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State to host fifth annual College Goal Sunday this weekend

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It only takes an average of 23 minutes to fill out an important form that’s the key for a lot of West Virginians who have plans on heading to college.

Completing the FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, will be one of the focuses Sunday at the fifth annual College Goal Sunday in West Virginia.

Free financial aid assistance will be offered at 25 workshop sites from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission College Access Program Liaison Autumn Perry said the workshops can help high school seniors and current college students looking to complete their forms for financial aid.

“It’s basically an opportunity for students and families to come out and get some free assistance in applying for financial aid,” she said.

The FAFSA is the key. It needs to be completed by high school seniors hoping to get a Promise Scholarship and anyone seeking federal financial aid.

HEPC Senior Director of Financial Aid Brian Weingart said it only takes on average 23 minutes to fill out the FAFSA. He said those attending Sunday’s workshops should bring some information to help them.

“They would want to bring 2013 completed federal tax returns. If they don’t they want to bring W-2s, the last paystubs or if their 2012 income is similar they can bring their 2012 returns,” he said.

Studies show West Virginians leave thousands of dollars of college financial aid on the table each year and in many cases it’s because the FAFSA was not completed.

“The FAFSA is the number one indicator of college going,” Weingart said. “If we can encourage students to get that FAFSA filled out it makes it affordable for students to be able to go because they are applying for all of these scholarships and grants.”

More information is available at www.cfwv.com.

The 25 College Goal Sunday locations:

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, Martinsburg
Computer Labs 2104, 2106 and 2108

Bluefield State College, Bluefield
W. Paul Cole Jr. School of Business

Concord University, Athens
Rahall Technology Center – Room 103

Davis & Elkins College, Elkins
Eshelman Science Center

Erma Byrd Higher Education Center, Beckley
Computer Lab

Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community and Technical College Caperton Center, Clarksburg
First Floor

Glenville State College, Glenville
Robert Kidd Library

Herbert Hoover High School, Clendenin
Library & Computer Lab 2001

Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College, South Charleston
Rooms 119 & 108

Lewis County High School, Weston
Room 1049

Marshall University, Huntington
Corbly Hall

Marshall University Mid-Ohio Valley Center, Point Pleasant
Student Lounge

Mingo Central High School, Delbarton
Library/Media Center, Room 125

New River Community and Technical College, Lewisburg
Greenbrier Hall – Student Lounge

Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser
Academy Hall – Room 309

Putnam County Career and Technical College, Eleanor
Room 6A

RESA 4 Offices, Summersville
Main Floor Office & Computer Lab

Ripley High School, Ripley
Library

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Logan
Building A, Room A-211

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown
Erma Ora Byrd Hall – 1st Floor

West Virginia Northern Community College, Wheeling
B&O Building Room 219

West Virginia State University, Institute
Wallace Hall, Room 222

West Virginia University, Morgantown
Woodburn Hall – First Floor

West Virginia University Institute of Technology (Tech), Montgomery
Engineering Laboratories Building

WVU Parkersburg, Parkersburg
Caperton Center – Room C223

 





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