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Event Gives Local Students Free Assistance Filling Out
Financial Aid Forms
College Goal Sunday helps students get the money they need to attend college
WHO:
· High school seniors
· Parents or guardian
· Professional financial aid advisors
The national College Goal Sunday program was created by the Indiana Student Financial Aid Association with funding from Lilly Endowment, Inc., and with supplemental support from Lumina Foundation for Education. College Goal Sunday is a program of the Y-USA.
In Kansas, College Goal Sunday is a nonprofit event coordinated by the Kansas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (KASFAA) and other interested and dedicated volunteers. This annual event is supported by funds from USA Funds; YMCA of the USA; KASFAA; and the federal College Access Challenge Grant, administered by the Kansas Board of Regents.
WHAT:
College Goal Sunday in Kansas helps students get the money they need to attend college. Students will receive free help from financial aid advisors filling out the required Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the first step to apply for federal aid. One student at each of the 22 locations will receive a $500 scholarship to any college or trade school in the country. (Scholarship recipients must be a first semester freshman in the fall of 2012)
WHEN:
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012
Stop by anytime between 2-4 p.m.
WHERE:
All over Kansas (see list below for locations).
WHY:
According to The College Board, the average 2010-2011 tuition increase was 4.5 percent at private colleges, and 7.9 percent at public universities. College Goal Sunday makes applying for financial aid easier. For more information and to register, visit www.CollegeGoal.org.
KANSAS LOCATIONS:
Atchison – Benedictine College
Concordia – Cloud County Community College Dodge City – Dodge City Community College
El Dorado – Butler County Community College
Emporia – Emporia High School Library
Garden City – Garden City High School Great Bend – Great Bend High School
Hays – Fort Hays State University
Holton – Highland Community College
Hutchinson – Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational School
Iola – Allen County Community College
Junction City – Junction City High School
Kansas City, Kansas – Kansas City Kansas Community College
Lawrence – University of Kansas
Liberal – Seward County Community College
Olathe – MidAmerica Nazarene University
Overland Park – Johnson County Community College
Pittsburg – Pittsburg State University
Salina – Kansas Wesleyan University Topeka – Washburn University
Wichita – Evergreen City Hall
Wichita – Newman University
Wichita – Wichita Area Technical College