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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

From the CIO and Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing, and Communications

Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2017

New York Excelsior Scholarship Town Hall Sessions for Faculty and Staff: May 22-24

Have you heard the news? The Excelsior Scholarship program is coming in fall 2017! Buffalo State College is excited about the recent approval of the Excelsior Scholarship program in the 2017–2018 New York State budget. This new program is designed to help middle-class families cover the cost of tuition gaps at SUNY and CUNY campuses while promoting on-time graduation and reducing student loan indebtedness.

While there is tremendous excitement about the potential impact the Excelsior Scholarship will have on our students, there are still many outstanding questions being addressed by the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) and SUNY at this time. Understanding that there is interest throughout the campus community to know more about this new program, we invite our faculty and staff members to participate in one of several scheduled town hall sessions to be hosted by our Financial Aid and Student Accounts offices. We will share what we know about the program to date and entertain questions from attendees. Please join us for one of these sessions to learn more about the Excelsior Scholarship program and what it may mean for eligible Buffalo State College students.

All sessions will be held in the Ethel Lockman Newman Lecture Hall, Bulger Communication Center North.

Monday, May 22: 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23: Noon–2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 24: 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

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