The Daily Bulletin Archive

Have your financial aid questions answered and be part of this campuswide dialogue, "Financial Aid Implications When Advising Students," on Wednesday, February 8, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. in Butler Library 181B.

Each semester, roughly 1,000 Buffalo State students are notified that either they have lost or are at risk of losing their financial aid eligibility if their academic standing does not improve. Faculty and staff members who advise students can help guide them toward smart academic choices to keep them on track to retain or regain financial aid eligibility, which is vital for increasing student persistence to graduation. This workshop will address the relationship between academics and financial aid and how those who advise students can help them maintain their financial aid eligibility.

At this workshop, you will learn

• what information to consider before advising a student to add, drop, or repeat a course or increase or decrease a course load to ensure that his or her financial aid eligibility is not at risk;
• how and when Buffalo State reviews academic progress and determines financial aid eligibility.

Please note: The policy on Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid Eligibility is different from other academic policies on campus that govern a student's eligibility to continue taking courses. A student may be eligible to take courses at Buffalo State (e.g., as an academic recovery student or as a probationary student) but still be ineligible to receive financial aid. For additional information on the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), please visit the Financial Aid website.

This workshop will be presented by Leasa Rochester-Mills, senior staff assistant for academic intervention and cocurricular activities; Linda Rainforth, associate director of financial aid; and Susan Wright, director of student accounts.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.