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Over $500,000 Aid Fund To Deserving Students MURFREESBORO - Realizing the Impact of college expenses on students and their families, Chowan College administers an extensive aid program to de serving students in need of finan cial assistance. Chowan’s total program exceeds one-half mil lion dollars. It is estimated that about one out of every three students at tending Chowan College receives some type of financial aid. In addition to scholarships, help Is given through grants-in-aid, student employment and loan pro grams. Ch o w a n’s Competitive Honor Scholarship program awards twenty-three competitive schol arships each year amounting to $12,000. There are also several other scholarships ranging from $100 to $1,000 which are made available by the college and friends of Chowan. Athletic grants-in-aid are awarded to promising athletes in football, basketball and baseball. Approximately 100 job oppor tunities are available on cam pus to students through the col lege Self Help Program and the Federal Work Study Program. The hours that a student works are arranged so there is no inter ference with the class schedule and study time. A student may work up to 15 hours per week and is paid on an hourly basis. Chowan also participates in the PACE and STEP Programs so that students may find jobs dur ing the summer vacation to help defray the cost of the next year’s education. Chowan College participates in the National Defense Student Loan Program and the Educational Op- portimity Grant Program. In the National Defense Student Loan Program a student may borrow up to $1,000 per year based on financial need. No interest ac crues on this loan while the stu dent is pursuing a full-time ed ucation and there is a nine-month grace period after the student terminates his education. Ten years are allowed for total repay ment one-tenth of principal plus interest each year. A limited number of Education al Opportunity Grants are avail able to students attending the col lege. Grants range from $200 to $1,000. Government Insured loans un der the Higher Education Act of 1965 are available from College Foundation, Incorporated. A stu dent may borrow up to $1,500 per year from College Founda tion, Incorporated CHOWAN’S WHITAKER Library, as this picture proves, is both spacious and beautiful. With the beginning of the new school year, these seats will not remain vacant long. A REGISTRATION SCENE — The process of registration can be a time of confusion for students. Present to help them are staff members. Above, Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Dean of the College, answers a student’s question. WELCOME CHOWAN COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL 3 |ElL FOR WOMEN ★ GANT ★ COX MOORE ★ BYFORD ir CORBIN ★ BOTANY ★ CRICKETEER ★ GOLD CUP ★ A. RIVITZ ★ COLLEGE HALL ★ JOHN MEYER if McMULLEN ★ STACY AMES ★ MISTY HARBOR ★ AUSTEN HILL LTD. ★ SUTTON EAST ★ JEUNE LEIGUE TRY OUR MONOGRAMING SERVICE AUTHENTIC For Men ami IMPORTS Women
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