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Show WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER FAFSA to be easier, earlier next year The Department of Education announced an initiative designed to make the cumbersome college financial aid application process start earlier and go easier. The new plan, which takes effect in fall 2016, allows families to begin the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid in October-th- ree to months earlier better align with the college application process. In addition, families can download tax information filed for the previous year to complete the application sooner. Education officials said they expect hundreds of colleges and universities to adjust their own financial aid calendars to align with the new tax information when the college application process is getting underway, Duncan said. President Barack Obama is expected to discuss the change during an event Monday in Des Moines, Iowa. Federal Student Aid provides $150 billion in grants, loans and other funds each year to more than 13 million college students. The FAFSA application is meant to 6 first-generati- p.m. and low-inco- s college-goer- and minority students. Retrieving data from the previous year's return directly from the IRS will allow more students to complete the FAFSA form without the added step of Agency. ing week and make sure that as many alumni as possible are coming back to DSU. There are a total of four events for alumni members to participate in, as well as one activity that is open to anyone. DSU is celebrating its 104th homecoming this year and students and members of the community are invited to join in on the events that are planned. Sept. 25. The DSUAA is also hosting the Rebel Mida race with night 5k the theme: Run Through on Sept. the Decades 25 at midnight at the have activities planned for DSU alumni members. The football reunion will be Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Gardner Student Center, where former DSU football players will reconnect with former teammates. The Alumni Banquet will be going on, starting at 6 p.m. in the old Gym on will last until roughly 9 p.m. The football team is playing the Azusa Pacific Tigers at Hansen Stadium. Immediately following the football game, there will be a homecoming dance at the Cox Pavilion. The dance will begin at 9 ed college, including many p.m. and end at midnight. There will be refreshments, prizes and music. Alumni of DSD also HOMECOMING continued from page 2 will begin at time-consumi- of attending college during the fall of their senior year, process. The current FAFSA application process begins in January and can't be completed until tax forms due April 15 can be retrieved from the Internal Revenue estimating their income and correcting it later. That, in turn, may reduce the burden on colleges, which spend a collective 3 million hours verifying FAFSA information, including income and tax return data. Fauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit organization focused on student financial aid, said 'prior-prio- r' using the is a long data tax year fix in the overdue timing loan application process. Because most types of aid require a FAFSA, this change will make it easier for students to meet the many college and state grant deadlines that fall well before taxes are due in April, Asher said in a statement. And for the up to two milstudents lion who miss out on federal Pell Grants because they don't complete a FAFSA, this simpler, better timed process could help them get the aid they need to succeed. (c) 2015 Tribune Content open the door to that student aid, but the process had traditionally been so and complex, it left money on the table for many of the students who needed it mosi, said Duncan. The FAFSA process has been streamlined during Duncan's tenure as education secretary, with the ability to skip irrelevant questions and download income information directly from the IRS, cutting down the average time it takes to fill out the online form to 20 a third of what minutes it was seven years ago, according to officials. Duncan said the new innovations will encourage more families to apply for financial aid, helping hundreds of thousands of additional students attend Service. We think this small step to make students' lives easier could have a huge impact over time, said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. We estimate that over the next several years, literally hundreds of thousands of additional students will actually gain access to critical student aid each year, because more students and their families will find it easier to apply for that aid. Moving the process up three months will better allow high school students to understand the true cost BY ROBERT CHANNICK TNS Hansen Stadium. Alumni will gather on University Avenue in front of Hansen Stadium for a tailgate party on Saturday, Sept. 26 starting at 3:45 p.m. The DSUAA plans activities around homecom- - 16, 2 Board of trustees plan new degrees, signs speech policy be a university with master's programs. The goal of the strateg plan was to create our vision, Williams said. The strategic plan not oi outlines DSU's goals, but who is going to put these into action, Williams said The board approved the new speech policy for DS Greg Soderberg, assistant Utah attorney general, pre sented the new speech po to the board. It was obvious to the Utah attorney general's of flee that the policy neede to be updated, Soderberg said. Soderberg said he looke at other universities' spec: policies in Utah to try to make DSU's policy better than before. Soderberg cai down to DSU to provide training on public speech t and due process in Augua full-gro- BY KARLI KUHN karlikuhn Dixie State Universitys continuous growth and academic success were highlighted at the board of trustees first meeting of the school year Friday. Topics discussed included academic program research, the new speech policy and the president's strategic plan for DSU. Matthew Devore, a junior integrated studies major from Mesquite, Nevada, was also sworn in as a new member of the board for his term as student body president of DSU. David Wade, academic program and curriculum director, presented the study for academic research with findings on how DSU can grow its university status. Wade said the research suggests master's degree programs will be most successful at DSU due to research collected from surrounding universities and interests of students. The plan is to have 42 bachelor's degrees and three master's degrees by 2020, Wade said. This plan to increase the th TL . policy is really in- tended to cover all aspects speech on campus, studen speech, commercial speec university employee spee and speech in its different forms on campus, Soder berg said. The board also reported all of the upgrades and pn ects that are in the works, such as the new buildings and academic programs. of these improvements ar all part of the president's strategic plan to be completed in 2020. number of degrees is part of President Biff Williams plan to go from status to stature, which means DSU will ! ' ' i ; , 1 4 ( 1 i J v , ! SEPTEMBER 16 - - y t,) m til- - ht FEATURING SOME GRERT ARTISTS FROM THE EPIC PROPOTIONS TOUR DIXIE rn'KiwrijiT mint iKllFxYv ii !' 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