STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University has signed on with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to offer its student veterans yet another valuable resource to help pay for their college education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Yellow Ribbon Program helps cover tuition and fees beyond Post-9\/11 GI Bill\u00ae<\/sup> benefits at private, out-of-state, foreign and graduate schools. The university joined the program in the spring and it became active this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur veterans have invested in our country, and Tarleton State is committed to investing in their success,\u201d said Dr. Sherri Benn, Vice President for Global, Community and First-gen Initiatives. \u201cThe Yellow Ribbon Program is another way we can remove barriers and expand opportunity for those who have served.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tarleton State Director of Veteran Services Stephanie Kittelson said the program benefits the university\u2019s Post-9\/11 GI Bill students who live out of state by allowing the university and the VA to share the cost of nonresident tuition that the Post-9\/11 GI Bill does not cover. The university provides a scholarship to pay half of a qualifying student\u2019s tuition and fees, and the VA pays the other half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecoming a Yellow Ribbon school strengthens our commitment to those who have served by helping make education more affordable,\u201d said Kittelson. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to provide another meaningful way to support our veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Funds cannot be applied to room and board, housing or parking fines. Student veterans are eligible for Yellow Ribbon Program assistance if they meet the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Meet the 100% benefit tier of the Post-9\/11 GI Bill<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Served at least 36 months on active duty and received an honorable discharge<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Were honorably discharged from active duty for a service-connected disability after serving 30 continuous days<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Are a qualified dependent using transferred Post-9\/11 GI Bill entitlement<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Are using the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more about veteran services at Tarleton State, visit tarleton.edu\/veteran-services\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University has signed on with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to offer its student veterans yet another valuable resource to help pay for their …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":55613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":382,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,421],"tags":[462],"class_list":["post-55612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-featuredstories","tag-lozano-long-division-of-global-community-and-first-gen-initiatives"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"ehellmund@tarleton.edu","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/ehellmundtarleton-edu\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/09\/Yellow-Ribbon-Program-300x200.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Featured Stories<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Featured Stories<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Lozano Long Division of Global, Community and First-gen Initiatives<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Lozano Long Division of Global, Community and First-gen Initiatives<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 day ago","modified":"Updated 2 days ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 10, 2026","modified":"Updated on September 9, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 10, 2026 10:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 9, 2026 4:12 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55618,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55612\/revisions\/55618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}