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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>This message is for participants in Student Support Services (SSS).</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>If you are not in SSS, please disregard.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Sign up for Grant Aid will begin on March 1. If you have been a participant in Student Support Services for more than one semester (at least since fall 2016), are receiving a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span class=mceitemhiddenspellword>Pell</span> grant, and did not receive the scholarship in fall 2016, you may be eligible to apply for it this semester.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>In addition to above, you must </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'></span><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'></span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>complete both the Financial Literacy and College Success workshops (all modules)</span></strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> on SSS' Blackboard course page (or completed them last semester, check<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><strong><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>My Participation Credits</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></em><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>on our course page),<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and have at least one other contact with us before the last day to sign up on March 10 to be eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>If you have not enrolled in the SSS course on Blackboard, you cannot do the workshops!</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> So come by and see me in Johnston 118, or shoot me an email at khowe@eosc.edu and I will give you the instructions once I verify that you are in the program. Verification in most cases only take about 2 minutes or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The minimum scholarship award this semester will be $588 and we have about 8 scholarships to give.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kathy Howe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Academic Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Student Support Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Eastern Oklahoma State College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>918.465.1860<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>