From the Vice President for Student Affairs
Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015Academic Works Scholarship Software Launch
Scholarship processing is moving to a centralized model located in the Financial Aid Office using the software Academic Works. With the successful Transforming Lives campaign raising over $27 million, Academic Works will help students efficiently locate and apply for scholarships. Implementing the centralized scholarship model should provide us with a stronger ability to attract and retain top students by offering students one location to review requirements and apply for scholarships.
We will be conducting a phased-in approach for Academic Works starting with the launch on November 15 with a small number of spring 2016 scholarships. We anticipate full deployment for fall 2016 scholarships with training to commence in the spring semester. Some scholarships may continue to reside in departments outside of Financial Aid and Academic Works, but students will be directed to those departments by notifications within Academic Works.
Because we may experience some challenges as we launch this new system, the Financial Aid Office will have a shadow process in place to ensure continuity of scholarship services to students.
An e-mail address has been set up for students to ask questions: scholarship@buffalostate.edu.
