Student aid forms like federal government FAFSA are complicated and difficult for students and parents of first generation college students to fill out. There are a myriad of complex college and state aid programs as well. The Illinois Student Assistance Corps is serving as a guide for potential first-generation college students from low-income families to navigate the paperwork and search process of securing grants, scholarships and financial aid. The state-operated organization launched in 2009 with a team of college student and adult mentors based out of the state’s communities colleges visit high schools and community centers. State
The Chronicle of Higher Education shared with graduate students tips on how to get the most out of your academic career. This open letter to graduate students encourages you to network productively within your field, but I also encourage you to expand your horizons and get to know others in your local community.
This week is full of opportunities for you to meet students from other programs and professionals of the Lowcountry.
Tuesday, the Social Media Club Charleston is hosting their Summer Social at Taco Boy Downtown.
Just ran across this press release on the Florida High School Athletic Association’s website:
That should shake things up among small school basketball. ACD has made it to the Class 1A state finals six consecutive seasons, and won 5 titles in a row before last season.
From FHSAA:
Arlington Country Day resigns FHSAA membership
GAINESVILLE – Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville resigned its membership in the Florida High School Athletic Association, effective immediately.
School officials had been in contact with Executive Director Roger Dearing to tender the school’s resignation.
RIVIERA BEACH — Drivers still wait in lines of traffic and obey police to reach the new Suncoast High School in the mornings.
But some residents say the Suncoast traffic is flowing better than it was during the first few hectic days of the school year. And the school district says the traffic jam between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. will be eased in mid-October, when a wider section of West 13th Street is scheduled to open.
Still, some residents remain frustrated by the congested mass of cars winding through their residential streets.
“It’s crazy,” said Erica Gonder, a parent who lives on 13th Street near the Suncoast entrance. “