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Financial Aid Day targets students in need
Photos and story by James Hill
Thousands of college students will have an opportunity to get free help in applying for federal and local money at Portland Community College’s Financial Aid Day.
This is an opportunity for current and future students to get some help in filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. Students don’t need to be enrolled at PCC to participate in Financial Aid Day, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 at four locations around the college district.
Volunteers will be on hand to help students fill out the FAFSA, either online at a computer or in print. Students should bring their parents (if possible), download and complete the pre-application worksheet at fafsa.ed.gov, Social Security numbers and birth dates (both parent and student), financial aid PIN at www.pin.ed.gov, current value of assets, and income tax return, W-2 from or last pay stub from 2008.
Locations for PCC Financial Aid Day include:
Cascade Campus
Technology Education Building – First Floor Computer Lab
705 N. Killingsworth
TriMet bus lines 4, 40, 72 and Max Yellow Line
Rock Creek Campus
Building 2
17705 NW Springville Road
TriMet bus lines 52 and 67
Sylvania Campus
CC Building – Lower Mall
12000 SW 49th Ave.
TriMet bus lines 44 and 78
Southeast Center
Mount Tabor Hall – Great Hall
2305 SE 82nd Ave.
TriMet bus lines 4 and 72
PCC’s Financial Aid Day will continue to partner with College Goal Oregon and offer the popular workshop, “Finding Fund$ for Oregon Students,” which is a presentation on how to search, apply and compete for scholarships. It will be offered at each location.
Future college students can fill out the FAFSA form annually to determine eligibility for federal student financial aid (including grants, loans and work-study programs) such as the Pell grants. The FAFSA consists of numerous questions regarding the student’s finances, as well as those of his or her family; these are entered into a formula that determines the Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
For more information about Financial Aid Day, please call a location near you: Cascade Campus, (503) 978-5291; Southeast Center, (503) 788-6252; Sylvania Campus, (503) 977-8521; or Rock Creek Campus, (503) 614-7225.
Contact the PCC Financial Aid office.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »