PVCC offers free financial aid seminar
Staff Report ~ 1/27/2010

Paradise Valley Community College, a Maricopa Community College, can help you learn how to score financial aid for tuition during its College Goal Sunday
event from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, in the PVCC Studio Theater, 18401 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix.
The free event is the gateway to finding federal grants, work-study grant programs, low-interest and interest-free federal education loans and scholarships.
“The foundation of paying for college is the application process. Students who experience College Goal Sunday have the advantage of working directly with financial aid professionals. Navigating the maze of scholarships, grants and loans to pay for college can be stressful. This is an opportunity to demystify the system,” says Kenneth Clarke, PVCC interim director of financial aid.
The event is free and open to college-bound students, parents and others seeking financial aid assistance.
College Goal Sunday offers a workshop on the basics of financial aid and scholarships as well as assistance filling out and electronically submitting the Federal Student Aid FAFSA form. More than 30,000 students have received help at this annual event, making the difference for some in the ability to attend college at all. College graduates go on to earn as much as 73 percent more than those with only a high school diploma. A college degree also can mean the difference between getting a job and building a career.
For information, contact Clarke at 602-787-7100 or go to www.pvc.maricopa.edu/finaid.