University of Minnesota. Bureau of Veterans' Affairs
On April 28, 1944, the University of Minnesota, at the behest of president Walter C. Coffey, established the Committee on the Coordination of Advisory Services for Veterans. The committee was to consider and plan all factors involved in veteran enrollment at the University. The plan outlined by the committee to assist veterans at the University became the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs, which was officially established on January 1, 1945 as part of the Office of the Dean of Students. The committee became the University Committee on Veterans Affairs in May 1946.
- Orientation
- Assisting veterans seeking to be admitted to the University in orientation and registration from the standpoint of both University and Veterans Administration requirements.
- Referral of veterans to existing agencies for special help, including the Student Counseling Bureau, speech clinic, Bureau of Student Loans and Scholarships, Remedial Study Clinic, Student Housing Bureau and faculty members and counselors.
- Services to Enrolled Veterans
- Authorizing the issuance of books and supplies by obtaining lists of text books from faculty members and liaison with various bookstore issuing supplies and equipment.
- Advisement services for enrolled veterans by assisting with course cancellation and withdrawal from the University.
- Progress of Education
- Reporting academic progress and attendance to the Veterans Administration.
A significant service of the Bureau was the exit interview with the student veteran who had withdrawn from the University. This service was extended so as to keep in the veteran in good standing with the Veterans Administration and the University. From these interviews information was obtained which would enable the Bureau to assist in solving certain problems confronting student veterans through a more adequate program of counseling, and to help the University improve its education facilities. It was also the function of the exit interview to make sure that the veterans who left were not dissatisfied with the services of the University.
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