Education Briefs: Event To Offer Help With College Aid Application
The Hartford Courant
December 30, 2008
"College Goal Sunday Connecticut," a volunteer effort to help low-income families, high school seniors and juniors, minority students and first-generation college students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, will be held Jan. 25 at 12 sites around the state.
It will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Arts, Sciences and Technology Center at Manchester Community College. Students and parents will receive one-on-one advice about financial aid and planning for college.
The event also will be held at Capital Community College, 950 Main St., Hartford; Central High School, One Lincoln Boulevard, Bridgeport; Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St., Willimantic; Gateway Community College, Long Wharf Campus, 60 Sargent Drive, New Haven; Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road, Middletown; Norwalk Community College, 188 Richards Ave.; Post University, 800 Country Club Road, Waterbury; St. Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford; The Discovery Museum, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport; New London Science and Technology Magnet High School, 490 Jefferson Ave.; and Western Connecticut State University, 181 White St., Danbury.
The event is sponsored by the Connecticut Association of Professional Financial Aid Administrators, the Connecticut Association of Educational Opportunity Programs, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administration and the Lumina Foundation.
For more information about the event, call 1-800-277-2270; e-mail info@collegegoalsundayct.org; or visit www.collegegoalsundayct.org.
St. Joseph College in West Hartford has received a $15,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation to support TheGengras Center's Vocational Education and Life Skills Programs.
Vocational education prepares special education students at the center for meaningful employment after graduation doing work such as clerical tasks, building or grounds maintenance, cafeteria service and greenhouse work.
Western Connecticut State University in Danbury has launched a new initiative called The Hancock Student Leadership Program.
Students will learn fiscal and civic responsibility and leadership skills and will receive mentoring and tutoring help. They are being selected for the program based on their academic achievement and campus involvement, said R. Averell Manes, a professor of social sciences at Western.
The Hartford Courant
December 30, 2008
"College Goal Sunday Connecticut," a volunteer effort to help low-income families, high school seniors and juniors, minority students and first-generation college students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, will be held Jan. 25 at 12 sites around the state.
It will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Arts, Sciences and Technology Center at Manchester Community College. Students and parents will receive one-on-one advice about financial aid and planning for college.
The event also will be held at Capital Community College, 950 Main St., Hartford; Central High School, One Lincoln Boulevard, Bridgeport; Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St., Willimantic; Gateway Community College, Long Wharf Campus, 60 Sargent Drive, New Haven; Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road, Middletown; Norwalk Community College, 188 Richards Ave.; Post University, 800 Country Club Road, Waterbury; St. Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford; The Discovery Museum, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport; New London Science and Technology Magnet High School, 490 Jefferson Ave.; and Western Connecticut State University, 181 White St., Danbury.
The event is sponsored by the Connecticut Association of Professional Financial Aid Administrators, the Connecticut Association of Educational Opportunity Programs, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administration and the Lumina Foundation.
For more information about the event, call 1-800-277-2270; e-mail info@collegegoalsundayct.org; or visit www.collegegoalsundayct.org.
St. Joseph College in West Hartford has received a $15,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation to support TheGengras Center's Vocational Education and Life Skills Programs.
Vocational education prepares special education students at the center for meaningful employment after graduation doing work such as clerical tasks, building or grounds maintenance, cafeteria service and greenhouse work.
Western Connecticut State University in Danbury has launched a new initiative called The Hancock Student Leadership Program.
Students will learn fiscal and civic responsibility and leadership skills and will receive mentoring and tutoring help. They are being selected for the program based on their academic achievement and campus involvement, said R. Averell Manes, a professor of social sciences at Western.
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