{"image":"","content":"<h1>Enrollment Services Staff Profiles<\/h1>\r\n<h4>Our team has years of experience helping veterans with enrollment and financial aid services and is always here to help with any questions.<\/h4>\r\n<h5>Kara Wealand<\/h5>\r\n<p><img style=\"float: left;\" src=\"{staticroot}files\/resources\/kara3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/>Kara has over 10 years of experience working in financial aid assisting students and Veterans with their educational needs. Kara previously worked at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania helping student Veterans with financial aid as well as their VA education benefits. Kara became the Veterans Affairs Coordinator and School Certifying Official from December 2008 to January 2010. In this role she verified 200+ Veterans for their GI Bill education benefits, as well as administered and reconciled over $450K in Education Assistance Program (EAP), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benefits.va.gov\/vocrehab\/index.asp\">Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program<\/a>&nbsp;(Chapter 31) and Federal Tuition Assistance (FTA) funds. Her experience also included monitoring the ROTC scholarships awarded at the University.<\/p>\r\n<p>On August 1, 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs implemented the new Post 9\/11 GI Bill. Kara worked diligently to assist Veterans and their family members to apply for the new Post 9\/11 GI Bill. With such a growing population, Kara assisted the University in training fellow employees to create the Veteran&rsquo;s Service Office. Her greatest experience was assisting a group of student Veterans as their advisor to begin the first chapter of Student Veterans of America (SVA) at SHIP in January 2010.<\/p>\r\n<p>Kara joined Widener Law Commonwealth in April 2011 and continues to work with and assist Veterans with their GI Bill Education benefits and the Yellow Ribbon Program. Starting in the 2015-2016 academic year, the Yellow Ribbon contribution with Widener Law Commonwealth has updated from 10 positions to unlimited positions for those are that eligible in the JD program.<\/p>\r\n<p>Kara always welcomes prospective, new and current student Veterans to come and meet with her to discuss their GI Bill Education benefits for the JD program at Widener Law Commonwealth.<\/p>\r\n<h5>Betty Ann Mortenson<\/h5>\r\n<p><img src=\"{staticroot}files\/resources\/bettyannheadshot1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","box_content":""}