Sunday, October 25, 2015

For Virginia Military Parents: "Funding a College Education" FREE program on base—Nov, Dec 2015 and Jan 2016




To: dgreenwell.eoc@edufind.org
"Funding a College Education" FREE program on base—Nov Dec 2015 and Jan 2016
 
The Virginia Tidewater Consortium's Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) will conduct college financial aid briefings, "Funding a College Education," at JEB Little Creek, NAS Oceana, and Naval Station Norfolk.
 
Hosted by the Navy College Office and Fleet & Family Support Center, the upcoming schedule is as follows:
 
J E B Little Creek:
DATE: Tuesday 3 November 2015, START TIME: 1130,
LOCATION: Navy College, building 3016, upstairs in Navy College
classroom 236-237
 
N A S Oceana:
(in conjunction with National Education Week and NAS Oceana's education fair)
DATE: Tuesday 17 November 2015, START TIME: 1200,
LOCATION: Building 531, in Fleet & Family Support Center
classroom # 109
 
Naval Station Norfolk:
DATE: Monday 7 December 2015, START TIME: 1130,
LOCATION: Navy College, building IE, downstairs in Navy College
classroom # 8
 
J E B Little Creek:
DATE: Tuesday 12 January 2016, START TIME: 1130,
LOCATION: Navy College, building 3016, upstairs in Navy College
classroom 236-237
 
Areas Covered:
-College selection and application process
-Federal aid (grants, loans, work study, etc)
-State aid programs
-FAFSA, plus financial aid applications, procedures, & processing
-Scholarship 101—survive the scholarship search and application process
-Guest speakers—Local scholarship representatives
-Other various areas/items of concern, and a Question and Answer session
 
Each session includes information that will assist rising high school JUNIORS & SENIORS, parents of all high school students, adult learners opting to return to college later in life, plus all others who may be facing the rising expenses of college in the very near future. High school students are welcome to attend with their parents, however we do not encourage creating a negative impact on their school attendance or classroom/school requirements.
 
Local scholarship representatives will be on hand to provide information on their programs and awards, and they do plan to stay afterwards for your specific questions.
 
This program is FREE and open to:
-All military personnel (active or reserve)
-Retirees
-Family members
-Other base employees/personnel, including contract and DOD civilian employees
 
Normal base access is required; no special base pass arrangements will be made for this program by the Navy College Office, Fleet & Family Support Center, or the VTC/EOC representative.
 
One-on-one appointments can be scheduled with an EOC counselor following the presentation.
 
Please take a minute to forward this email and post the attached flyer so the word gets to those who desire to attend and to those who "really need to attend"
 
>>Reserve your seat(s)<<  Please call or email in advance
EOC point of contact: Darryl Greenwell
Phone: 757-489-3329 or 757-363-3944
 
Navy College Office at JEB Little Creek = (757) 462-8279
Fleet & Family Support Center at NAS Oceana = (757) 433-2912
Navy College Office at Naval Station Norfolk = (757) 444-7453 or (757) 444-7454
 
Darryl Greenwell
Naval Station Norfolk VTC/EOC office--(757) 489-3329
JEB Little Creek VTC/EOC office--(757) 363-3944
 

Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education (VTC)

http://www.vtc.odu.edu/

http://www.edufind.org/

VTC's Educational Opportunity Center (EOC)

861 Glenrock Road, Suite #135
Norfolk, VA 23502

For appointments call: (757) 683-2312 or (757) 683-2313

Fax (757) 683-2315

www.vtc.odu.edu/eoc.html

 
- - - all EOC services are FREE! - - -
 
 


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