TRIO SSS Student Angelo Tufano Receives Two Valuable Scholarships

Middle-level Education major Angelo Tufano continues to shine inside and outside the classroom. We are delighted that he was selected as a recipient of the Golden Apple Scholarship as well as the Grow Your Own Teachers Scholarship. We wish you well as you continue your educational journey and take on GCOE clinical teaching this semester. Go Angelo!!

 

 

Congrats To Sarita Akwa-Philbin For Being A Zoo Ambassador At Lincoln Park Zoo

Sarita Akwa-Philbin works as a Zoo Ambassador at Lincoln Park Zoo. She answers visitors' questions, helps them find their way, showcases the zoo, and ensures that each guest has a pleasant experience.

She is stationed at different areas of the zoo grounds, including the Visitor Center and animal exhibits. Sarita loves greeting guests and providing information about the exhibits.

Sarita is looking forward to a career working with wildlife. 

Major Changes In Store For 2024-25 FAFSA

 

From: NEIU Targeted Announcement <No-Reply@neiu.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 9:38 AM
Subject: DECEMBER Financial Aid Application Renewal ... Not October 1!
To: <asjatta@neiu.edu>

2024-2025 FAFSA: Available December – not October

This FAFSA determines eligibility for Fall, 2024, Spring, 2025 as well as Summer, 2025. There are MAJOR changes in store for this application – starting with when it is available as a result of two Congressional Acts: the Future Act and the FAFSA Simplification Act. The US Department of Education will release the 2024-2025 FAFSA in December..

Major changes for the 2024-2025 FAFSA include:

1. Each person who contributes information to the FAFSA is required to have an FSA ID or electronic signature. The Financial Aid Office recommends you Identify who will act as a FAFSA Federal Tax Income (FTI) Contributor (student, parents or spouse) prior to the release of the application and create a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID for all Contributors using two-step authentication. Save Contributor(s) FSA ID, password and email account linked in a secure location for when application is available in December.
2. Undocumented parents will also need an FSA ID. The process for noncitizen Contributors is still in development, but we know it will involve the use of an ITIN. The Financial Aid Office recommends students with noncitizen parents begin discussions prior to the release of the application.
3. All FAFSA Contributors must provide IRS Federal Tax Information or FTI Consent during the application process to retrieve 2022 IRS Direct Data Exchange – even for non tax filing statuses
4. Federal and State financial aid eligibility will be determined using information only from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – including household size, income and assets.
   1. Net worth of businesses with less than 100 employees will be included in determining eligibility – currently it is not
   2. Number of students enrolled in degree seeking college programs will not be included in determining eligibility – currently it is
   3. Federal Pell Grant eligibility can be determined three ways using one of two poverty thresholds or a Student Aid Index (SAI) – this index replaces the Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
   4. Maximum SAI (Student Aid Index) for MAP Grant Eligibility will be 9000 - the current EFC maximum is 9000
5. RISE Act Applicants will also have access to the application in DECEMBER. There are changes in the number of questions and there will not be an EFC calculated. Instead, there will be a Student Aid Index or SAI.

Address questions regarding ‘FAFSA Simplification,’ current financial aid status or options for a prior balances with the NEIU Financial Aid Office using any of the following methods:

EMAIL: Financial-Aid@neiu.edu

TELEPHONE: 773-442-5016

VIRTUAL ADVISING: neiu.edu/aidappointment

IN PERSON: (D-200) Mondays and Fridays, 8:30am until 4:30pm; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:30am until 6:00pm

This message brought to you by NEIU Financial Aid, Scholarships and Student Employment. We thank you for making Northeastern Illinois University your institution of choice!

Congrats To Achieve Student Stephanie Caldera!

This past summer Stephanie Caldera was the only undergrad intern at a non-profit organization called Beyond Legal Aid. She was also awarded a Merit Tuition Scholarship for the College of Arts and Sciences for the Fall of 2023. She looks forward to graduating this semester.

 

 

 

Student Center For Science Engagement To Hold 15th Annual Research Symposium September 29

 

The Northeastern community is invited to attend the 15th Annual Student Center for Science Engagement (SCSE) Student Research Symposium from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 on the Main Campus in Alumni Hall.

The Symposium will feature 36 presentations of student research, and a keynote address by Cristina Negri, the Director of the Environmental Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, and a fellow partner on the Community Research on Climate and Urban Science (CROCUS) Department of Energy (DOE) grant along with Northeastern.

The Symposium showcases the research conducted through the SCSE’s summer internship program, during which Northeastern science students worked with faculty members and outside organizations on a broad array of research projects both on and off campus. The Symposium is co-sponsored by Northeastern’s National Institutes of Health MARC U-STAR (Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research) Program.

Please address any questions to the SCSE Director Jorge Cantú at j-cantu@neiu.edu.

Posted on behalf of Jorge Cantú, Director, Student Center for Science Engagement, by Anna Cannova, Public Relations.

TRIO SSS Achieve Student Jose Pantoja Interns At LinkedIn In Silicon Valley

 

This summer I participated in an Information Security Internship at LinkedIn in Mountain View, California. I worked with the GRC department at LinkedIn, did assessment reports on Information Security(Cyber Security) teams such as detection engineering, security infrastructure, etc. I also worked on projects which helped me learn about industry standard Cyber Security frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, Iso 27011 and PCI DSS. Great experience to work in Silicon Valley for the summer and be able to connect and network with tech professionals and other interns.

Photos from TRIO SSS visit to Washington, DC