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Financial Aid Tips for Students Affected by the Coronavirus The coronavirus/ COVID-19 outbreak affected the lives of students in many ways. It may have interrupted your college planning and created concerns about your financial aid. This flyer addresses some common financial aid concerns related to efforts to stop the spread of the virus. FAFSA Completion If you are a high school senior and have not yet completed your FAFSA, there is still time to submit.   For assistance, go to https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa to get your FSA ID (and an ID for one parent) and complete your FAFSA. FAFSA Completion Assistance The financial aid community is ready to assist all students with FAFSA completion.   To find a financial aid contact near you, go to https://www.cfnc.org/pay/fafsa_day.jsp and click on your county. You can also find a line-by-line FAFSA walk through at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liO5RKKNrhE . Already Completed Your FAFSA

Campus closings. SAT cancellations. Online instruction. Each day, even every hour, brings news of an educational landscape that is rapidly shifting. Or is it? In this timely webinar, Collegewise experts will separate fact from fiction and give parents the information they need to make critical upcoming decisions. We’ll discuss everything from adjusting SAT/ACT timelines to building out alternative summer plans to learning more about colleges when you can’t visit in-person. Join us for this conversation on college admissions and the power of perspective and keeping the focus on what you can control in these challenging times. Thu, March 19, 2020 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM PDT Register Here:  eventbrite.com/e/how-covid-19-impacts-college-admissions-what-you-need-to-know-webinar-tickets-100041049472

This scholarship is being held by Michael H Schwartz, a law firm based in White Plains NY. He understands the importance of furthering your education and decided to give back. For this contest students must submit an essay or a video based on this topic - Should student loan debt be discharged during bankruptcy? There are two prizes available $1,000 and $500. Eligibility requirements and more details can be found here - https://www.nylegalhelp.com/creative-scholarship-competition/

Herrman and Herrman Law Firm will be awarding three scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,500. To enter the scholarship contest, students should submit a creative entry in any format such as a video, poem, infographic, essay, piece of art, or song addressing the following topic: "Share a community service activity or project you participated in that positively changed your community, contributed to your growth, and/or affected your plans for the future." The deadline for this scholarship is December 1st. The winners will be announced in December. Students can learn more and apply for the scholarship here: https://www.herrmanandherrman.com/scholarship/

Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated                              Durham Chapter Scholarship          “The POWER to make a DIFFERENCE " National Organization Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated is a membership organization consisting of mothers with children ages 2‐19, dedicated to nurturing future African‐American leaders by strengthening children. Our National Programming Thrusts are: ·   Leadership Development ·  Culture o Healthy Living o HBCU Linkage ·  Education o Financial Literacy o STEM ·   Civic      o Community service             o Legislative Activity Durham Chapter The Durham Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated was founded on October 9, 1945 and has a rich history. Durham was the sixth chapter founded within the organization and the first chartered in the Mid‐Atlantic Region.   Through the years, the Durham Chapter has supported various local and national organizations with monetary gifts an

Code the Dream (CTD) is a unique non-profit program that provides free training in software development followed by a paid internship.  The goal of our program is to help undocumented young people, refugees, and others with career barriers to land jobs in tech.  Our mission and work is summarized in this 1-minute video .  Our process is outlined in more detail below, and there is lots of info on the Class page of our website, www.codethedream.org/classes . Seeking students for upcoming CTD class! We are currently recruiting for our next class, which will be an online class and will begin the week of May 18.  Can you help us identify students? The ideal candidate is someone who: is interested in computer programming and has already started to explore this interest in some way (though coding experience is not required); has had limited job opportunities in the past, perhaps due to lack of a college education, immigration status, being a full-time parent, or in