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Show ,, !TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2000 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS Loan processes change BY MICHELLE ALVA JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The Stafford Loan Application process is being altered to make it easier for students to apply for the loan, said Kim Ille, SUU's financial aid officer. · Ille attended a seminar at the Utah Higher Education Authority in Salt Lake City earlier this month, which focused on making the Stafford Loan Application process more streamline. In the past, the Stafford Loan process required students to complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, along with a signed master promissory note indicating the amount of money students wished to borrow each year. Now, students will only be required to complete one master promissory note for their entire undergraduate academic career. "This will hopefully make the Stafford Loan process more organized," said Ille. Students will no longer indicate the amount they wish to borrow on the promissory note. A written document will notify the student through the mail indicating the amount of money students are eligible to receive. Applicants are required to return the award notification stating the amount that is being borrowed. Once awarded, students are required by SUU to attend loan counseling either on line at www.suu.edu or submit the borrower certification form to the SUU Financial Aid Office. When applicants sign the promissory note, borrowers automatically authorize lenders to defer principle and interest payments while applicants are attending school. This will also allow institutions to transfer loan proceeds by electronic fund transfer, said Ille. The video loan counseling sessions will no longer be offered, she said. Reutzel visits colleges (continued from p age 3) need to decide if that's what we still want to be. Education is broad based, it without strategic planning and an intense includes the heart, mind and soul and collection of data, he said. with so many outside factors that we can't ·suu is seeking its niche and in doing control, like the legislature, we need to so we need to be particular about what look inside and determine how we can be we are going to offer students. We need more efficient,· Behunin said. to focus on particular programs that will "My intention is to take a campus that is not only strengthen the university, but the · known for good quality and make it students,· Heuett said. better. I want to make it different,• ·we are a liberal arts college. and we Reutzel said. ,.. PAGES JTUDENT GRADUATION IPEECH COMPETITION Graduating seniors who have at least a 3.6 cumulative GPA are invited to submit an original five- to eight-minute speech to be given by the graduate at this year's Graduation Ceremony, Saturday, May 6, 2000. The graduation address will be selected by a student/ faculty p anel from the applications received. Finalists will be invited to present their address to the panel. A $·300 cash award will be given to the recipient of the student graduation speech honor. Proposed student graduation addresses, along with a brief resume, should be submitted to the Vice President for Student Services Office no later than Friday, March 10 , 2000. Finalists will be notified by March 22 , 2000. Midnight Sale February 28th Celebrate the releases o f: S.m ashing Pumpl<ins • Oasis Pink ·Floyd Live • AC/DC Bloodhound Gang • Bone Pre-order the new Smashing Pumpkins CD for only $1 3. 99 and receive a free copy of their new single (while supplies last}. ----- , -~ . -, . ............. . .... . Huge Discounts • Free Food Prize Give-aways! Live Entertainment! ' I• |