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Blog Archive: Student Aid Options
深夜福利's Scholarship Booklet features about 150 深夜福利-administered scholarships and more than 40 additional scholarships for students in college or training. If you had a 1 in 100 chance of winning $5,000, you鈥檇 probably buy that lottery ticket, right? Many of the college scholarship programs鈥
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Federal student loan payments have resumed. Don鈥檛 panic! 深夜福利 offers tips to help you stay on track. The U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 COVID-19 relief program for federal student loans has ended. Student loan interest resumed on September 1, and payments on federal student loans are due starting鈥
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October is the beginning of financial aid season. For anyone thinking of going to college or getting training, it鈥檚 the time to start the process to apply for education funding for the coming academic year. For high school students (and their parents), or adults contemplating training to learn鈥
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Over the last two decades, John Dell鈥橝nno of Shaftsbury had built a career as a carpenter. Employed by a company out of Manchester, John worked on high-end residential job sites, and found plenty of work in towns like Stratton, Windham, and Dorset. But in 2014, after suffering a few accidents (one鈥
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When Mimi Duong was applying to college during her senior year at St. Johnsbury Academy, she found herself at a bit of a disadvantage, since her parents, who had emigrated to Vermont from Vietnam, weren鈥檛 totally familiar with the American college admissions system. When we last spoke with her in鈥
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Jessica Neilson of Rutland, Emma Nadeau of Derby, and Ben Hulett of Shaftsbury are benefitting from a $5,000 loan repayment incentive to launch their careers and stay in Vermont. A brand-new student loan repayment program, designed to incentivize recent college graduates to stay in Vermont, is鈥
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Facing unexpected expenses or a change in family income? Consider appealing for more financial aid. UVM junior David Richardson knows a lot about financial hardship and the unexpected ways it can strike a family. When David was seven, his family鈥檚 financial stability literally slipped out from鈥
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Are you wondering, "Do my student loans cover housing?" In addition to paying for tuition and fees, student loans can be used to pay for college living expenses ... and more. Along with school meals, groceries, rent, housing supplies, and utilities, you can also use your loans to buy books, a laptop鈥
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In 2018, Bellows Free Academy-St. Albans student Alek Wolfe was sitting next to award-winning sports announcer George Commo in the press box of the Collins-Perley Arena in St. Albans. Alek was there to provide commentary for a women鈥檚 high-school hockey game against Rutland. 鈥淚 was in the middle of鈥
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As a young electrician, Aaron Brittain was doing well. He had moved from a small shop in the Northeast Kingdom to a bigger, Barre-based company that did larger jobs. But he didn鈥檛 like getting up at 4 AM. 鈥淚 liked the work, but I didn鈥檛 like the lifestyle,鈥 says Aaron, who started electrical work at鈥
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