2004-2005 COLLEGE CATALOG - Luzerne County Community ...

COLLEGE HEALTH SERVICES
Luzerne County Community College provides health services for students, faculty,
and staff. College Health Services, located on the second floor of the Campus
Center, provides physical and emotional support to students, faculty, and staff at no
charge. College Health Services is directed by a registered professional nurse. Emergency
medical treatment is provided by the registered nurse under the prescribed
protocols of the College physician. College Health Services makes every effort to
have a positive impact on the health experiences of all students, faculty, and staff.
College Health Services provides leadership in seeking new and improved methods
of meeting health needs of the College. Health Services establishes a continuing free
exchange of ideas, information, programs and services with other constituencies of
the College and develops and implements institutional health and safety programs.
FINANCIAL AID
Luzerne County Community College participates in five basic programs to help
students offset the cost of higher education. These include the Federal Pell Grant,
PA State Grant (PHEAA), Federal Stafford Loan, both subsidized and unsubsidized,
Federal College Work Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grant. If you have questions regarding your particular circumstances, contact the
Financial Aid Office at 740-0389. Luzerne County Community College’s Financial
Aid Office is located in Building 5, Room 508. Office hours are normally 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Summer hours for appointment purposes may
vary. Please call first.
APPLICATION/GENERAL INFORMATION
All students who wish to be considered for financial aid must complete the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid and the Luzerne County Community College
Financial Aid Application. There is no charge for processing these applications. These
forms are available in the Financial Aid Office at the College. You can also complete
the Free Application for Federal Student Aid on-line at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The Financial
Aid Office will mail the LCCC Financial Aid Application to all full time students.
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency will mail the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid to all students who took the ACT or SAT exam in their
junior year. The Department of Education will mail applications to all renewal applicants.
Although the College does not have an application deadline, the deadline to be
considered for a PHEAA State Grant is May 1. Please file as early as possible, certain
funding is limited and must be given on first come, first serve basis.
In order to process your applications in a timely fashion, the Financial Aid Office
must receive the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and the LCCC Financial
Aid Application before June 30 of the upcoming academic year. If the above
applications are not received by this date, the Financial Aid Office cannot guarantee
the aid will be processed in time to help pay the tuition bill.
All potentially eligible students must be enrolled in a diploma, certificate or
degree program to be considered for any federal aid. The regulations for state grants
differ, please see the PHEAA State grant section of this catalog for further details.
All students must continuously make academic progress as defined by the institution
as per federal regulation in order to maintain their federal aid. Academic
progress will be reviewed at the end of the Spring Semester of each academic year.
The exception to this will be all students enrolled in programs of less than two (2)
years in length. These students will be reviewed after one major semester of enroll-
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