{"id":2527,"date":"2025-06-04T15:07:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:07:47","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-urgent-25-26-fafsa-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-urgent-25-26-fafsa-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 URGENT 25-26 FAFSA Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a crucial reminder: your student&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)<\/strong>\u00a0needs to be completed as soon as possible.\u00a0<strong>As of May 28, 2025, we had 135 students who completed a FAFSA for the 2024-2025 academic year <em>but have not yet completed<\/em> one for the 2025-2026 academic year.<\/strong>\u00a0Billing statements will be generated at the beginning of July, and your student must complete the application if they want to be considered for need-based financial aid for the upcoming academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Completing the FAFSA is the first and most important step in accessing federal grants, scholarships, work-study programs, and federal student loans that can help make college more affordable. Don&#8217;t miss out on potential financial assistance that can significantly impact your student&#8217;s educational journey!<\/p>\n<p>We understand that the FAFSA process can seem daunting, but resources are available to help you navigate it. Please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact our office if you need any assistance in completing the application.<\/p>\n<p>Please prioritize completing this application as soon as possible to ensure your student is eligible for all available need-based aid opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Office of Financial Aid<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Kevin Paskvan at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:financialaid@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financialaid@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a crucial reminder: your student&#8217;s\u00a0Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)\u00a0needs to be completed as soon as possible.\u00a0As of May 28, 2025, we had 135 students who completed a FAFSA for the 2024-2025 academic year but have not yet completed one for the 2025-2026 academic year.\u00a0Billing statements will be generated at the beginning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[124,583,125,310,584,585,586],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life-academics","tag-fafsa","tag-federal-student-aid","tag-financial-aid","tag-funding","tag-grants","tag-scholarships","tag-work-study"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}