Your local credit unions are offering to help with your post-secondary education. There will be two scholarships awarded, one for $2000.00 and one for $1500.00. If you are chosen to receive the $2000.00 scholarship from the Northwest Chapter, your application will be forwarded to the statewide scholarship program sponsored by the Ohio Credit Union Foundation, which awards five $2,500.00 scholarships. Click here for the application. Deadline is February 12, 2010.
Inside you will find interesting articles and information about student life. This is free for Mercy College students and a benefit from the Division of Student Formation. For questions regarding this material call Wendy Nathan at 419-251-1454.
The financial aid office wanted to help students to be aware of scholarship fraud. According to the Federal Trade Commission, perpetrators of financial aid fraud often use telltale lines:
To file a complaint, or for free information, students or parents should call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) or visit: http://www.ftc.gov/scholarshipscams
Mercy College of Northwest Ohio has submitted campus crime statistics to the U.S. Department of Education as annually required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. This report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Mercy College; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and from the campus. You can access the Annual Campus Crime Report either at http://www.mercycollege.edu/about/fast-facts or on the Youngstown site at http://www.youngstown.mercycollege.edu/about/fast-facts. If you would like to obtain a paper copy of the above report, please contact Julie Leslie at julie.leslie@mercycollege.edu or at (419) 251-1598.
The Mercy College Library (Toledo Campus) will be open Monday through Wednesday of Thanksgiving week. We will close early, at 3:00, on Wednesday, November 25. The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27. The Library will return to its regular hours on Monday, November 30.
Students: Here is the link to your FREE November issue of Student Health 101 -compliments of Mercy College. Contact Wendy Nathan, Director of Counseling for questions concerning this publication. Enjoy!
