Academic Catalog 2018

Students who are admitted into the program will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship that is renewable each year of participation. Athletic Scholarships: Awarded by the coaching staff, this scholarship is renewable based on the criteria of the coach and the standards of NAIA. Fine Arts Scholarships: Awarded to students who have demonstrated talent in the areas of visual and performing arts, these scholarships are determined by audition before the faculty of the Music, Art and Theatre Departments. Other Sources: We encourage students to seek aid from every possible source, such as Veteran’s Affairs, Rehabilitative Services, employer reimbursement, employer pay, community and civic organizations, churches, and local scholarship programs. Students should also check out www.fastweb.com and www.finaid.org. Students should notify us if they are receiving an outside award, so that the expected award may be included in the award package. This will help determine your balance due at the start of the school year in advance of receiving these funds. It is also important that we include these awards in your financial aid package to avoid any federal overpayment conditions, which could affect your future eligibility for aid. Enrollment & Academic Decisions Affecting Your Aid Eligibility Your financial aid award is an estimate of your federal, state, and institutional eligibility. Factors that could change, lower, or even eliminate your financial aid eligibility include: • not attending, dropping, or withdrawing from courses and/or sub-terms you are registered to attend, • completely withdrawing, • failing to properly withdraw, • failing to maintain Financial Aid satisfactory academic progress, • providing incomplete or inaccurate information during the application process, • receiving additional sources of aid (such as outside grants or private loans), • receiving aid above the amount of tuition, • changing enrollment level (some scholarships require full-time enrollment; Stafford loans require half-time enrollment), • changing between on-campus to an online student status, and vice versa, • defaulting on a student loan or having an unresolved federal grant overpayment, • providing false or misleading information, • receiving federal aid for the same academic year at another institution, • repeating a course for which you already received a passing grade more than once, • attending more than four years, and • failure to meet scholarship stipulations. Enrollment Levels To reach certain levels of enrollment, students must be attending a minimum number of credit hours per semester.

Enrollment Levels (Credit Hours /Semester)

Less Than Half Time* ½ Time* ¾ Time* Full-Time

Undergraduate

1-5 1-3

6-8

9-11

=>12

Graduate

4

5

6

*Part-Time

35