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Called to Active Duty

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Called to Active Duty

Responsibilities

Your Reponsibilities

  1. Get a copy of your orders from your unit.
  2. Email/fax your orders to your respective campus veterans office. 
  3. Notify each of your instructors of the situation and discuss your options. 
  4. Follow up with your campus veterans office to ensure your withdrawal is complete.

Your Campus Veterans Office Responsibilities

  1. Work with enrollment to cancel or withdraw you from your classes.
  2. Notify Bursar Serices and Financial Aid of your situation.

Timing of Called to Active Duty

Early in the Semester

Norman Campus

Contact Veteran Student Services at (405) 325-4308, or Katie McIntyre at (405) 325-4147 or by email katiemac@ou.edu. The Office of the Registrar will need a copy of your active duty orders as soon as possible. You can fax them to (405) 325-3639. Office of the Registrar will withdraw you from your classes and notify Bursar Services and Student Financial Center.

Mid to Late in the Semester

When time allows, visit with each of your instructors to discuss your options. Faculty and staff have been instructed by the Provost office to assist you in the disposition of your coursework. This may include early completion of courses, withdrawal or receipt of grades of Incomplete. Whatever your decision, you must then notify Veteran Student Services so they can counsel you on how it will impact your Montgomery or Post 9/11 GI Bill®.

When you know the semester in which you will return:

We will do everything we can to get you back in classes as seamlessly as possible. You may go online to one.ou.edu at the appropriate time and enroll. Should you have stops/holds, advising or otherwise, you may email Veteran Student Services at veterans@ou.edu and we will forward your email to the appropriate person(s).

PLEASE NOTE: Some training does not fall under Active Duty designation. Should you have questions, please bring copies of your service documents to Veteran Student Services, Buchanan Hall, Room 216, for advisement.

Additional Campus Items to Consider

To be released from your housing contract without penalty, you must submit a release application with a copy of your orders. Contact Housing and Food Services at housinginfo@ou.edu or (405) 325-3511 to begin your release application and Housing and Food Services will guide you through the release application process.

Return your permit to:

OU Parking and Transportation 
1332 Jenkins Ave.
Norman, OK 73019-2451

OU Parking and Transportation Services will credit your bursar account. When you have no other outstanding charges, a refund will be authorized. For questions, please call (405) 325-3311.

If you purchased your textbooks at any of the Norman campus area bookstores, the stores will give you a refund as long as you can present a receipt.

If you have checked out materials from the University Libraries, be sure they get returned.

If you need to change your address or name, please visit the Office of the Registrar website

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at GI Bill | Veterans Affairs (va.gov).