LCC event to offer ways to get money for college
New and current college students and their parents discovered opportunities to help finance their higher education during the second annual Money for College event on Tuesday, June 29, at Laredo Community College.
The community event was sponsored by Wells Fargo, and the Central/South Texas ENLACE Partnership (C-STEP), led locally by LCC. It began at 12 noon and closed at 6 p.m. in the LCC de la Garza Building, room 101. Admission to the fair was free of charge and open to students, their parents and adults.
In addition to LCC, ENLACE and Wells Fargo Bank, other partners included Citibank; COSTEP; Department of Assistive Rehabilitative Services-Division for Rehabilitation Services; Educaid/Wachovia; International Bank of Commerce; Laredo Job Corps; LCC Community Education, Recruitment. Financial Aid, Special Populations, and Employment Assistance Center; Laredo National Bank; South Texas Tech Prep and Texas Workforce Center.
The event featured information on college programs, federal financial assistance, scholarships, grants, loans and other ways to get money for college.
Assistance was also available to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.
Short presentations by financial experts were presented every half hour. Credit management, financial aid, and debt management were covered among other topics.
Door prizes were provided by event partners. Refreshments were provided, courtesy of Wells Fargo.
The national ENLACE program, which stands for ENgaging the LAtino Communities for Education, designated 13 communities in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, New York and Texas as recipients of $28 million in grant money to fund initiatives aimed at retaining and graduating Hispanic students from high school. The local goal is to increase the number of Hispanics attending and graduating from a four-year college or university.
ENLACE is derived from the Spanish word enlazar, which means to link or to weave together. The three key components of ENLACE are a common vision for a brighter future for Latino youth, collaborative work in coalitions and a focus on strengthening public school-university-community partnerships. ENLACE is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Houston Endowment, Inc.
Texas State University at San Marcos leads the statewide initiative. Locally, C-STEP is at LCC. For more information, contact C-STEP Promotora Sandra Rodriguez at LCC by calling 721-5218 or by e-mail at srodriguez@laredo.edu.
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