Military Insider: Spring 2022 Edition
What’s New at LU
Here are some of the exciting Liberty news and updates from the last few months.
- Liberty University’s Office of Military Affairs is honored to host a Military Family Fun Day for all of our military students, veterans, and their families. Join us on April 2nd for a day of free tubing, skiing, and fellowship with others who have served. There will also be special activities for the kids as well as a complimentary lunch.
- For more information, and to RSVP, go to www.liberty.edu/military/events/
Department of Veterans Affairs Updates
In the world of Veterans Affairs and VA benefits, things are always changing. Check out the recent news affecting veterans.
- Post-9/11 GI Bill® Monthly Enrollment Verification
- As a reminder, if you are using your Post-9/11 GI Bill® benefit at an Institution of Higher Learning (IHL) facility with a term beginning on or after December 17, 2021, you’re now required to verify your enrollment at the end of each month to continue receiving your Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) and/or kicker payment.
- To streamline the verification process, VA strongly encourages you to use text messaging as a simple, quick, safe option for verifying enrollment to receive your MHA/kicker payments uninterrupted.
- For all impacted students with a valid mobile phone number on file, you’ll receive the following text message on or after January 15, 2022: “Post-9/11 GI Bill housing and kicker payments now require monthly enrollment verification. Would you like to submit yours via text? Please reply Yes or No.”
- The text will come from a number with an (855) area code. Reply “YES” to opt into text message verification. The text message link will expire 14 days after receipt, so please respond within that time frame.
- If you respond “NO” and have a valid email address on file, you will be opted into email verification. If you don’t receive the text message above or accidentally delete it and would like to opt into text verification, call the Education Call Center (ECC) at 1-888-GIBILL-1 (1-888-442-4551).
- For more information on enrollment verification, including step-by-step instructions and FAQs, explore the Enrollment Verification website.
Military Students in the News
- Liberty’s Army ROTC students gain a competitive edge through a competitive environment, high standards, and motivation before launching into their military careers. Read more.
Looking for work? Liberty University is Hiring!
- Liberty University Student Financial Services is currently hiring for positions in our Military Affairs Contact Center, Student Accounts Contact Center, Financial Aid Contact Center, as well as Military Affairs benefit processors, Financial Aid loan processors, and Recovery Agents. All of these positions are full-time, fully benefitted (Health, Vision and Dental), with starting pay $16/hour and have the option to work from home. LU provides all of the equipment and training necessary, as well as strong team support and accountability. Details and application links can be found at: www.liberty.edu/JoinSFS.
- We also have hourly and salary positions in our various Finance departments – Accounting, Cashiering and Treasury, Procurement, and ID and Campus Services. All of these positions are full-time, fully benefitted as well, and can be found on the main HR Jobs page: https://www.liberty.edu/human-resources/careers-at-liberty-university/ by searching for positions in the above-mentioned departments.
- Liberty University also provides a very generous educational benefit for full-time employees, their spouses and qualifying dependent children, in the DGIA (Dependent-Grant-in-Aid). This allows the employee and/or dependent or spouse of a benefited employee to earn up to a Doctoral degree at Liberty University (some programs excluded).
- Once an application is submitted, please reach out to Debbie Branda (dsbranda@liberty.edu) so follow-up can be done in a timely manner for processing, scheduling interviews, and getting more information into the applicant’s hands.
Student Veterans Association
- Are you looking for fellow military students with whom you can connect, ask questions, give encouragement, and build community? Are you looking for CSER opportunities? Look no further! The Student Veterans Association is a community just for our military students. Email SVA@Liberty.edu to get involved or visit us on our social media page at Facebook.com/LUVets
From the Desk of the Veterans Center Supervisor
- I pray everyone has had a great start to their new year! Like every new year there have been many new changes. Please take a moment and review the Office of Military Affairs’ Semester Military Briefing HERE to stay up to date or drop by the Veterans Center in the Montview Student Union and I would be happy to catch you up. -Caleb Berkland
GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
