TIGER ATHLETICS
New Student VA Information
Step 1: Go to the VA website
Step 2: Fill out the correct benefit application and send it to the Veteran’s Affairs office.
Step 3: Receive a letter from the Veteran’s Affairs office about your chapter, benefits, percentage, and yellow ribbon eligibility. (This will come in the mail about 30 days after the VA receives your application)
Step 4: Scan, fax, or hand the letter from the Veteran’s Affairs Office to the Iowa Wesleyan Registrar.
Step 5: The Iowa Wesleyan Registrar will input information into VA Once.
Step 6: Depending on chapter, the VA benefits will go to the student or Iowa Wesleyan from the Veteran’s Affairs office.
Step 7: Notify the registrar whenever you add, drop, or withdraw from a course. These actions could affect your VA benefits.
Step 8: See chart below for future IW semesters
Returning Student VA Information
As you prepare for the upcoming semester, the Registrar’s office and the Financial Aid office would like to remind you about your Veteran’s Affairs (VA) benefits. If you plan to use your VA benefits each semester, you need to contact the Registrar’s office and the Financial Aid Office each semester. Please see the schedule below for when you need to contact the Registrar’s office and the Financial Aid office.
| Date | Semester | Action |
| July 1, 2019 | For the Fall Semester | Turn in FAFSA to financial aid |
| July 21, 2019 | For the Fall Semester | Contact Registrar’s and Financial Aid Office to use VA Benefits |
| August 5, 2018 | For the Fall Semester | Registrar will input VA benefits into VA Once |
| December 1, 2018 | For the Spring Semester | Contact Registrar’s and Financial Aid Office to use VA Benefits |
| December 18, 2018 | For the Spring Semester | Registrar will input VA benefits into VA Once |
| April 27, 2019 | For the Summer Semester | Contact Registrar’s and Financial Aid Office to use VA Benefits |
| May 7, 2019 | For the Summer Semester | Registrar will input VA benefits into VA Once |
If you contact the Registrar’s office and the Financial Aid Office after the above dates, the VA Once process may be delayed with inputting your information and for you to receive your VA payments.
To contact the Registrar’s Office and the Financial Aid Office, please see the phone numbers and emails below.
Please note, the actions of adding, dropping, or withdrawing from a class can affect your VA benefits. Please contact the Registrar’s Office and the Financial Aid Office if you add, drop, or withdraw from a class.