Husson University Veterans Services

Starting in January 2026, all Department of Veterans Affairs education beneficiaries, including Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (Chapter 35) students will be required to verify their enrollment each month to receive their benefit payments.

Please note that you must verify your enrollment for the VA to begin processing your monthly benefit. Once verified, payment processing can take five to seven calendar days.

You can learn more about the different enrollment verification methods in this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3d09fUIuxM. If you have questions about your enrollment, please contact your School Certifying Official. You can find their contact information listed on the GI Bill Comparison Tool (https://www.va.gov/education/gi-bill-comparison-tool/ )

Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (Chapter 35 or DEA) students: Please take a moment to log in to your VA.gov account (https://www.va.gov/sign-in) and make sure that the personal contact information in you profile is up to date.

You can also update your contact information using Ask VA (https://www.va.gov/contact-us/ask-va/introduction) or by calling the Education Call Center at 888-442-4551, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.

Having updated contact information enables the Department of Veterans Affairs to keep you informed about important updates related to your education benefits and enrollment verification requirements.

Veterans Day has special meaning for Justin Grant ’25, ’27G, a student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.

From 2008 to 2018, Grant served as a Special Operations Combat Medic in the U.S. Army, deploying eight times and earning a Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart and several other awards. Now, through his involvement as the director of the EIF-Equine Immersion Foundation, he is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder by using horses in a therapeutic setting.

“Veterans tend to isolate themselves quite a bit. So events like Veterans Day—anything that can bring the community back together is really, really important. For whatever reason, we have this apprehension [about] doing reunions. Like, ‘That’s not me. I’m not doing that. I don’t need that recognition.’ It’s not for that, it’s to bring people back together. And with Veterans Day, I think it’s a great opportunity.”

Grant also urges veterans to consider getting involved with mental health non-profits. “I had a very hard time when I transitioned from the military connecting with any of my counselors because none of them had served before. Once I was actually working with counselors who were veterans, I was like, ‘They get it. They understand this.’ So if anyone is considering a career in counseling or they’re just interested in it, it’s an excellent way to get plugged in with the community. I really employ you to do it. You go to school to learn how to be a very good friend to someone in need.”

Please join us this Veterans Day for our annual Veterans Day BBQ.

We honor and remember 🕯

Today, in honor of Veterans Day, we revealed our new mural that was designed and executed by Brewer High School Art and AF JROTC students.

It was a wonderful collaborative experience and the students did an amazing job under the leadership of Kat Johnson, Brewer High School Art Teacher.

A big thank you to our Husson Alumni & Friends, Brewer High School Art Club and Brewer High School Air Force Junior ROTC without whom this event would not have been possible.

More photos and commentary to come!

Thank you Veterans!

The Husson University bell tower will shine blue this week to honor and recognize the service of our veterans. 💙❤️

2024 Veterans Day discounts, free meals and other retail offers - VA News The 2024 Veterans Day discounts list and retail offers is here! We'll continue to update this list for our Veterans, dependents and survivors as we learn more.

Our events are coming right up!

Join us as we thank our veterans for their service. We have many events planned!

Sunday November 10
Maine Veterans Project Walk around the Circle
Veterans Appreciation Brunch in the DDC

Monday November 11
Veterans Day BBQ in the DDC
Veterans Services Center Mural Grand Reveal

Register using the link below!
https://fundraise.givesmart.com/form/Nkhfiw?vid=17mr1z

Please join us this Veterans Day for special events on campus.

2LT Kiah is a recent graduate of Husson University ROTC and commissioned into the 488th Military Police Co. as a Military Police Officer! Congratulations 2LT Kiah!