Financial
Aid Director Candidates Give Presentations
Two
finalists for financial aid director will give presentations
on campus. Employees are invited to attend. Both are scheduled
at 11 a.m. in 2303 C.B. Hedgcock on the respective dates.
James
Paine, coordinator for financial aid and student affairs at
the University of Missouri-St. Louis, will speak on Thursday,
Feb. 24.
Deborah
Faust, director of financial aid at Lake Superior State University,
will give her presentation on Friday, Feb. 25.
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Pell
Grant Changes Impact Students
A projected
1,290 NMU students will find their Pell Grants reduced anywhere
from $50 to $100 next fall, according to Carol Waldmann
(Financial Aid). Because
of changes in the formulas that determine eligibility, some
students will fail to qualify for Pell Grants at all next
year.
“NMU’s
total Pell Grant amount will be reduced by $125,000, which
isn’t as significant a loss as we had anticipated,” said Waldmann.
“Our limited resources probably won’t be able to pick up the
whole difference, but we’ll try.” Full
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