Get Started With Military Benefits

These resources will help you get started with military-connected educational assistance.

(Click here to have some quick info on your specific VA benefit emailed to you.)

If you are attending Kent State as a guest student, please contact Sarah Helmick for more information on how to use your benefits.

Use this checklist to be sure you're completing all of the steps necessary to utilize your benefits.

♦ Former active duty veterans and dependents should review the Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill®.

♦ National Guard members and those in the Reserves use Chapter 1606 benefits.

♦ Dependents' Educational Assistance (Chapter 35) is for dependents of disabled or deceased servicemembers.

Veterans and servicemembers may also want to look into using Federal Tuition Assistance (FTA).

Watch this video to learn more about your military-connected benefits.

Contact these staff members for questions concerning:

• Advising: Charity Miller. cmill241@kent.edu
• Financial Aid: Autumn Ransom. anpowell@kent.edu
• General Degree/ Concerns: Josh Rider. jrider@kent.edu
• Student Accessibility Services: Amanda Feaster. afeaster@kent.edu