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Show Page 14 The Thunderbird Monday, September 26, 1983 SUSC financial aid total set at $2 million for year by Paul Husselbee of the 2,500 More than one-hastudents attending Southern Utah State College this fall will divide roughly $2 million in financial aid. Jack Cannon, director of SUSC financial aid programs, said although four-yethe college is a relatively institution, more students need help every year. A majority of our enrollment is from southern Utah and the surrounding areas of Nevada and Arizona, Cannon said. A cross section of the student body consistently needs financial aid because most kids come from families with middle-clasmodest incomes. Four kinds of aid will be available to SUSC students this year, Cannon said. Through grants, loans and scholarships, we will be able to assist most students who have a true need, he said. Acceptance to the program, grant awards and loans are made almost entirely on the basis of financial need, Cannon said. Scholarships, however, are almost always awarded on the basis of merit, talent or achievement, he added. Need is determined based on a lf low-co- work-stud- work-stud- y projected educational expense made up by the student and parents. If the total of the students family contribution (including students own wages) does not equal the projected educational expense, there is a need of financial aid, Cannon said. Our total programs this year will provide in excess of $2 million, Cannon said. Thats quite substantial for a school this size. The bulk of the schools funds is dispersed through the Pell (Basic) Grant program and the National Direct and Guaranteed Student Loan programs, Cannon said. However, if a student finds he is not eligible for a grant, Cannon said the college would rather the student go on than take out a loan. Some students feel they have to take a loan rather than work, because they have to study, or for a number of other reasons, Cannon said, but we try to discourage them from taking something they dont need. At the same time, however, the financial aids office tries to meet the needs of each individual student at his or her request, Cannon said. These programs are designed to insure education for the young people, so that nobody has to pass up a quality work-stud- y Jack Cannon and his staff including Jacque Nielson distribution of more than $2 million this year. education for financial reasons, he said. Though few students ask for aid when they dont need it, Cannon said it doesnt happen often. There are some who ask for help and dont need it, but not too many, Cannon said. There is one thing, however, that puzzles me. Young people express a great desire to be on their own, yet in many cases, when they get to college they shift the responsibility of taking care of themselves from their parents to the college and Uncle Sam. We have some of those problems at this school, but for the most part the kids are willing to work for what they get, he added. When a student not in need of aid applies, he or she receives a letter from the financial aids office explaining the circumstances, Cannon said. We try to help those students not eligible for federal programs by pointing e them toward jobs, or toward the guaranteed student loan program, Cannon said. In cases where a student may be forced to drop out of school for part-tim- (continued on page 15) Delta Sigma Chi invites you to become a member. We are a co-e- d Fraternity THAT HAS FUW TIMES. RUSH WEEK Sept. 261 If interested please contact Scott Clark (Vice President) Floor R.A. Juniper Hall B-3- 00 ttul oversee the Oct |