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Under way: Roane State Oak Ridge hosts Open House, Reconnect Ready

Posted at 11:33 am April 14, 2018
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

RSCC Coffey McNally Building Oak Ridge

The Coffey/McNally Building is pictured at the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College. (Photo by Roane State)

 

Prospective students of all ages are extended a cordial invitation to an Open House at the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College, which is at 701 Briarcliff Avenue in Oak Ridge.

The event is being held on a Saturday, April 14, in the atrium of the campus’s Coffey-McNally Building. It began at 10:30 a.m. with check-in.

Jim McDaniel, director of student enrollment and recruitment, said the Open House is for “anyone who wants to go to college.”

Information about the admission process and financial aid scholarships will be available. Faculty members will be on hand to discuss the college’s academic programs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education Tagged With: academic programs, admission process, Anderson County annual financial report, FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Jim McDaniel, open house, Reconnect, Reconnect Ready, Reconnect scholarship, Roane State, Tennessee Reconnect

Be ready for Reconnect: Get help filing your FAFSA at Roane State’s Oak Ridge campus Oct. 16

Posted at 11:08 am October 15, 2017
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

Thanks to the Tennessee Reconnect Act, eligible adults can complete two years at Roane State Community College tuition-free beginning in fall 2018.

The first step, though, is to file a 2018-19 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Roane State’s financial aid staff will host special events to help you complete your 2018-19 FAFSA.

The FAFSA event at Roane State’s Oak Ridge campus, which is at 701 Briarcliff Avenue, will be held on Monday, October 16, from 5-7 p.m. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News Tagged With: FAFSA, financial aid, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Jack Parker, Reconnect, Roane State, Roane State Community College, Tennessee Reconnect Act

Big change for FAFSA: Students can complete 2017-18 FAFSA starting Oct. 1

Posted at 8:46 pm September 25, 2016
By Roane State Community College Leave a Comment

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Roane State enrollment assistant Josh Adkins and student Kaylee Avila of Harriman look over the online form for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which will become available to fill out in October. (Photo by RSCC)

 

Recent changes to this important application for college financial help should help ease the process of filing it.

It’s the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which students must complete to be eligible for financial aid including Pell grants, the HOPE scholarship, and Tennessee Promise scholarship.

New this year: The FAFSA will be available on October 1 instead of January 1 for the upcoming school year, which runs from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.

The second major change is that the required financial information from the Internal Revenue Service can be used from the prior year’s income tax return, so there’s more certainty. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: FAFSA, FAFSA applications, financial aid, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Hope Scholarship, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Pell grants, Roane State, Roane State Community College, Robin Towson, Tennessee Promise scholarship

High school seniors invited to Roane State’s Scholarship Saturday on Oct. 1

Posted at 1:15 am September 21, 2016
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

High school seniors can sign up for the Tennessee Promise, complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and fill out their college application as part of Scholarship Saturday on October 1 at Roane State Community College’s Roane County campus in Harriman.

The event will last from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern, and refreshments will be served. Visitors are welcome to drop in anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Check-in will be in the lobby of the Dunbar Building.

Roane State financial aid and admissions staff will be available to help students and their families complete their forms.

The deadline to apply for the Tennessee Promise is November 1. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News Tagged With: college application, FAFSA, Federal Student Aid, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Maria Gonzales, Roane State, Roane State Community College, Scholarship Saturday, Tennessee Promise

Obama’s visit: Education, manufacturing, a chance to see the president

Posted at 3:36 pm January 14, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

President Barack Obama at Pellissippi State Community College

President Barack Obama announces a proposal to offer two years of free community college to responsible students during a half-hour speech at Pellissippi State Community College in Hardin Valley on Friday. (Photo by Rob Welton)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 15.

HARDIN VALLEY—It was a once-in-a lifetime opportunity for some, a chance to shake hands with the president of the United States of America or wave at his heavily guarded motorcade as it passed by on a local roadway.

For others, it was a chance to hear about a presidential proposal modeled after a Tennessee program that would make the first two years of community college free to students who maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average. That proposal, officially announced at Pellissippi State Community College in Hardin Valley on Friday, expands on the 20th century idea that all children in the United States are entitled to a public education. In the 21st century economy, the White House said, 12 years of school is no longer enough.

For a much-smaller group, Friday’s visit by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and his wife Jill Biden offered an opportunity to hear an in-person announcement of a new advanced manufacturing hub, the country’s fifth, that will be led by the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and have Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a founding partner. That announcement at Techmer PM in Clinton was highlighted by a 3-D printed carbon fiber replica of a Shelby Cobra that the president joked about receiving for his birthday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Clinton, College, Education, Education, Federal, Government, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: advanced composites, advanced manufacturing, Alesia Orren, America's College Promise, Barack Obama, Bill Haslam, Bob Corker, Clayton Arts Performing Center, community college, Congress, Darrell Freeman, Democrat, education, FAFSA, federal student financial aid form, General Assembly, Hardin Valley, IACMI, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, John J. Duncan Jr., Jose Rodriguez, Lamar Alexander, manufacturing, manufacturing hub, middle class, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Pellissippi State Community College, President Obama, public education, Republican, Roane State Community College, Rob Welton, Shelby Cobra, State of the Union, Techmer PM, technical school, Tennessee, Tennessee Board of Regents, Tennessee Promise, tnAchieves, trade school, tuition, U.S. Department of Energy, United States, United States of America, University of Tennessee, Warren Gooch, White House

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