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Students who are eligible for Illinois MAP grants must file the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) within the next few weeks to lock in their eligibility for next school year before funding runs out. The 2016-17 FAFSA opened Jan. 1, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission began receiving FAFSA results Jan. 2 for...
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The Scholarship Office and the Student Financial Aid Office will host a scholarship fair for current students from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. Students can speak with a representative from their academic colleges, along with representatives from other campus departments, to become aware of...
FAFSA!
Attention NIU students: now is the time to complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students depending on Illinois’ Monetary Award Program (MAP) grant to help pay for college will need to complete and submit their FAFSA before 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, to be considered for the award during the 2014-15 school...
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NIU has placed 57th on a newly created Washington Monthly list: “America’s Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges.” The honor is “pretty exclusive,” the magazine editors write. “Out of the 1,572 colleges and universities in our broader rankings, only 349 made the cut as best-bang-for-the-buck schools.” Colleges ranked must meet four criteria: At least 20 percent of their students...
Douglas D. Baker
NIU President Douglas D. Baker included the following message within today’s NIU Today news headlines to students, employees and annuitants. A similar message is being distributed to the university’s alumni base. As I walked across campus to and from meetings the past two weeks, I met many of our incoming students and their families as...
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We all know that when it comes to financial aid, there are only so many dollars to go around. Financial aid can only offer so much to so many people. Completing your FAFSA early is a sure way to feel accomplished and secure in knowing your financial situation for school next year. But having motivation...
Federal Student Aid
To assist students in applying for state and federal student aid, Northern Illinois University’s Student Financial Aid Office is offering “FAFSA Fridays” each week during the spring semester from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Swen Parson Hall 245. The free events are open to current and prospective students and are designed to help students...
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In the 2011-12 academic year, 86 percent of undergraduate students at Northern Illinois University received need-based financial aid in the form of state, federal and institutional grants. However, hundreds of thousands of eligible Illinois college students missed out on state financial aid by not completing the required Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) soon...
Lana L. Marten
NIU employee Lana L. Marten, who proudly worked in the Student Financial Aid Office for more than 40 years and helped tens of thousands of students pay for their NIU education, died Thursday, Nov. 22, in Rockford. She was 70. Marten was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in DeKalb, where she was active in...
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An increased utilization of Federal Work-Study Grant funds has resulted in a freeze in new appointments through June 30, 2012,  for the duration of the appointment. No replacement appointments will be authorized under the Work-Study Grant, according to Steve Cunningham, vice president for administration and human resources. “During FY12, we have monitored an increase in...
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Just like the early onset of summer-like weather and temperatures, the suspension of 2012-13 MAP Grant processing has arrived sooner than anyone expected. Administrators in NIU’s Student Financial Aid Office alerted all undergraduates via email Wednesday, March 14, that the prospect of a suspension was imminent. The email urged students who had not filed the...
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NIU’s Student Financial Aid Office anticipates the production of award notifications within the next week. Illinois colleges and universities have received an announcement from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission regarding an early suspension of Monetary Award Program (MAP) awards. Last year’s suspension date occurred toward the end of March;  an even earlier date is anticipated...
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