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President Judy Genshaft and Patriclk Dunne, the VA’s under secretary for will sign the accord Thursday at the on the second floo rotundaof C.W. “Bill” Young Hall at USF’s Tampq campus. The agreement expands some benefits andservicesx — such as academic financial aid and careef counseling — geared toward veteransa who attend USF under the new GI Bill, whicbh goes into effect Aug. 1. Under the new VetSuccess on Campus, the VA also will have dedicatedr officeswithin USF’s Office of Veterans Services to assis t veterans in their transition to a release said.
The new GI bill not only coverse tuition and fees up to the highest undergraduat e rate inthe state, which in this state is at the Universityh of Florida, but provides a monthlyu housing stipend and up to $1,000 a year for bookzs and supplies. The new legislation also gives access to the benefitas to those in the reserves and Nationalk Guard who have been activated for more than 90 days sincsethe Sept. 11, 2001, terroristy attacks. In some cases, service men and women will be able to transfert their benefits to theirt spousesor children, the release said.
Typically, therre are roughly 800 to 1,000 veteranes or their dependents at USF under preexistingg military benefits that cover tuitionand fees. USF has the 10th largesyt population of veteran and dependent students in the nation and has had a Veteranse Services Office on campussince 1974. “We want the and their dependents, who come to USF to find complete academicallyand otherwise, so that they graduate with education and degrees that lead them to professional and personalk success,” said W.
Robert Sullins, USF’s dean of undergraduatwe studies, in a prepared