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	March 19, 2009 .................... LCMSNews -- No. 23

Five CUS schools will offer free tuition to veterans

Beginning this fall, eligible veterans of the U.S. armed forces
receiving full Chapter 33 benefits can earn a graduate or undergraduate
degree tuition-free from at least five of the Synod's 10 Concordia
University System (CUS) schools nationwide.  Housing and other fees
still apply, however.

Under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008,
veterans and other qualified military personnel are eligible to receive
a subsidy for tuition that is equivalent to the highest tuition of any
public institution in the state.  Under the national program, half of
the difference between a CUS school's tuition and the veteran's subsidy
is covered by the university, and the other half will come from the
federal government through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The benefit applies only to those qualified veterans who are accepted to
and enroll as full-time graduate or undergraduate students.

"Concordia University is proud to partner with the federal government to
provide the maximum benefit to our veterans so that they may fulfill
their dream of obtaining a bachelor's or a master's degree," said Dr.
Mark Wahlers, provost of Concordia University, Portland, Ore.  "Through
our numerous faculty members who have served our forces, we have a
history of supporting the ambitions of the individuals who serve our
country.

"Helping veterans achieve a degree, particularly in these challenging
economic times, is the least that Concordia can do to thank our veterans
for their service."

The CUS schools that are participating in the program are:

	

*	Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y., 800-937-2655 or
admission@concordia-ny.edu <mailto:admission@concordia-ny.edu> .

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*	Concordia University, Portland, Ore., 800-321-9371 or
admissions@cu-portland.edu <mailto:admissions@cu-portland.edu> .

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*	Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill., 800-285-2668
or crfadmis@cuchicago.edu <mailto:crfadmis@cuchicago.edu> .

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*	Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, Neb., 800-535-5494 or
admiss@cune.edu <mailto:admiss@cune.edu> .

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*	Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wis., 888-628-9472 or
admissions@cuw.edu <mailto:admissions@cuw.edu> .

Three other CUS schools are considering taking part in the program:

*	Concordia College, Selma, Ala., 334-874-5700 or
webmaster@concordiaselma.edu <mailto:webmaster@concordiaselma.edu> ;

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*	Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., 800-333-4705 or
admissions@csp.edu <mailto:admissions@csp.edu> ; and

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*	Concordia University Texas, Austin, 800-865-4282 or
admissions@concordia.edu <mailto:admissions@concordia.edu> .

"I'm very pleased that many of our CUS schools are participating in the
'Yellow Ribbon' program and I commend our institutions for their
generous support of our country's veterans," said Dr. Kurt Krueger,
executive director of the LCMS Board for University Education and
president of the Concordia University System.

For more information about the Synod's 10 Concordia colleges and
universities nationwide, visit www.lcms.org/universities
<http://www.lcms.org/universities>  or call (800) 248-1930, Ext. 1252.

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