{"id":25,"date":"2008-02-18T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T21:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/registrar.southernarkansasuniversity.info\/veteran-affairs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:15:51","slug":"va","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/va\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Registrar serves as a liaison between VA students at SAU and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The primary purpose is to assist VA students in the processing of the VA forms required for education benefits and to certify their enrollment to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Eligibility, payment questions, and address changes should be directed to 1-888-GI-BILL\u00ae (1-888-442-4551).<\/p>\n<p><strong>All VA students must submit an online VA Certification Request form before EVERY semester in which they want to use their VA benefits.<\/strong> To submit this form, students should log into their <a href=\"http:\/\/my.saumag.edu\">new mySAU<\/a> account and go to the Student tab &gt; Forms subtab &gt; VA Certification Request Form. Students can also download a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/va-certification-request-form\/\">PDF certification form<\/a> and email it to <a href=\"mailto:va@saumag.edu\">va@saumag.edu<\/a> or bring it in person to Brittany Lenard in Nelson 109.<\/p>\n<p>First-time VA students must also submit a copy of their Certificate of Eligibility (or equivalent documentation) so their chapter and benefits can be verified. This may be submitted by email or in person at the locations mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/files\/2018\/04\/Student-Responsibilities-updated.pdf\">VA Student Responsibilities<\/a> for more detailed information about SAU&#8217;s policies and procedures regarding VA benefits.<\/p>\n<h3>For more information please contact:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>VA Education Benefits<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/crisp-keisha\/\">Keisha Crisp<\/a><br \/>\nVA School Certifying Official<br \/>\nNelson Hall 109<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:kdcrisp@saumag.edu\">kdcrisp@saumag.edu<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: 870-235-4033<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal Tuition Assistance<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/hickson-stacey\/\">Stacey Hickson<\/a><br \/>\nBusiness Office Director<br \/>\nOverstreet Hall 113D<br \/>\nPhone: 870-235-5206<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:slhickson@saumag.edu\">slhickson@saumag.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Official source for information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibill.va.gov\">VA Education<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Registrar serves as a liaison between VA students at SAU and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The primary purpose is to assist VA students in the processing of the VA forms required for education benefits and to certify their enrollment to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Eligibility, payment questions, and address&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/va\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-25","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":965,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}