[Wsssc] Invitation: How Our Institutions are Accommodating and Navigating the Delay in Higher Education Financial Aid for 2024

[Lauren Hibbs]

Webinar: How Our Institutions are Accommodating and Navigating the Delay in Higher Education Financial Aid for 2024

Thursday, March 28, 2024 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Register to attend free webinar<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H8mQgLIDRPSkLvupMKMBaA#/registration>. | The event will be recorded in case you cannot attend.

This free webinar<https://bit.ly/FAFSA_delay_2024>, presented by the League of Education Voters, will give a high-level view of steps Washington state higher education institutions - two-year and four-year, public and private - are taking to help students cope with the financial aid delays and how students and families can navigate the current situation.

Many higher education institutions rely on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to help them determine how much of their institutional money to give out in the form of grants that students will not have to repay.

Unfortunately, the troubled federal rollout of the new FAFSA form - and the revision of the formula for determining who gets federal financial aid - means that any attempt to offer a price quote to current or recently admitted students may be just a rough estimate.

  *   Live Spanish interpretation and closed captioning in English will be provided.
  *   Moderated by Arik Korman, League of Education Voters Interim Co-CEO / Communications Director

Confirmed Panelists

  *   Sam Alvarado (he/they/she), a senior at Moses Lake High School in the Moses Lake School District and a member of the Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL)
  *   Athaliah Ioane (she/her), a sophomore at Whitworth University double majoring in Political Science and Communications - Journalism and a member of the Washington Student Engagement Networks
  *   Rebecca Tibbetts (she/her), a graduate of Walla Walla Community College who is now working on a Master of Arts in Higher Education Student Affairs at Grand Canyon University, the Columbia Regional Coordinator for the Washington Student Engagement Networks, and the Food Pantry Coordinator at Walla Walla Community College Ruben Flores, Executive Director at the Council of Presidents
  *   Dr. Terri Standish-Kuon, President & CEO at Independent Colleges of Washington
  *   Becky Thompson, Director of Student Financial Assistance at the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC)
  *   Dr. Joyce D. Hammer, Deputy Executive Director for Education at the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges


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Lauren Hibbs, Ed.D
Director, Student Services
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
lhibbs at sbctc.edu* o: 360-704-4334 *
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