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    When to Secure Your Financial Aid Award
    If your first semester at Lewis & Clark will be fall 2013, the steps to secure your financial aid award should be completed in June, no later than July 1, 2013.
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    Summer 2013 Loan Processing for Graduate Students
    Instructions and deadlines for graduate students needing summer 2013 loans.
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    Were you selected for Verification?
    Each year, many need-based financial aid applicants are required to complete a process called verification in order to finalize their awards and receive funds. How to tell if you’ve been selected and, if you have, what you need to do.
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    Financial aid information for those considering law school
    Financial aid information for those considering law school.
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    Reminder: Authorization to Release Information
    Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the disclosure of personally identifiable information from a student’s education records to anyone other than the student is prohibited unless written consent is given by the student.
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    Financial Aid FAQs for GSEC Students
    Frequently asked financial aid questions and answers for graduate students.
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    Direct Subsidized Loan Interest Rate Extended
    The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that a one-year extension of the 3.4 percent interest rate on Direct Subsidized Loans made to undergraduate students was signed into law on Friday, July 6.
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    SFS is on facebook!
    Become our fan to receive relevant reminders and other important information about financial aid at LC through facebook.
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    Resources for Finding a Job
    Resources for finding on-campus jobs for students with work awards.
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    Welcome to our newest financial aid counselor, Hollie Elliott!
    Hollie Elliott joined the FAO staff this month.
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    FAO closed on Dec 3rd
    The Financial Aid Office will be closed for an all-day planning meeting on December 3rd.
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    Welcome to LC, new students!
    By now, most of you have already settled financial matters and are focused on moving, buying books, and starting classes. There are a few things, however, that we want you to remember…
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    So you have a financial aid award… have you secured your aid?
    If you have an award notification from our office, it’s very likely that there is some federal student loan eligibility included in your financial aid package.  If you need to borrow the loan(s), or any portion of your eligibility, there are some processing steps you’ll need to complete.
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    From Account Services: International Student Payments Made Simple
    peerTransfer
  • Summer 2012 Loan Processing for Graduate Students
    Summer Session of the 2012-2013 AY - Instructions for Loan Processing for Graduate Students
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    CSW: Paying for Grad School
    Paying for Grad School workshop
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    FAO will be closed each Wednesday through May 30
    We are entering a very busy time of year when we process next year’s financial aid awards for prospective and continuing students in all three schools. In order to deal with the large volume of applications, we will be closing the office each Wednesday from January 25 through May 30, 2012 to devote all of our staff time to producing these awards. 
  • The Office of Financial Aid: Why we changed our name
    Student Financial Services is now the Office of Financial Aid!
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    Commonly asked questions about (re)applying for aid
    Questions and answers about the financial aid application process for undergraduate students.
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    From Account Services: Change to Refund Release Day
    effective spring 2012 refunds will be released on Mondays.
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    From Account Services: Alphabetic Caseload Re-organized!
    New Caseload
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    President announces new scholarship for student engagement
    President Glassner has announced a one-time President’s Scholarship for Student Engagement. Two $10,000 scholarships are to be awarded to students with sophomore standing in 2011-12 for use in their junior year.
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    New name coming soon: Office of Financial Aid
    You got to know us as Student Financial Services…  Hello, our NEW name is The Office of Financial Aid.
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    Account Services: Fall 2011 Extended Hours
    Extended Hours
  • Fayne Griffiths New Director Student and Departmental Account Services
    With great pleasure we announce that Fayne Griffiths…
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    3CE: 2011 Summer Internship Award Recipients!
    17 Students received the Stephanie Fowler and Irving Levin Summer Internship Award! Find out more about them and their internships here!
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    New Gilman International Scholarship Winners!
    Two new Gilman International Scholarship winners for fall 2011.
  • 2011-12 Forms
    The forms in this section are for the Lewis & Clark academic year comprising Summer 2011, Fall 2011, and Spring 2012.
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    Farewell Sumiko Yourtee!
    Farewell
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    Announcement from 3CE: Summer Internship Awards!
    Turn an unpaid internship into a paid internship!
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    Spring 2011 Extended Hours
    Extended hours
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    Three Gilman International Scholarships awarded to LC students!
    Three LC students won Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad in spring 2011.
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    Farewell to Glendi Gaddis…
    Farewell to Glendi Gaddis who served as Director of Student Financial Services for 12 years.
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    We will be closed Tuesday, November 9th.
    We will be closed Tuesday, November 9th for a staff planning retreat.
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    So you have a financial aid award… will you be borrowing those loans?
    If you have an award notification from our office, it’s very likely that there is some federal student loan eligibility included in your financial aid package.  If you need to borrow the loan(s), or any portion of your eligibility, there are some processing steps you’ll need to complete.
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    Student Employment has moved!
    Student Employment is now housed in the Office of Human Resources.  HR is located on South Campus, in the South Chapel Annex.
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    SDAS is on Facebook!
    Facebook
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    The priority filing date for law, grad, and continuing undergrad students is March 1–next Monday!
    All law, grad, and continuing undergrad students should be sure to complete the 2010-11 FAFSA by March 1, 2010 to receive priority consideration for financial aid.
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    The low-down on financial aid for summer sessions (for CAS students)…
    Are you thinking about taking courses at Lewis & Clark over the summer? The tuition rate for summer courses is significantly less expensive than the cost of tuition during the regular academic year and, depending on how many credits you take, you may also be eligible to receive financial aid!  Read on for more information…
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    The priority filing date is quickly approaching for incoming students!
    Incoming students should make sure to complete both the 2010-11 FAFSA and CSS PROFILE by February 15, 2010 to receive priority consideration for financial aid.
  • Student Loans Sold to the Department of Education
    In May of 2008, Congress passed the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act (ECASLA) in response to many concerns that credit market conditions could disrupt federal student loan availability. The law allows the U.S. Department of Education to purchase federal student loans (Stafford, PLUS, and Graduate PLUS) from lenders to ensure on-going liquidity and availability of funds for student loans.
  • Student Loan Repayment: Options and Strategies
    Come learn from the experts about repayment plans, consolidation, and repayment incentives.
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    We’ve made changes to the SFS website. Help us make it even better by completing a short survey.
    Please complete this two-minute survey. We want to know what you think about our website!
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    The 2010-2011 FAFSA is available now!
    The FAFSA is available for submission online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov each year beginning Jan 1. Our federal school code is 003197.
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    Leia Wambach ‘11 wins Gilman International Scholarship for Semester Abroad
    Leia Wambach ‘11 was recently selected to receive a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.  She will be studying in Senegal during the spring 2010 semester.
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    No Rest for the Weary: winter break = prime scholarship hunting season!
    Have you checked out our External Scholarship Database recently? Winter break is a great time to work on scholarship applications…
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    Eager to start the financial aid application process for 2010-11?
    In order to reapply for financial aid, any undergraduate student that entered LC in the fall 2008 or later must complete a CSS Profile every year.  Unlike the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), the 2010-2011 Profile was made available in October!
  • From Student & Departmental Account Services: More Reason to Elect E-Refund…
    Mailing refund checks
  • Moving Day: We are reordering pages on our website
    Pardon our dust as we reorder our webpages.  The intended outcome is a more user-friendly experience that gets you to the information you need faster.
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