FAP389: Interview with C.C. Chapman, Marketing scholarships, financial aid consultants, Nevis vacation cancelled, Matthew Ebel

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Student Financial Aid News
+ The fallout of the Nevis conference continues
+ Sponsoring company Educap Inc. cancels the conference after a public furor
+ One followup comment yesterday - most FAAs would turn it down anyway - at least the ones who've been on the show
+ Fed leaves funds rate at 5.25%
+ That's the rate that tends to predict the rate of the 91 day T-Bill, which in turn is the rate that Stafford Loans and PLUS Loans prior to July 1, 2006 are set at, every July.
+ Stafford Federal Student Loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com
+ Financial aid consulting services charging around $900 for the FAFSA? Get your free FAFSA advice at FAFSAonline.com
+ Scholarship Search Secrets hits version 2.0! Get it on the web site and in the feed

Scholarship Update
+ Eastern Michigan University College of Business Marketing Scholarships
+ Applications for the following scholarships are available in the Marketing Department:
+ Benjamin Memorial Klager Criteria: 1. Financial Need Award: $ 740
+ Bertotti, Joseph & Charlotte Criteria: 1. Marketing major 2. Financial Need Award: $1,800
+ H. Robert Dodge Memorial Fund Criteria: 1. Students to be currently enrolled in graduate studies in the College of Business. 2. Students must have completed or be enrolled in three graduate elective courses in marketing or a marketing related discipline. 3. Must have a bachelors degree in marketing or a marketing oriented discipline such as advertising. 4. Undergraduate 3.0 GPA or better or a graduate GPA of 3.4 or higher. 5. Funds to be used to pay for tuition and books at Eastern Michigan University. Award: $1,000
+ Deadline - tomorrow!
+ Detailed information at our free scholarship search web site
+ Scholarship Points is 11 episodes away from the drawing

Expert Interview
+ C.C. Chapman, Vice President of Marketing and New Media
+ Managing the Gray marketing podcast
+ Accident Hash independent music podcast
+ U-Turn Cafe acoustic music podcast
+ CC's personal web site
+ Crayon New Media Marketing

Podsafe Music
+ Matthew Ebel, Every Color
+ Check out Matthew's podcast, High Orbit
+ Stop by our MySpace page!

Reminders
+ Private student loans at AlternativeStudentLoan.com
+ Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com.
+ My personal blog
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.

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