{"id":9648,"date":"2020-05-15T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=9648"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:12:10","slug":"financial-aid-can-help-students-facing-challenges-due-to-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/15\/financial-aid-can-help-students-facing-challenges-due-to-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid can help students facing challenges due to pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 15, 2020&#8211;The Financial Aid Office at Missouri Western State University is ready to help students who may be experiencing financial challenges in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) but whose financial situation has changed can contact Financial Aid for instructions on how to adjust FAFSA information to better reflect their current circumstances and needs. Financial aid counselors can walk students step-by-step through the process. Call 816-271-4362.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students can also complete a Special Circumstances Appeal Form directly online:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Log into Goldlink<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select Financial Aid and Billing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select and complete the Special Circumstances Appeal Form for 2020-2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upload required documents<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information about the special circumstances appeal process can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/special-circumstances\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on Missouri Western\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students who have not yet completed their FAFSA can do so through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Department of Education&#8217;s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Missouri Western\u2019s school code is 002490.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit www.missouriwestern.edu.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 15, 2020&#8211;The Financial Aid Office at Missouri Western State University is ready to help students who may be experiencing financial challenges in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) but whose financial situation has changed can contact Financial Aid for instructions on how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1343,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9649,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9648\/revisions\/9649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}