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Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College

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COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2012-2013 CATALOG<br />

NYS World Trade Center Memorial<br />

Scholarship<br />

• The NYS World Trade Center<br />

Memorial Scholarship program<br />

guarantees access to a college<br />

education to the families and fnancial<br />

dependents of the victims who died<br />

or were severely and permanently<br />

disabled in the September 11, 2001,<br />

terrorist attacks and the resulting<br />

rescue and recovery efforts. Apply<br />

online at HESC.org.<br />

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship<br />

• The Robert C. Byrd Honors<br />

Scholarship is a competitive federal<br />

honors program that provides<br />

scholarships to academically talented<br />

high school seniors who are New<br />

York State residents and plan to attend<br />

any approved institution of higher<br />

education in the United States. Apply<br />

through your high school counselor.<br />

Academic Progress and financial<br />

Aid eligibility<br />

Students receiving fnancial aid from<br />

federal, state, or institutional sources must<br />

meet the standards for both satisfactory<br />

academic progress and program pursuit as<br />

detailed by the Federal Higher Education<br />

Amendments of 1976 and New York<br />

State’s Education Commissioner’s<br />

Regulations and enforced by <strong>Columbia</strong>-<br />

<strong>Greene</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Failure to<br />

make both satisfactory academic progress<br />

and program pursuit will result in the<br />

loss of fnancial aid eligibility. Since the<br />

requirements for the state and federal<br />

programs differ, eligibility for each<br />

program will be reviewed individually at<br />

the required intervals.<br />

• TITLE IV (FEDERAL AID) —<br />

The academic standards for federal<br />

fnancial aid eligibility are the same<br />

56<br />

as the college’s academic standards<br />

for degree completion. Please refer<br />

to page 37 for the Academic Progress<br />

and Program Pursuit requirements at<br />

C-<strong>GCC</strong>.<br />

• Students who have lost their Title IV<br />

aid eligibility and request a hearing<br />

by the Academic Appeals Committee<br />

will have their Title IV aid eligibility<br />

reevaluated. If eligibility is reinstated,<br />

the student will be granted a waiver.<br />

• TAP (NEW YORK STATE AID) —<br />

Students who have lost eligibility for<br />

the New York State Tuition Assistance<br />

Program should contact the Financial<br />

Aid Offce and the TAP certifying<br />

offcer for aid appeal and reinstatement<br />

procedures.<br />

• A one-time waiver of Satisfactory<br />

Academic Progress and Pursuit<br />

of Program due to unusual or<br />

extraordinary circumstances may be<br />

granted.<br />

• The C average requirement may<br />

be waived on the basis of undue<br />

hardship if the circumstance(s) can<br />

be demonstrated to have affected the<br />

student’s ability to achieve a C average<br />

at the end of a particular semester.<br />

• These waiver requests are separate<br />

from an academic appeal. Waiver<br />

forms are available from the fnancial<br />

aid offce and should be submitted<br />

prior to the start of the next semester.

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