The G.I. Bill at WCU
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Title
The G.I. Bill at WCU
Subject
West Chester University Quad Angles
Description
An article in WCU's student newspaper detailing a veterans' organization on campus, including reference to the G.I. bill.
Creator
Paul Lloyd
Source
Quad Angles, WCU Special Collections Library
Publisher
WCU, Vietnam Digital Oral Histories, Spring and Fall 2022
Date
November 20, 1973
Contributor
Brenna McGowan
Rights
Used with permission of WCU Special Collections
Format
JPG
Type
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Vets organize on campus
By Paul Lloyd
Joe Bradley, Veteran's Affairs Coordinator for West Chester State College runs a one man operation that currently is assisting vets in obtaining all the help veterans are entitled to under the G.I. Bill. In addition to running the Veteran's Affairs Office, Bradley takes care of PAVE, Programs to Advance Veteran's Education, and serves as advisor to the Veterans Club. This year West Chester received $13,000. This money must be used to set up the Veteran's Affairs Office at West Chester. The money is distributed, he said, on the basis of the number of vets at an institution and the institution's ability to show a 10 per cent increase in enrollment each year. Joe Bradley reports that he is responsible for veterans affairs only and his office is separate from any other office on campus. Bradley said he has direct communication with Vice President for Academic Affairs Albert E. Filano, West Chester's representative to the Veteran's Affairs Coordinator. This direct access to Filano eliminates a lot of unnecessary red tape, Bradley said. Bradley said he considered his first responsibility, to be obtaining checks for 150 veterans who applied for advance payment of their GI Bill funds but received no checks. As of this week all but 3 students have received their checks. "If I can't help the guys I have on campus now, I can't recruit more people," Bradley said. The school gets none of this money, Bradley revealed. The money also is not to be spent on vets directly. Bradley's other first responsibility officially is to run a recruitment and outreach program. He helps veterans get into any college and find employment. Bradley even helps unemployed veterans obtain welfare assistance, including food stamps. PAVE "is a statewide effort to contact, inform and motivate veterans to use their GI Bill," according to a PAVE pamphlet. "PAVE," Bradley said, "is for veterans and is run by veterans." The Vet's Club in conjunction with Bradley, is organizing vets on campus to attend the coming rally at West Chester to protest the rising cost of tuition. The club is also trying to eliminate Health and Physical Education requirements for Veterans. Bradley also stated the club is investigating what veterans can do collectively to influence the state legislature to pass legislation favorable to veteran's interests. Bradley stated that a new responsibility of his office is registration of students for the selective service. Students can register at the Veteran's Affairs Office in the basement of the Administration Building and thereby save a trip to either Coatesville or their home towns to register for the draft.
By Paul Lloyd
Joe Bradley, Veteran's Affairs Coordinator for West Chester State College runs a one man operation that currently is assisting vets in obtaining all the help veterans are entitled to under the G.I. Bill. In addition to running the Veteran's Affairs Office, Bradley takes care of PAVE, Programs to Advance Veteran's Education, and serves as advisor to the Veterans Club. This year West Chester received $13,000. This money must be used to set up the Veteran's Affairs Office at West Chester. The money is distributed, he said, on the basis of the number of vets at an institution and the institution's ability to show a 10 per cent increase in enrollment each year. Joe Bradley reports that he is responsible for veterans affairs only and his office is separate from any other office on campus. Bradley said he has direct communication with Vice President for Academic Affairs Albert E. Filano, West Chester's representative to the Veteran's Affairs Coordinator. This direct access to Filano eliminates a lot of unnecessary red tape, Bradley said. Bradley said he considered his first responsibility, to be obtaining checks for 150 veterans who applied for advance payment of their GI Bill funds but received no checks. As of this week all but 3 students have received their checks. "If I can't help the guys I have on campus now, I can't recruit more people," Bradley said. The school gets none of this money, Bradley revealed. The money also is not to be spent on vets directly. Bradley's other first responsibility officially is to run a recruitment and outreach program. He helps veterans get into any college and find employment. Bradley even helps unemployed veterans obtain welfare assistance, including food stamps. PAVE "is a statewide effort to contact, inform and motivate veterans to use their GI Bill," according to a PAVE pamphlet. "PAVE," Bradley said, "is for veterans and is run by veterans." The Vet's Club in conjunction with Bradley, is organizing vets on campus to attend the coming rally at West Chester to protest the rising cost of tuition. The club is also trying to eliminate Health and Physical Education requirements for Veterans. Bradley also stated the club is investigating what veterans can do collectively to influence the state legislature to pass legislation favorable to veteran's interests. Bradley stated that a new responsibility of his office is registration of students for the selective service. Students can register at the Veteran's Affairs Office in the basement of the Administration Building and thereby save a trip to either Coatesville or their home towns to register for the draft.
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Paper
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Citation
Paul Lloyd, “The G.I. Bill at WCU,” WCU Vietnam War Oral History Project, accessed November 18, 2024, https://nunncenter.net/wcu-vietnam-war/items/show/57.