Military Withdrawal

In the event that a student, who is a member of the National Guard, United States Armed Forces, or a reserve component, shall be called/ordered into active duty (including active State duty), the student and/or student’s spouse can request and receive a granted military leave of absence from Southern Wesleyan University. The student and/or spouse will be administratively withdrawn from the university and receive a full refund of tuition and fees*. The refunding of other charges may be prorated based on the date of the withdrawal.

Service members and/or their spouses who request a military withdrawal must submit a copy of their official orders to the Office of Academic Records prior to departure or before grades are posted for the semester for the withdrawal to be processed on the student’s academic record.

Upon release from military duty, the student and/or student’s spouse will be readmitted to the university at the current tuition rate with the same academic status they held during their last attending semester without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or institutional grants awarded prior to the commencement of military duty. The student will be readmitted under the current catalog as long as the program/courses are still offered.

Without deployment orders, the student and/or student’s spouse must follow standard College drop or withdrawal procedures. A retroactive appeal to consider a military withdrawal can be initiated upon delivery of the applicable deployment orders.

Military withdrawals may not be granted for TDY (temporary duty), short-term assignments, or for semesters that are complete.

* Students who enlist in the military or in the reserves once classes in the semester have begun are not eligible for a military withdrawal during that semester.