NTCC To Host College Goal Sunday

College financial advisers will be on hand at NTCC Sunday, Feb. 22nd

MT. PLEASANT, TX, Feb. 17, 2009 -- College-bound high school students and their parents will have opportunities at over 30 locations throughout the state on Sunday, February 22nd to meet with financial aid experts to learn more about scholarships, loans and other forms of financial assistance available to them and receive help in filling out the necessary forms.

Locally, Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) in Mt. Pleasant will host a workshop on their campus to aid local students.

Karen Fox, Associate Director of Financial Aid at NTCC said "This will serve as a great way to help our high school seniors complete their FAFSA and get them one step closer to getting into college."

Besides the convenience of having college financial experts on hand to hand to answer the confusing questions student loan applications often raise, Fox dangled another incentive: Students will be entered in a drawing to win an IPOD if they pre-register on the website and attend the workshop.


The free workshops are part of College Goal Sunday, a national program in which Texas colleges began participating last year.

The program is a partnership with Texas A&M University’s Department of Scholarships and Financial Aid, led by Margaret Allen-Romero, manager of special projects and coordinator for the statewide program. The workshops bring together students and financial aid professionals with the tools needed to apply for money for college.

For more information, contact Margaret Allen-Romero at mallenromero@tamu.edu or at 979-862-3926 or 979-458-5307.

Workshop locations, in addition to other relevant information about College Goal Sunday, are included on the program’s website at
http://financialaid.tamu.edu/cgs.

For more information about this opportunity at NTCC, contact Karen Fox at kfox@ntcc.edu or 903-434-8132.

Source: NTCC Release