Dear Bereans,
This is the campus update for Monday, March 28, 2022. At this point I am no longer sending updates on a weekly basis unless there is important information to share. There is some important information this week regarding financial aid. Hence this streamlined update.
GREAT NEWS for students from the Student Financial Aid Office
There will be funds from the American Rescue Plan (ARP or HEERF III) released early next week for spring term expenses. While the funds will be released to you as in the past, they should be used for your spring term expenses (student account). If that is paid in full, then the funds can be used for summer start-up expenses. As stated in the ARP legislation, students are to use these funds for Cost of Attendance items, such as housing, meals, books and supplies, child care, etc. These are grant funds and do not have to be repaid, nor do students have to provide receipts of expenditures.
All students are eligible for these funds, including international and DACA students.
The chart below outlines the amounts each student will receive based on need as determined by 2021-22 Expected Family Contribution (EFC):
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