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February 20, 2007

Education briefs: Feb. 21, 2007

Anonymous The Tribune Star Tue Feb 20, 2007, 08:46 PM EST

Business College hosts FAFSA workshop

Financial-aid planning assistance is available through Indiana Business College’s free FAFSA application workshop 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

IBC will help all non-traditional or high-school students fill out FAFSA applications for the new school year. Financial-aid experts will be on hand to answer questions regarding student loans, applying for scholarships and paying for college. Bring completed taxes and W-2’s or just W-2’s if you have not filed your taxes yet. IBC is at 1378 South State Road 46 on the east side of Terre Haute.

For additional information on the FAFSA workshop, call David Marshal; at (812) 877-2100 or visit www.ibcschools.edu.

Lincoln Trail College hosts scholastic bowl

Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Ill., will host its 24th annual Scholastic Bowl beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday on main campus.

High-school varsity teams participating in this year’s competition include: Charleston, Cisne, Cumberland, East Richland, Edwards County, Effingham, Mount Carmel, Newton, North Clay, Palestine, Paris, Red Hill and Robinson.

Participating high-school junior varsity teams include: Casey, Charleston, Cisne, Cumberland, Edwards County, Effingham, Mount Carmel, Newton, Palestine, Paris, Red Hill and Robinson.

After the competition, an awards ceremony will be conducted in the Zwermann Arts Center theater.



Ivy Tech official part of research group

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Executive Vice President Carol D’Amico will be part of a resource group that will provide advice to the National Commission on Adult Literacy.

The National Commission on Adult Literacy is an independent commission launched by the Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy. The Commission has formed various resource groups to gather advice and input on the rethinking of the adult education system in its entirety from the ground up. D’Amico has been selected as a member of the Federal and State Policy Role Group.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is the lead supporter of the commission, with a donation of $1 million. Dollar General Chairman and CEO David Perdue is chairman of the commission, which is comprised of a former governor, Fortune 500 CEO’s, former congressional and cabinet members and other influential business, education and literacy, and public policy leaders. The commission will examine all components of the adult education and literacy enterprise in America and recommend a future course for comprehensive services.

D’Amico serves as Ivy Tech’s executive vice president and is responsible for the development Ivy Tech’s statewide strategy and programming in work-force development as a boost to the state's economy. She is working closely with all 14 Ivy Tech regions in program development, marketing the college, and realigning its internal operations in line with new missions required by state government.

She is a recognized expert on education and work-force development issues, co-author of the nationally recognized Workforce 2020, and frequent lecturer and keynoter with extensive experience in advising corporate and government leaders on strategies to strengthen America’s economy through a qualified educated work force.

Appointed by President Bush in 2001, D’Amico served as the assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education until 2003. She was the principal spokeswoman and leading adviser to the president and secretary of education on all matters related to high-school reform, community/technical colleges and adult literacy.



ACT podcast provides financial aid info

Parents and students who want to know more about financial aid now have the option of listening to tips from a college financial aid professional on ACT’s student Web site.

Prep Talk is a free podcast that covers a number of college planning topics. Parents and students can listen online or download the program to computers or MP3 players. In the latest podcast —on financial aid — Cathy Wilcox, senior associate director in the office of student financial aid at the University of Iowa, answers questions families want to know about filing for financial aid and working with a college financial aid office.

Her advice will help guide students regardless of the college or university they’re considering.

Other editions of Prep Talk cover topics such as taking the right courses for college, preparing for the ACT, visiting a college campus and planning for college.

To hear the podcasts, go to www.actblog.org/podcasts.php

ACT is a not-for-profit organization that serves millions of people in schools, colleges, professional associations, businesses, and government agencies with programs and services that have one guiding purpose: to help people achieve education and work-place success. For more information about ACT, visit www.act.org.

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