For Release: Jan. 12, 2007
College should be a time of excitement, growth and discovery, but for many it can be a source of great stress as students and parents try to find a way to pay for it. Fortunately, there is help available in the form of the many financial aid options.
To provide students and parents with answers to pressing questions about financial aid, KET presents College Financial Aid Call-In 2007, a one-hour, live program airing Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 9/8 p.m. CT on KET1.
The program features a panel of financial aid representatives from public and private Kentucky colleges and universities who provide information on the availability of scholarships, grants and other financial aid and offer tips on applying for student loans. This year's panelists are Runan Pendergrast, Bluegrass Community and Technical College financial aid director; Charles Vinson, Murray State University financial aid director; Heather Boutell, Bellarmine University financial aid director; and Becky Gilpatrick, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority student aid branch manager. In addition to the panel, personnel from college financial aid offices staff the phone bank.
Viewers can call 1-800-944-4664 with questions during the program .
Other financial aid resources:
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority 1-800-928-8926, www.kheaa.com
KASFAA www.kasfaa.com
FAFSA 1-800-4-FED-AID, www.fafsa.ed.gov
Pin Website www.pin.ed.gov
College Financial Aid Call-In 2007 is a KET production, produced and directed by Nick Helton. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.