Oct. 6, 2011
Illinois Valley Community College students planning to
transfer to Northern Illinois University now have the opportunity to “bank”
additional financial aid dollars for use in their junior and senior years at NIU.
To qualify for the program that could mean up to $4,400 in
additional financial aid over their final two years at NIU, IVCC students must
be MAP-eligible, full-time, first semester freshmen committed to graduating in
two years with an AA or AS degree.
NIU’s “Monetary Award Program (MAP) 2 + 2 Pilot Program”
allocates a higher MAP award based on NIU’s tuition and fees thereby lowering
students’ out-of-pocket expenses and reducing student loan borrowing.
Rick Pearce, IVCC Vice President for Learning and Student
Development, said, “Any MAP dollars students’ qualify for at IVCC that are in
excess of our tuition and fees, are ‘banked’ for future use at NIU. This could
potentially give IVCC students up to $2,200 in additional MAP funds each year at
NIU.”
Students must choose from the following NIU liberal arts and
sciences disciplines: anthropology, biological sciences, chemistry, economics,
English, foreign languages, geography, meteorology, geology and environmental
geosciences, history, journalism, mathematical sciences, philosophy, physics,
political science or psychology.
IVCC Financial Aid Director Patty Williamson said students
must contact her office this semester to be identified as MAP eligible. Contact
Williamson at (815) 224-0440.