Two financial aid workshops by Graduate NWA are scheduled Sunday as the program continues to reach adults interested in completing their education.
The workshops will be from 2 to 4 p.m. in Burns Hall at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville and in the Baldor Technology Center at the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith. The program was organized in 2012 by the Northwest Arkansas Council and partners, including the University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest; John Brown University; NorthWest Arkansas Community College and Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale.
Volunteers at the workshops will help attendees fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and answer questions about how to pay for college.
Workshop attendees can enter a drawing to receive one of 10 $500 tuition reimbursement scholarships given by the program.
The Census Bureau estimates more than 70,000 people living in Benton, Sebastian and Washington counties have some college credit but no college degree and the workshops will target those individuals, said Stacey Sturner, Graduate NWA program manager for the council.
Additional information about the workshops is available at www.GraduateNWA.com
NW News on 04/23/2014