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Maine Arts Academy students board a bus Tuesday before leaving school following the first day back to class at the Sidney campus. The school is among a handful locally to report a decline in students filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ahead of the May 1 Maine State Grant deadline.
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Local school districts are making a final push for families to submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid applications before the Maine State Grant deadline of May 1. Families can apply after May 1, but will not be eligible for the grant, which provides up to $1,500 in need-based aid.
M State s Schermerhorn honored for leadership by student advocacy group
Amanda Schermerhorn, a student completing her senior year on the Detroit Lakes campus of Minnesota State Community & Technical College, was recently honored by the student advocacy group Lead MN as its 2021 Student Leader of the Year. 12:00 am, Apr. 28, 2021 ×
Amanda Schermerhorn, a student at M State in Detroit Lakes, was recently honored by the student advocacy group Lead MN as its 2021 Student Leader of the Year. (Submitted photo)
In recognition of her work on behalf of her community and college students both at M State and statewide, Amanda Schermerhorn has been honored as Student Leader of the Year by the student advocacy group LeadMN.
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Central Maine schools encourage families to fill out FAFSA applications by Saturday’s Maine State Grant deadline
A majority of schools in the state are seeing fewer seniors than last year fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
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Maine Arts Academy students board a bus Tuesday before leaving school following the first day back to class at the Sidney campus. The school is among a handful locally to report a decline in students filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ahead of the May 1 Maine State Grant deadline.
Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Schermerhorn named Student Leader of the Year
April 27, 2021
In recognition of her work on behalf of her community and college students both at M State and statewide, Amanda Schermerhorn has been honored as Student Leader of the Year by the student advocacy group LeadMN.
Schermerhorn, of Detroit Lakes, is a second-year student in the Political Science Transfer Pathway on M State’s Detroit Lakes campus, where she serves this year as vice president of the Student Government Association.
“Being involved with student leadership gives you a chance to help out in your community and beyond,” Schermerhorn said. “You also get the opportunity to be the voice of your fellow students, meet fellow students and share stories, all while learning valuable leadership skills in a positive environment.”
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EAST GREENWICH, RI Among the many disruptions caused by the pandemic is a decline in the number of students filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which is used to apply for college financial aid.
FAFSA form completions are often seen as a harbinger of future enrollment. The decline of applications this year, especially among low-income students, has some experts worried. This year is clawing back relative to last year, but it s still not a good FAFSA completion situation, said Bill DeBaun, director of data and evaluation for the National College Attainment Network.
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Nationally, the total number of FAFSA completions is down 6.7 percent through the week ending April 9 compared with the same date last year; there were 1.88 million applications last year compared with 1.75 million this year.