by Ryan Ferrante, AAC President

• Students that automatically qualified for CARES III funding should have already received their awards. Students that did not automatically qualify for CARES III can apply for it here. 

• Merit Scholarship Renewal Requirements update: 
  • Students in the Fall 2021 FTIAC cohort will need to meet the pre-COVID merit scholarship renewal requirements. This means they will need to be full-time students in fall and winter semesters, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and meet annual total credit hour benchmarks (30 after their 1st year, 60 after their 2nd year, and 90 after their 3rd year) to have their scholarships renewed.  
  • Students in the Fall 2020 FTIAC cohort will need to be full-time students in fall and winter semesters, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and meet annual total credit hour benchmarks (24 after their 1st year, 54 after their 2nd year, and 84 after their 3rd year) to have their scholarships renewed.  
  • Students in the Fall 2019 FTIAC cohort will need to be full-time students in fall and winter semesters, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and meet annual total credit hour benchmarks (24 after their 1st year, 48 after their 2nd year, and 78 after their 3rd year) to have their scholarships renewed.  
  • The total credit hour benchmarks for each cohort include AP, IB, CLEP, and transfer credit hours. 

Things to mention to students in your appointments: 

• The 2022-2023 FASFA is open for students. The Financial Aid FASFA Fridays will start them up again in later January 2022.  
• Students need to complete any outstanding requirements as soon as possible to prevent a delay in financial aid disbursement. They can view their requirements in Academica in the Financial Aid Portal located under the Financial Aid tab. Please continue making an effort to mention this in your appointments.
• Remind students that N grades can affect a student’s ability to meet Standard Academic Progress (SAP) by lowering their pace.  
• The new SSC phone system is in use and it allows students to elect to have a representative call them back when they are available. Students will need to stay on the line for a minimum of 6 minutes before getting an option to set up a call back appointment.  

Ryan Ferrante (ak8629@wayne.edu), Elizabeth Hill (ay9449@wayne.edu), and Desmond Mack (ef2085@wayne.edu) are the advisor representatives on the committee. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about how students and advisors interact with the SSC or if you have ideas about how to improve the student experience working with advisors and the SSC.