Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College
Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College
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.