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2 March 2, 2005
News
The Rambler
Rpffice aids students with finances
Nici Sandberg
NEWS EDITOR
Money: students need it to get through
school, but sometimes it is a difficult and con-
fusing ordeal to find this elusive funding.
That's why there is an office of financial aid
on campus.
The purpose of the office is to "award in
a timely manner," according to Annetta
Cerda, financial aid counselor. Financial aid
awards consist of scholarships, grants and
loans. However, if students want aid, they
have to file the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) every year.
"Every semester [the people in the office]
help me fill out the FAFSA. They give me
scholarship information," said Neal Bridges, a
senior psychology major. He also said that
they have been "doing a great __
job and are very courteous."
Cerda stressed that students
fill out the form every year
because many times they think
that it only has to be done once.
She also said that they
encourage students to file online because it is
quicker. She said that filing a paper applica-
tion can take up to four weeks or more, while
an online application takes about two weeks.
Cerda said that it is also important to file
earlier than the fall of 2005 deadline of May
15 because "sometimes students are random-
ly selected by the government for verifica-
tion."
Verification can delay the process, and
roughly one third of the students who file are
selected for authentication of paperwork,
according to the financial aid office.
"Texas Wesleyan doesn't choose stu-
dents for verification. It's just a selection
from the government," said Cerda.
If a student is selected for this ran-
dom verification, it means that the he or
she has to fill out more paperwork.
"It's just one of those government
things," said Cerda.
The office receives an electronic
copy of the Student Aid Report (SAR),
and the student receives a paper copy. If
the student receives a copy, but the office
does not, then the student may have writ-
ten or typed in the wrong school code. If
this happens, the student will need to
contact the office.
Upon receipt of this report, the office
can begin awarding aid. The earlier the
office gets the SAR, the earlier they can
______ award students.
Danny Galvan,
a junior psychology
major, said that the
office has been help-
ful to him, but that he
usually only visits to
get refund checks and to make sure that
everything is straightened up at the
beginning and end of each semester.
"They take care of problems pretty
quickly," he said. "I can't complain."
The only thing that he said would
make the office run a little more smooth-
ly would be to e-mail students if there is a
problem instead sending a letter, which takes
longer.
Cerda addressed concerns about a lack of
communication between the financial aid
office, the registrar and the cashier's office.
"Every semester [the people
in the office] help me fill
out the FAFSA."
— Neal Bridges
Senior psychology major
Photo by Jillian Jones
Marci Jones, student records coordinator, helps Ashley McKee, a freshman education major, with
paper work in the financial aid office.
"Communication is by far improved a
whole lot now. 1 don't see any communica-
tions problems going on between the offices,"
Cerda said. "If there is a communication gap
somewhere, we are contacting the office
instead of having the student do that. There
isn't a communication problem at all."
Cerda said that the office was slow last
week and the busiest time is open registration.
However, students should be getting to the
office because the FAFSA is due no later than
May. And she said that students should be
applying right now.
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Remembering the past
Cherishing the present
Planning for the future
Helping our children prepare for the future
Meet Joyce Ann Brown as
she tells her story: Justice
Denied, and How We Can
Help Our Children Stay Out
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Renovations, from page I
story door leading nowhere
from the outside, but in
March, the stairs should be
installed for the exit, accord-
ing to Dunson.
On the third floor, every-
thing was totally replaced
including the walls. The third
floor, in addition to the modi-
fications done on the second,
has new sheetrock walls as
well and a kitchen for the
staff.
Espinosa and the humani-
ties faculty will office out of
the newly renovated second
floor. This floor will also have
a new conference room for
Wesleyan faculty, staff or
administration.
"There will be one big
conference room that will be
generally used for the school
or Dr. Espinosa or whoever
might want to use," Dunson
said.
The third floor of the church will be used
for the chaplain and the religion professors.
"We plan on making the move on spring
Photo by Michael McKcnzic
Plans for the church, discussed here by Thomas S. Byrne sub-
contractors, include a conference room and break room.
break," Dunson said. "We are going to have a
moving company come in. The faculty are
packing up right now."
Now Hiring
The Rambler is currently
accepting applications for
photographers and writers.
Students interested and/or experi-
enced in either of these positions
should contact the office
at (817) 531-7552 or
twurambler@yahoo. com.
New degree, from page 1
Some classes are offered
during a traditional summer
schedule or in the Weekend
Institute for School Leader-
ship. Applications for sum-
mer admittance and the
weekend classes are due no
later than June 15, and April
15 for the summer schedule.
Regarding class size,
Miranda said, "We don't
want big numbers. We want
each cohort to be about 20
people. We are very selective
with those 20 people. It is a
limited group."
The first cohort will be
held Monday through
Thursday, June 13 to July 21.
The second cohort will be
every other Saturday in the
fall.
For information or an
application, contact David
Merrill at dmerrill
@txwes.edu or (817) 531 -
4422.
Budget, from page I
- high school grade point
average, test scores - and
what she said was that we
were losing the students who
were at the very bottom in
terms of GPA, and we were
losing a significant number
of students with GPAs over
3.0," said Alexander.
According to Alexander,
Teresa Farnum, Wesleyan's
Noel-Levitz consultant,
identified the absence of a
reading test as the reason for
losing the lower GPA stu-
dents and the absence of an
honors program as a reason
for losing the higher GPA
students.
Wesleyan responded to
Farnum's findings by imple-
menting a reading test,
which it is piloting this
semester. Also, a proposal
for an honors program is
before the Academic Affairs
Committee, Alexander said.
The university also
addressed needs in services
like "the deregistration
process that focuses on the
entire student body, the pay-
ment plan going to online
registration, services and
programs," according to
Alexander. "It's all geared at
communicating to our stu-
dents so we have better
retention from fall to spring
than we did a year ago."
"Another piece of the
plan was to provide cus-
tomer service training for
our staff," Alexander said.
"We conducted training for
80 of the staff. The staff hav-
ing a more friendly attitude
is going to help the stu-
dents." Each step in improv-
ing retention at Wesleyan,
though it develops slowly, is
vital. Student tuition and
fees generate better than 80
percent of Wesleyan's rev-
enues, and students' needs
arc at the center of adminis-
trators' focus when deciding
how the money will be
spent, according to
Bleibdrey.
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