Education EnhancementProgram and will offer veterans enrolling in the University up to $20,000 ingrant money annually while they pursue a degree at the University Through the expanded G I. Bill, the federal government will fund highereducation for veterans of the Iran and Afghanistan wars at a rate equal to thetuition at public institutions within the state where the student is enrolled.In Massachusetts, that amount is less than $6,000. Private institutions typically cost more than state colleges and universities,and Suffolk University has made a commitment to fund costs in excess of theminimum for all accepted veterans studying in its Sawyer Business School,College of Arts and Science, and Law School. “Suffolk University has always welcomed our returning veterans, and we see theG.I. Bill as a well-deserved recognition for the service they have given ourcountry,” said Suffolk University President David J Sargent “The University ispleased to supplement basic G.I.

Bill benefits to expand educationalopportunities for men and women returning from duty.” The federal government will match universities` supplementary grants under theYellow Ribbon program, which has made agreements with more than half of thenation`s private institutions The individual institutional contributions vary. Suffolk University`s financial commitment to student veterans, combined with thegovernment allowance, will enable eligible veterans to cover the full cost oftuition, fees and books in any of the University`s programs President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the original G.I Bill of Rights in1944. Nearly 8 million World War II veterans employed its benefits toparticipate in an education or training program, and 2.4 million veterans hadhome loans backed by the VA The G.I. Bill was been revamped over time to meetthe changing needs of veterans. The most recent iteration is the Post-9/11 G.I.Bill, which includes the Yellow Ribbon program. Yellow Ribbon grants will be made available to veterans enrolling at SuffolkUniversity beginning in August 2009. Additional information is available from the Department of Veterans Affairs,.

Suffolk University, located on Boston`s historic Beacon Hill, with internationalcampuses in Madrid and Dakar, Senegal, is a comprehensive global institutiondistinguished by the teaching and the intellectual contributions of its faculty.Suffolk University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs inmore than 70 areas of study. Its mission is to provide access to excellence inhigher education to students of all ages and backgrounds, with strong emphasison diversity. Learn more at Suffolk UniversityGreg Gatlin, orMariellen Norris, Copyright Business Wire 2009. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Decisions over restitution for the thousands of investors defrauded by Bernard Madoff have been deferred for three months, the U.S. judge who will sentence the confessed swindler on June 29 ruled on Wednesday. U.S.Manhattan federal court judge Denny Chin granted a request made on Friday by U.S. He was immediately jailed and is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison.So far, the trustee winding down Bernard L.