financial aid

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Invest in Success program to help students pay for their education filled to capacity with 85 participants during its inaugural semester this spring.

By Brenda Alling, WSU Vancouver VANCOUVER, Wash. – April Tovar, student financial services manager at Washington State University Vancouver, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Washington Financial Aid Association for extraordinary commitment over a sustained period of time.

By Akinlana Sterling, International Programs PULLMAN, Wash. – A Nepali doctoral student whose finances were threatened following spring earthquakes in his country is on track to complete his dissertation this fall thanks to private aid and Washington State University matching funds.

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University community is invited to a brief ceremony and refreshments to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the communications center in Student Financial Services at 2 p.m. Friday, April 10 in Lighty 380.

By Alli Benjamin, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – A nurse practitioner degree program at Washington State University will recruit six students from underrepresented groups through a new grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

PASCO, Wash. – A “Latino Parent College Night: Noche De Ayuda Financiera” focusing on financial aid for higher education will be at 5 p.m. Friday, July 25, at Pasco Public Library, 1320 W Hopkins St.

By Steve Nakata, Student Affairs and Enrollment PULLMAN, Wash. – Students have until May 1 to submit the Washington Application for State Financial Aid, or WASFA, to Washington State University. But they are encouraged to submit it as soon as possible.

Pham PULLMAN, WASH. – Aubree Pham has been named an assistant director of enrollment counseling at Washington State University. Pham will be based out of Everett and her area of focus will be northwestern Washington including Bellingham, Everett and Mountlake Terrace. She also will make visits to community colleges such as Skagit Valley Community College, Edmonds Community College and […]

  Students meet with WSU financial aid counselors during their scheduled appointments.     PULLMAN, Wash. – The scene outside the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships (OFAS) is vastly different from this time last year. There is no line.   “It really surprised me not so see a line,” said Washington State University freshman […]

    McCracken Hermanson Nguyen PULLMAN – A recent study of the academic performance of nearly 6,000 WSU students who enrolled as freshmen here in the fall of 2002 or 2003, found that men and women participating in varsity athletics are more than twice as likely as similar non- athletes to graduate within either five […]