Submit a Quarterly Benefit Action:
EVERY QUARTER YOU WANT TO USE BENEFITS, (after registering for classes) please complete your Certification Request form below by clicking the GREEN button below.
Waivers and Residency Disclaimer
If you are a non-Washington state resident, please see the military residency section of the Additional Benefits page.
During Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters. AYSS classes are self-supported non-state funded courses that cannot be waived by the CH35 WA state tuition waiver. Make sure to check by using the self-help tool Check Course Coverability for WA State Tuition Waiver | Veteran Services (wwu.edu) or by emailing the VSO before registering for courses that you believe might be AYSS.
Deadlines. All Waivers and Residency applications MUST be submitted no later than 30 days after the start of the quarter in which you are applying for. If the application or Waiver is submitted after the deadline, then it will be applied starting from the next quarter.
During Summer quarter, STVF waivers (the CH35 WA state tuition waiver) can only be used if the course is state funded. Make sure to check by using the self-help tool Check Course Coverability for WA State Tuition Waiver | Veteran Services (wwu.edu) or by emailing the VSO before registering for courses that you believe might be AYSS.
New Students: Click below to learn about your benefits:
Living on Campus?
Western requires you must pay all of your housing and dining fees by the start of the quarter.
Even if you are receiving living stipend payments monthly, you must still make payments towards your meal plan and room rent to be protected from late payment fees.
If you need additional information on how to pay, please contact the Veteran Services office. Visit Western’s University Residences site for more info.
Graduation and Commencement
Student veterans who are graduating will now be able to wear white stoles bearing the WWU logo and the word “Veteran” embroidered below it.
Dependents of veterans also may wear red, white and blue cords to honor their accomplishment. These cords are available to any students participating in graduation who have spouses or parents who have served in the military.
If you are graduating and would like to wear the veteran stoles and cords, please stop in our office located in the Viking commons room 525 to pick them up free of charge.
Western’s annual ‘Stories Deployed: The Veteran Chronicles’ gives local vets the platform to tell their own stories.
Learn more about the project in Window: WWU’s Magazine.
Estimated Payment Calendar
POLICIES, RCWs, LAWs
- Rights of Washington national guard and other military reserve students called to service
- Classification as resident or nonresident student—Definitions
- Exemption from payment of fees at state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College—Children and surviving spouses of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, state patrol officers, or highway workers.
- Tuition waivers—Veterans and national guard members—Dependents—Private institutions.