•	 Montgomery GI Bill for Active           •	 Nursing & Allied Health            current SIC students and incoming high            Duty and Selective Reserve                 programs                         school students. Some scholarships are                                                                                        not listed as they come through local       •	 Vocational Rehabilitation          To apply for scholarships, students must   service and civic organizations in the                                             complete and submit the annual SIC         college district.  More information regarding veterans’       Scholarship Application along with an  and state education benefits is available  essay and current high school or college   FINANCIAL AID  at www.sic.edu/veterans.                   transcript. The application deadline is    POLICIES AND                                             February 28th of each year, with the       PROCEDURES  Other Financial Assistance                 following exceptions:                                                                                        Standard of Academic Progress  Institutional Work Study (IWS) -                •	 Nursing and Allied Health          (9007)  Students who do not qualify for the                  Divisional Scholarship  Federal Work Study program may                       deadline - March 31;             It is expected by the Department  participate in the Institutional Work                                                 of Education (ED), Illinois Student  Study (IWS) program. Similar to the             •	 Performance Scholarship            Assistance Commission (ISAC), and  Federal Work Study program, students                 priority deadline is February    Southeastern Illinois College that all  may work on-campus. Hours of                         28, however, applications        financial aid recipients make reasonable  employment generally range between                   may be accepted until all        academic progress. Students receiving  five and 20 hours a week and vary by                 scholarships are awarded; and,   federal, state, and veteran’s educational  department. Positions are posted on the                                               benefits are required to meet the  Financial Aid website at www.sic.edu/           •	 Student Ambassador                 Financial Aid Standards of Academic  financialaid at the Student Worker Job               Scholarship deadline is March    Progress Policy as described below. All  Openings link. Jobs are limited and are              31.                              prior terms at Southeastern, transfer  on a first-come, first-serve basis.                                                   credits, consortium agreement credits,                                             For more information about SIC             or dual credit classes are considered  Private Student Loans – Southeastern       Scholarships, visit www.sic.edu/           when evaluating progress towards the  does not participate in the Federal        scholarships.                              student’s certificate or degree program  Student Loan program. An alternative                                                  regardless if the student received  to federal student loans are private       SIC FOUNDATION                             financial aid. Satisfactory academic  student loans. Private student loans are   ENDOWED                                    progress standards apply to all students,  offered by private banks and lending       AND ANNUAL                                 part-time or full-time, enrolled in  institutions. The applicant (and co-       SCHOLARSHIPS                               both standard and remedial programs.  borrower if necessary) must meet                                                      Students’ progress is evaluated at the  the credit requirements established        Through contributions of donors,           end of every semester, which include  by each lender. Interest rates, terms,     alumni, and community members,             fall, spring, and summer semesters.  and conditions vary among lenders.         the SIC Foundation awards endowed  Students and families should carefully     and annual scholarships to students        Satisfactory academic progress is based  consider their options and only borrow     exhibiting financial need, as well as      upon three categories:  what is necessary. Private student         scholastic, leadership and service  loans are not eligible for forgiveness     achievement. Students may apply for        1. Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA)  programs and have limited deferment        scholarships by completing an SIC  options. Students apply directly with      scholarship application available on the   2. Completion Rate  the lender. For more information, please   SIC website. Recipients are selected  visit SIC’s website at www.sic.edu/        by the SIC Foundation Scholarship          3. 150% Maximum Program  financial-aid or call the Financial Aid    Committee or the individual scholarship    Completion Time  Office at ext. 4110.                       donors.                                                                                        Failure to meet these requirements  Southeastern Illinois College              The Foundation administers                 results in financial aid warning  Scholarships                               scholarships and grants which are          period. A student may continue to                                             awarded to students by businesses,         receive financial aid while on warning  The College offers approximately 300       corporations, civic organizations,         status. Students have one semester to  academic-based, performance-based,         governmental entities, individuals,        remediate their progress. Continuation  athletic-based, and private scholarships   and family trusts committed to             for subsequent aid is contingent upon  to area students. Common scholarships      strengthening academic excellence and      the warning period. Failure to meet  offered include the following:             student success. Students interested in    the satisfactory academic progress                                             knowing more about these scholarships      guidelines during the warning period       •	 Theatre                            and grants may call the SIC Foundation     will result in financial aid suspension                                             Office at 252-5400 ext. 2104 (local) or    and disqualification from financial aid       •	 Music                              866-338-2742 ext. 2104 (toll free).        eligibility at Southeastern.         •	 Competitive Speech and             For more information, visit the SIC            Debate                           Foundation page of the College’s                                             website for a full listing of all endowed       •	 Competitive Acting                 and annual scholarships available to         •	 Career & Technical Education            programs    32