{"id":1785,"date":"2020-02-25T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2020-02-26T10:21:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:21:37","slug":"ssc-hosts-financial-aid-chow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-hosts-financial-aid-chow-down\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Hosts Financial Aid Chow Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Seminole State Financial Aid Department recently teamed up with the Student Support Services (SSS) and STEM Student Support Services (STEM SSS) grants to provide &#8220;Chow Down with Financial Aid.&#8221; The informal event was provided in a relaxed atmosphere so students could have informational dialogue with financial aid staff. Pizza was provided to the students after a brief presentation about the best practices for applying for scholarships. More specific practices that were discussed included establishing references, citing activities, perusing legitimate web sites and reviewing the SSC scholarship application. Students also played an online quiz game.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-scaled.jpg?fit=788%2C591\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-788x591.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chow-Down-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Caitlin Brown,\nFinancial Aid Specialist, said, &#8220;We love having an informal opportunity to\ninteract with students. We find that students really enjoy learning about the\nbest way to apply for scholarships and how to find legitimate\nopportunities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janna\nWilson-Byrd, Director of SSS \/ STEM SSS, said, &#8220;We truly enjoy working\nalongside Financial Aid. Our students seek knowledge about many financial aid\ntopics and our Financial Aid team is always so willing to step in and assist\nwith anything we request. This was a great event and we look forward to\noffering another one with Financial Aid in the very near future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have\nquestions about Federal Aid, please contact the Seminole State Financial Aid\noffice at 405-382-9247. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SSS and STEM\nSSS serve first-generation, economically disadvantaged, and disabled students\nthrough two federal grants at SSC. For more information, please contact\nWilson-Byrd at 405-382-9642 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/sss\">www.sscok.edu\/sss<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seminole State Financial Aid Department recently teamed up with the Student Support Services (SSS) and STEM Student Support Services (STEM SSS) grants to provide &#8220;Chow Down with Financial Aid.&#8221; The informal event was provided in a relaxed atmosphere so students could have informational dialogue with financial aid staff. Pizza was provided to the students &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-hosts-financial-aid-chow-down\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC Hosts Financial Aid Chow Down<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-events","tag-february-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}