The Financial Aid Office at IUP announces that, after a national search, Stacy Hopkins has been appointed the new director of Financial Aid.

Beginning in Fall 2012, there is a new PHEAA-mandated Classroom Instruction Policy which requires IUP to monitor the percentage of coursework a student takes online on a term-by-term basis. A student may receive a state grant award for a term as long as he or she takes at least 50 percent of their credits for that term in the classroom.

Beginning in Fall 2013, new students will have the chance to qualify for prestigious Sutton Scholarship (formerly known as Academic Achievement Scholarship), which is renewable for up to four years.

There will no longer be a general Summer Financial Aid Application for Summer 2012 as there has been in prior years.

The IUP Veteran Student Liaison, previously located in 107 Pratt Hall, has joined the Office of Veterans Affairs in Clark Hall in order to provide services to veteran students at one campus location.

There are over 350 veteran students currently enrolled at IUP that have contributed to our nation’s freedoms. As we observe Veterans Day on November 11, 2011, we must not forget the sacrifice our veterans have made, in wartime and in peace, in the name of democracy.

The Summer 2011 PHEAA (Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency) State Grant application is now available online.