Athens State Receives Funding to Support Students Affected by Storms 

 Athens, ALA - Athens State University will receive a disaster relief grant in the amount of $10,000 to assist students who were adversely affected by recent federally declared disasters.  This grant is made possible through contributions to Scholarship America from USA Funds.

Institutions that received this grant will disburse funds to those eligible students adversely affected by the five recently federally declared weather-related disasters.

Students eligible for these scholarship funds must be enrolled at least half-time at institutions located in the designated federally declared disaster areas.  Funds are to be used by selected institutions to supplement financial aid packages for students who have experienced additional financial difficulties related to the defined weather event.

“We are pleased that our request to Scholarship America was granted,” states Lynne Ingram, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Athens State.  “Our student body, not limited to the learning environment of a traditional campus, covers a broad area of north Alabama and many were directly affected by the April 27^th storms.”

Scholarship America specifies that the assistance must be used for tuition, fees, books, or other education-related expenses as determined by the professional judgment of the financial aid officer.   The assistance, not to exceed $1,000 per student, can be used for expenses incurred in 2010-11 academic year or 2011-12 academic year.

                                                                                                Guy McClure
                                                                                                256-233-8296
                                                                                                Guy.McClure@athens.edu
July 22, 2011
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