4 IU campuses get aid for military students

Friday Oct 16, 2009 19:29:32 EDT

Four of Indiana University’s campuses are getting grants totaling $52,700 to help students who are either veterans or currently serving in the military.

IU Bloomington, IUPUI, IU Southeast and IU East will use the grants to boost the number of veterans and students in the service who remain in school and eventually graduate. The money for Operation Diploma comes through Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute, which was created through a $5.8 million gift from the Lilly Endowment.

Twenty-one Indiana colleges and universities recently received more than $270,000 for Operation Diploma. The Veterans Affairs Department says more than 7,500 Indiana veterans used GI Bill education benefits last year.

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