Xavier University of
January 2016
Louisiana
Student Financial Aid Newsletter
Questions of the Month
A. Financial Aid Awards
Offered
Have you been awarded
federal grant and/or federal loans
or work-study)? Did you Accept
or Decline the award?
Do you need money to assist
with your assessment fee bill?
Students should check their Banner Web to
see if there are financial aid awards that
have not been accepted. If so, accept the
award on Banner Web and read all details.
Also, if you do not want the financial aid that
has been awarded, you should decline it.
**Note: If you were offered a Parent Plus
loan, the Department of Education requires
the parent to complete a credit check for
approval to receive the awarded amount.
However, if the credit check is denied, the
parent should read the details regarding
obtaining a co-endorser. If the parent and co
-endorser are not approved, the student may
inquire about additional funding, which will
be less than the PLUS offer amount, through
the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Program by
submitting a Non Co-Endorser Form to the
Office of Financial Aid. Click the following
link: Non Co-Endorser Form
For more details, please contact your financial
aid counselor.
B. Did you receive a federal
student loan for 2015-2016 and
your award has not disbursed to
your account?
Students should complete the Master Promissory Note (MPN) and the Entrance Counseling at www.studentloans.gov.
WELCOME BACK!!! In an effort to keep you informed
regarding updates and changes on student financial aid, we
will periodically send a financial aid newsletter to all
students. Please take the time to read the information below,
as it includes several very significant changes to your student
financial aid for the Spring of 2016. We will continue to send
newsletters as important information becomes available.
Our goal is to receive feedback from you which will empower us to serve you better and be more effective with
the hopes of making our students’ financial aid process
easier.
Please follow us on Twitter @XUFinancialAid and read
the entire newsletter for important information.
Ms. E. Jones, Director
Important Dates
Feb 8th-10th — Mardi Gras Break
Feb 19th — Last Day to Remove an “I”
Mar. 7th — Financial Aid Awareness
Mar. 21st-25th — Easter Break
Apr. 4th-8th — Early Registration for Fall Semester
Apr. 15th — Last Day to Withdraw from Xavier
Apr. 25th — Last Class Day Before Final Examinations
Apr. 29th-May 4th — Final Exams
May 7th — Commencement
Office and Counseling Hours
Office Hours …. 8:30am - 4:30pm
Counseling Hours
Monday & Wednesday…..8:30am - 12:15pm
Tuesday & Thursday..…12:30pm - 4:00pm
Late Day Tuesday (January 12 - April 12, 2016)
12:30pm - 6:00pm
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S T UD E N T F I N A N C I A L A I D N E W S L E T TE R
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Counselors
Federal Financial Aid
Students are paid once a month on the
15th of the following month, i.e. all hours
earned in January 2016 will be paid
on February 15, 2016.
Students are required to submit WTE timecards on Banner Web no later than
5:00p.m. on the 2nd of every month for
Payroll processing.
A-D
Kecia Poplus
(504) 520-5168
kmpoplus@xula.edu
E-K;
X-Z
Selena Vance
(504) 520-5206
svance@xula.edu
L-R
Shantrella Baptiste
(504) 520-7278
sbaptist@xula.edu
S-W
Sandy Livings-Veals
(TEMPORARY)
(504) 520-7511
slivings@xula.edu
Scholarships
(504) 520-5212
Janikah Miles
jmiles@xula.edu
Federal Work-Study
Diana Nguyen
(504) 520-5210
dnguye39@xula.edu
Debt Management/Financial Literacy
Zena Dickerson
Actions Required:
1. If you received any federal student loans
and or Teach Grant, you MUST complete
the EXIT Counseling AFTER your loan
funds have disbursed for your graduating
semester by going to
www.studentloans.gov.
2. If you are completing your requirements
in May, the priority deadline date to
complete your EXIT Counseling is :
April 1, 2016.
3. You are encouraged to attend a 5 minute
Counseling session and complete an important Financial Aid document in the
Office of Financial Aid. This process
should be completed by the aforementioned dates as well.
P1P4
Pharmacy/Associate Director
Sandy Livings-Veals
Emily London-Jones
(504) 520-5211
slivings@xula.edu
(504) 520-7835
ejones@xula.edu
Filing your FAFSA for 2016-2017

Priority deadline for 2016-2017 FAFSA is April 15,
2016.
The IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) allows applicants
who have already filed their federal income tax returns to prefill the answers to some questions on the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by
transferring data from their federal income tax returns. February 7th, 2016 is the first day to use the
Data Retrieval Tool.

NOTE: If taxes were filed electronically, the data will be available 2 weeks
after the file date. If it was filed through paper the data will be available
6-8 weeks after the file date.
1. Do you have a Xavier Academic
Scholarship that hasn’t posted to your
student account?
2. UNCF Scholarship Profiles
To receive information on scholarships you may be
eligible for, please create and update your UNCF
profiles at www.uncf.org.
zdickers@xula.edu
Director

If your award has not posted to your student
account, you must complete and submit the Scholarship Terms and Conditions Agreement. To use
the online form, open this link: Scholarship Terms
and Conditions
or
you may come to the Financial Aid Office at Xavier
South, Room 360, to complete the form in person.
(504) 520-5213
FAFSA Important Links
 Top 5 FAFSA FAQs for 2016–17
http://blog.ed.gov/2016/01/top-5-fafsa-questions/

True or False? You Can Fill Out Your FAFSA Before Filing Taxes.
http://blog.ed.gov/2016/01/you-can-fill-out-fafsa-before
-filing-taxes/
Improving Your Money Skills?
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Program on Twitter
@XulaWeCare
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