267 MTSU WILL BE SITE FOR FEB. 18 COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY

Release date: Feb. 14, 2007 Editorial contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919
Event contact: Bonnie McCarty, 615-904-8414


(MURFREESBORO) — MTSU and 34 other sites statewide will be providing information and assistance to Tennessee families applying for financial aid for higher education.
It’s the annual College Goal Sunday, which will start at 2 p.m., Feb. 18, weather permitting, in MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building’s State Farm Lecture Hall.
MTSU financial aid representatives will help families of college-bound students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, the federally required form for students seeking financial aid, including grants, scholarships and loans throughout the nation.
Students and families in low-income and minority communities who need help applying for financial aid to attend college should try to attend.
“We will have a presentation on financial aid and FAFSA at 2 p.m. in the State Farm Lecture Hall, and it may be repeated as needed,” said Bonnie McCarty, assistant director of scholarships in the financial aid office.
“We will have individual counseling in the SunTrust Room for students and their parents who have specific questions that are odd situations outside the norm (not living with parents or parents who have had change of income within the past year,” McCarty added.
Students from Rutherford, Cannon, Warren, Williamson, DeKalb, Coffee, Moore, Marshall and other counties are welcome to attend. High-school juniors also are invited.
MTSU will not be trying to recruit the students, McCarty said.
“We’re supposed to be a service to the students rather than a recruiting tool for any one school,” she said. “The purpose of College Goal Sunday is to help students understand federal and state aid and to get assistance with filing their FAFSA.”
Filing the FAFSA online requires a PIN number, she said.
The students and their families can utilize a computer lab to file their FAFSA online if they bring their tax returns and W-2 forms, McCarty said.
Attendees should check local news outlets to see if College Goal Sunday is canceled because of inclement weather.
For more information, contact, McCarty by calling 615-904-8414.
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