Xavier University of March 2016 Louisiana Student Financial Aid Newsletter Important Dates 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 important changes to your Spring 2016 student financial aid. We will continue to send newsletters as important information becomes available. Our goal is to receive feedback from you which will assist us in serving you better in hopes of making our students’ financial aid process easier. Apr. 4-8, 2016– Early Registration for Fall 2016 Apr. 15, 2016– FAFSA Priority Deadline NOTE: Summer Aid Request forms will be available beginning April 1, 2016. Apr. 15, 2016– Summer Aid Request Priority Deadline Session 1: May 23rd (5 weeks) Session 2: June 27th (5 weeks) Session 3: June 3rd (8 weeks) Aug. 18-19, 2016– Fall 2016 Registration Verification Time Frame Takes 4-6 weeks to process. Priority Date to turn in all documents is on or before July 1, 2016. Please follow us on Twitter @XUFinancialAid and read this newsletter for important information. Ms. E. Jones, Director Hot Topic Counselors During the 2017– 2018 school year Prior-Prior Year FAFSAs will be introduced. Prior-Prior Year (PPY) refers to a policy enabling students and families to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) using tax information from two years ago. For example, a high school senior planning to enroll in college in Fall 2016 would be able to file FAFSA using taxes from 2015. For more information please go to: http://www.nacacnet.org/issuesaction/LegislativeNews/Pages/PPY.aspx and https://www.nasfaa.org/uploads/documents/ektron/6938a90c-08234409-babf-62fc972a359b/02864464cfc5412185bc7cfa48df6f2a7.pdf A-D; L-R Kecia Poplus (504) 520-5168 kmpoplus@xula.edu E-K; S-Z Selena Vance (504) 520-5206 svance@xula.edu Scholarships Janikah Miles (504) 520-5212 Diana Nguyen (504) 520-5210 (504) 520-5213 zdickers@xula.edu Pharmacy/Associate Director P1-P4 Sandy Livings-Veals (504) 520-5211 slivings@xula.edu Director Processing of the 2016-2017 FAFSAs has begun. Students should expect to see awards on their Banner Web soon. If you have not already completed your FAFSA, please do so by going to https://fafsa.ed.gov/. dnguye39@xula.edu Debt Management/Financial Literacy Zena Dickerson Did You Know? jmiles@xula.edu Federal Work Study Emily London-Jones (504) 520-7835 ejones@xula.edu 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 T.E.A.M. Together Each Achieves More