Vets different?

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What to be thinking about

• Military Educational Benefits
• Prior Learning and Service Credit
• Transitioning to College Life
• Military and College Support Services
• Career Preparation

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Educational Benefits

• Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 30)
• Vocational Rehabilitation (Chapter 31)
• Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33)
• Dependents Education Assistance Program (Chapter
  35)
• Montgomery GI Bill-Selective Reserve (Chapter
  1606)
• Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
  Chapter 1607
• RI National Guard (STAP/STEP)

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Military Educational Benefits

• The Bursars Office
• Certifying officials
• Web page http//www.ccri.edu/OES/veterans/index.sh
  tml
• E-mail- va_at_ccri.edu
• Policies that affect you!

Military Educational Benefits
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Prior Learning Credit

• Options available
• CLEP Examinations
• Department Challenge Exams
• Military Service and other sponsored learning
  activities
• the PLA Portfolio.
• The PLA Portfolio
• CCRI evaluates learning and, if appropriate,
  awards credit for it, if it can be documented,
  verified and determined to meet specific courses
  offered at CCRI.
• Prior to petitioning the assessment of your
  learning, you are encouraged to determine that
  your learning is college-level, you can prove
  your expertise in it, and it fulfills a
  requirement in your degree plan.
• The PLA Portfolio is evaluated by a faculty
  member with expertise in the subject matter. The
  Portfolio must make its case by identifying
  learning clearly and succinctly, and it must
  provide sufficient supporting information and
  documentation so that faculty can use it, alone
  or in combination with other evidence, as the
  basis for their evaluation
• Preparing a portfolio for faculty review involves
  the following five-step process
• Take inventory of your knowledge.
• Choose the areas for which you want to seek
  college credit.
• Find course descriptions to match your learning.
• Provide evidence of your knowledge.
• Describe what you know and how you learned it.
• To Apply

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Prior Learning and Service Credit

• MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT
• FIRST
• Student must be enrolled in a degree program
• Must be registered for courses
• New students must have taken ACCU Placer tests
  then successfully complete 12 credit hours with a
  GPA of 2.5 or higher
• If student has prior college credits, he/she
  should make arrangements to have an official
  college transcript forwarded to OES.
• THEN
• Student should make arrangements to have
  official military transcript sent to CCRI. All
  military transcripts are forwarded to Dean
  Woodberrys office.
• Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve AARTS
  transcript
• Navy and Marine Corps SMART transcript
• Community College of the Air Force CCAF
  transcript
• U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard transcript
• NOTE contact information is on web site
  listed below.
• Military credit awards are based upon the
  official transcript recommendations from the
  American College of Education.
• Each students experience is different so there
  is no across-the-board guaranteed credit award.

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Transitioning to College Life

• What to expect in the classroom
• What to expect from faculty
• What to expect from students
• Time Management
• Finances

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Military Support Services

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• http//www.providence.va.gov/index.asp
• Vet Center
• 2038 Warwick AvenuePoint of Contact Berne
  Greene, MSWTelephone [phone]
• Veterans Service Organizations

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College Support Services

• Disabled Student Services 825-2164
• Academic Support
• Student Success Centers
• Writing Lab
• Personal Support
• Advising and Counseling
• Third party counseling
• Student Veterans Clubs
• Fey Chen Providence
• Rob Sanchez Warwick
• Paul Martinez Lincoln

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Career Preparation

• Career Services
• Career exploration
• Career interest and preference tools
• Contact 825-2307
• Career Placement Cooperative Education
  Internships
• Internships
• Networking
• Your Resume
• Contact 825-2050
• External Resources
• VetJobs- www.vetjobs.com
• RecruitMilitary- http//www.recruitmilitary.com/

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Strategies for Success

• Register with the VA
• File your FAFSA every year
• Submit certification worksheet every semester
• Get your academic plan set
• Communicate
• Join the Student Veterans Organizations
• Use Campus Resources
• Start building your resume of experience

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• How can we serve you?