FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY & VETERANS
At Western Tech, we love our military and veterans. THANK YOU for your service.
Western Tech supports veterans’ right to use their earned benefits to gain career skills at the college or institution of their choice.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR FREE AND TELL YOUR STORY: http://vetsforcareered.org
We’re proud to offer the following to you and your family:
- Up to 10% tuition discount (if qualified). This discount is for all branches of active duty, reserve service members, honorably discharged veterans, National Guard members, and dependents.
- Special Advisors to assist with military and VA benefits.
- Military-friendly change of orders withdrawal policy
Western Technical College is a member of the Army Continuing Education System, and our campus in El Paso is close to Fort Bliss, making it easy to attend classes. Plus, with experienced instructors, small class sizes, and modern, spacious facilities, there’s simply no better place to start this next chapter in your life.
MEET OUR MILITARY & VETERANS TEAM
Dalila Ives
dives@westerntech.edu
(915)760-8107
Kimberly Lujan
klujan@westerntech.edu
(915)760-8174
Veterans Educational Benefits:
The Veterans Affairs (VA) Office assists all Western Technical College students using education benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs Educational Assistance Programs to pursue a Bachelor’s, Associate’s, or Certificate Degree. We aim to provide the pertinent information required to all our VA students attending Western Technical College.
Veterans are afforded the same rights, must meet all academic requirements, and must maintain the same educational standards as any Western Technical College student.
The Western Technical College strategy is 100% synchronized with the “Principles of Excellence” designed to facilitate veteran success in higher education promoted in a July 2013 document produced by the U.S. Departments of Education, Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Labor.
For more information about VA educational benefits, please contact the Department of Veterans Affairs at 1-888-GI BILL-1 (1-888-442-4551) or visit their website at https://www.va.gov/
WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE EARNS 2024-2025 MILITARY FRIENDLY ® SCHOOL DESIGNATION
El Paso, TX – April 2024 – Western Technical College has earned the 2024-2025 Military Friendly ® School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly ® School designation were evaluated using public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey.
The 2023-2024 Military Friendly® Schools list will be published in the May and October issue of G.I. Jobs magazine and found at www.militaryfriendly.com.
This is the 9th year in a row!
Keep Going: Continue Your Education | Partners with Integrated Defense Applications
At Western Tech, we love our military and veterans! That’s why we’ve partnered with Integrated Defense Applications to make it easier for you to further your education. Western Tech is offering you college credit for specific IDA courses. Contact your VA representative for more information or to have your credits evaluated.
VETERAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
The Post-9/11 GI Bill® (Chapter 33)
The Post-9/11 GI Bill® is an education benefit program for individuals who served on active duty after September 10, 2001. Some Service members may also transfer unused GI Bill® benefits to their dependents.
Montgomery GI Bill® – Active Duty (MGIB-AD/Chapter 30)
The MGIB-AD program provides education benefits to Veterans and Servicemembers with at least two years of active duty.
Montgomery GI Bill® – Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR/Chapter 1606)
The MGIB-SR program provides education benefits to persons who enter into a six-year obligation to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Army and Air National Guard.
Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
VR&E is a program designed to help Veterans with service-connected disabilities become suitably employed, maintain employment, or achieve independence in daily living.
Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance Chapter 35
The Dependent Educational Assistance is for dependents of veterans who were disabled, killed, or missing while on active duty.
All four service branches and the U.S. Coast Guard offer financial assistance for voluntary, off-duty education programs supporting members’ personal and professional goals. The program is open to officers, warrant officers, and enlisted active-duty service personnel. In addition, members of the National Guard and Reserve Components may be eligible for TA based on their service eligibility. To be eligible for TA, an enlisted service member must have enough time to complete the course they applied for. After completing a course, an officer using TA must fulfill a service obligation that runs parallel with – not in addition to – any existing service obligation.
VA BENEFITS CHECKLIST
Once you are registered to attend Western Technical College, it will be necessary to provide the documents listed below:
- Copy of your current (issued in last six months) “Certificate of Eligibility (received from the VA after completing form 22-1990 at https://www.va.gov/education/how-to-apply/ see below) [Form 22-1995: Change of Program or Place of Training for those students who have used their benefits in the past.]
- DD-214
- Joint Service Transcripts (military transcripts) (Unofficial copy is acceptable)
- Army (AARTS transcript): https://jst.doded.mil/jst/login?returnTo=users 11012511 dailyUploads
- Navy & Marine Corps (SMART Transcript): https://jst.doded.mil/jst/login?returnTo=users 11012511 dailyUploads
- Air Force (CCAF Transcript): https://afvec.us.af.mil/afvec/public/welcome
- Coast Guard (CGI Transcript): https://www.uscg.mil/
(Transcript requests can be found at: https://jst.doded.mil/jst/login?returnTo=users 11012511 dailyUploads)
- Academic Transcripts (unohttps://www.uscg.mil/fficial copy is acceptable) from all previously attended post-secondary school(s), (anything above high school).
NOTE: It is important to provide these documents.
If you have attended any post-secondary training, your certification to the VA will be delayed until all transcript(s) are received.
If you have not attended any college level program, please send a letter or email stating that you do not have previous college education to report.
Please provide the above-mentioned items as soon as possible. You can send the documents either by fax, e-mail, or regular mail.
If you have not applied for your VA benefits online, you will need to go https://www.va.gov/education/how-to-apply/ The Certificate of Eligibility, will be sent from the VA after they complete the processing of your online application.