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The application deadline for the four-year military scholarship to North Georgia College & State University is Jan. 15, and the deadline to apply for the two-year Georgia Military College Scholarship is Feb. 3. Pictured here as theypresent a NGCSU four-year scholarship to Holly Howington of Nicholson are Major General David B. Poythress (left), adjutant general of the Georgia National Guard, and Nathaniel Hansford (right), president of North Georgia College & StateUniversity.

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Cadets Charles Wells and Robert Woodruff (right) examine a map as theyplan strategic maneuvers at North Georgia College & State University.

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Covenant College, a four-year private college located atop Lookout Mountain in northwest Georgia, hasa 14-to-l student to professor ratio and was recognized in
U.S. News & World Report as a top southern liberal arts college. Cross-cultural
experience is required for graduation, and students choose from eitherspring break mission trips or study-abroad programs. Above, Ai Trsukamoto, a student from Japan, is picturedin Covenant 's Dora MacLellan Brown Memorial Chapel..

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Gordon College, a two-year public college located northwest of Macon, has residence facilities and enrollment of almost 3,000. The school has more than 60
programs of studyand is known for its nursing program, which includes an RN to BSN Completion Program offered in cooperation with the Medical College of Georgia . Gordon College students pictured here (left to right) are Tripp Tiller, Jeremiah Russell, and Tomohiro /to.

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Gordon College nursing students (left to right) Jodi Mcintosh, Lisa Copeland, and LaQuita Gaston-Stokes are pictured here with Pam O'Neal, division chair.

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_2_0_ _0_ 3_ Georgia Aviation & Technical College, near Eastman, isa one-of-a-kind educational facility - a technical college with a specialized mission focusing primarily on aviation training. In July, 2001, Georgia Aviation & Technical College became a stand-alone institution, separating from Heart of Georgia Technci al College where it began as a satellite campus in 1996. Above, GATC student Bryan Rentz pulls a helicopterinto the hangar.
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DeKalb Technical College offers vocational and technical education designed to develop work attitudes, saleable skills, andusable knowledge for employment
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The j oint board of commissioners fo r the Georgia Student Finance Commission, Georgia Student Finance Authority, and Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation meets quarterly to provide guidance and determine agency policies.

Mark M iller, C ha ir m a n J a sp e r Nint h Co ngress ional District
M a tt ie Hi ck s Hinesvi lle First Congressiona l Distri ct
Vaca n t Seco nd Co ngress ional Distri ct
Virg inia M oore Jon esboro Third Congressio na l District
Vaca n t Fourth Co ngressional District
Florence Su m ne r At lanta Fifth Congress ional District
Vaca nt Sixth Cong ress iona l District
Patsy Upchu rch Bow do n Seventh Congress ional District
Dr. Kirb y G od sey Macon Eighth Congressiona l Distr ict
Richard M a d d ux G reensboro Tenth Congressional District

J ere Johnson Hartwell Eleventh Congress ional District
E u nice M ixon Tifton State-at-La rge
Dr. T ho mas Yow, III Youn g Harri s State-at- Large
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Dr. T homas C. M er ed it h C ha nce llor Board of Regents o f the University Sy ste m of Georgi a
Linda Schrenko State Superi nte ndent of Schools Georgia Department of Education
Dr. Kenneth Br eed en Co mmiss ioner Georgia Departmen t of Tech nica l and Adult Educa tion
Bill Tom lins on D irec tor O ffice o f Planning and Budget

The mission of the Georgia Student Finan ce Commission is to promote and increase access to education beyo nd high schoolfor Georg ians by delivering
f inancia l aid informa tion, serv ices , andfunding in a way that is f iscally respo nsible and understandable.
The cover p hoto Il'as taken in September of 200 1 at Austin Road Elementary School, H enry County Public Schoo l System (Atlanta Journal- Constitution Photo)

A good educa tion fo r our children is a top pr iority in Georgia. After a ll, our childre n are ou r future,
We begin by pro vidi ng a pre -ki ndergarten program for Iour- year-ol ds and cont inue by providin g student finan cial ass istance throu gh co llege to graduate and pro fessional study. Add ed to this, we pro vide the latest trai ning for workers in the state 's new industries.
We wa nt to capita lize on thc stre ngth of Geo rgia's co lleges, universities, and techni cal co lleges. The Georgia St ude nt Fina nce Commission administers state-funded program s, including Geo rgia 's HOP E Scho larship, to make access to the se institutions more a ffo rdable.
- Governor Roy Barnes
T he Georgia Stude nt Fina nce Commission ad ministered student fin an cial ass istance to 264,308 students in fisca l year 2002, including 169,399 students who participated in Geo rgia 's HOP E Sc ho larshi p Program. Student loan s totaled 11 ,023, inc luding se rv ice-ca nce lable loan s to stude nts who promi sed to serve in teac hing, heal th care , and the Georgia Nat ional G uard as a met hod of repayment. In fiscal year 2002, st udent finan cial aid administered by the Commiss ion totaled more than $630 mill ion to stude nts enro lled in college s, universities, and technica l co lleges.
Agai n, we showcase Georgia's inst itution s of high er ed ucat ion in this ye ar 's acade mic ca lendar, and we than k eac h mem ber o f the instituti on s' sta ffs for their work to prov ide stude nt financial assistance .
We hope this ca lendar w ith dates for confe rences, fina ncial a id training meetings, app lication dead line s, and test dates w ill be of benefit to you .
- Glenn Newsome GSFC Executive Director

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Agnes Scott College, a four-year independent liberalarts and sciences college for
women, is locatedjust two blocks from the Atlanta subway and is listedin the National
Register of Historic Places. The college was listed under "Best Value" in U.S. News &
World Report. Student Shayla Thomas is seen in the center photo above, and coming
_ IIilIli!:================ from the archway landmark are Kateena Johnson, Curran Morris, and Adrienne Smith.

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Agnes Scott College was founded in 1889, and the huge protected trees on the 100-
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Fillos has founda private study spot on the limb of a large
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Dodge Coun ty High School's Keisha Walker is one of thethousands of high school seniors who graduate into multiple opportunities provided by theState of Georgia. HOPE, only one of Georgia 's student financial aid options, assists qualified high school graduates seeking higher education. Georgia 's newLEAP Grant assists students from lowincome families. More information on allprograms canbe found at theGeorgia Student Finance Commission Web site, www.gsfc.org.

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A Georgia School of Excellence, Dodge County High School provides global achievement and international contacts. For three years, the school's marketing students have usedtheirown
business, Dodge International Marketing Company, or DIMCO, to trade with a partner school in Scotland. The DCHS graduating
senior pictured here is Melina Mercer, Class of 2002.

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Middle Georgia College, located at Cochran, 38 miles south of Macon, is a unit of the University System of Georgia. It is both a comprehensive two-year college serving Central Georgia and a residential college serving students from throughout Georgia
and from otherstates and countries. MGC surveying students picturedabove are
Carla Lloyd and Sergio Arratia.

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Middle Georgia College serves students at its main campus in Cochran, at the Dublin Center and at other off-campus sites. Student Karmen Myles is on the MCG cheerleading squad.

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Reinhardt College, a private Methodist-affilia ted college, is located at Waleska in
northwest Georgia. The Falany Performing Arts Center, which houses the Eufene Holmes Murray Department of Music and the McCamish Media Arts Center, opened in January 2002. Above Susan Naylor, piano teacher, instructs Colt McDaniel on the

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Reinhardt College Financial Aid Director Mary Parker shares information with Jon Urresh, an international student from Venezuela. Reinhardt has students from 26 different countries.

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Georgia Southwestern State University, inAmericus, a four-year unit of the University system of Georgia, offers more than 30majors and special programs ofstudy. Among its
famous alumni are former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosatynn Garter andformer U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell. Above, in the Introduction toSpecial Education class, Instructor David Hunter isat the desk ofLorrie M. Davis. Students in the foreground are Shiro Nakabayashi (left) andTannica Hawkins.

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Georgia Southwestern State UniversityFinancial Aid Director
Freida Jones is seen here as she shares information with student Tominica Pines. Seated in the background is Kowanna M. Lillard, a member of the Student Financial Aid Office staff.

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Georgia St ude nt Finance Com mission
T he Geo rgia Stude nt Finan ce Co mm issio n, a state ag ency, has been helpin g students pay for high er educa tion s ince 1965. The Co mmissio n 's maj or program s arc highli ght ed be low.
HOP E Schola rs h ips and G ra nts Geo rgia 's HOP E Scholarsh ip Program provide s annual academic sc ho larships for qualifi ed degree-seeking stude nts and grants fo r stude nts see king dip lom as or ce rtificates .
To qualify for the annual HOP E Scholars hips , students must maintain a " 13" grade point ave rage (G PA) in co re academic high sc hool subj ec ts and a 3.0 GPA in college. Th e sc ho larships pay tu ition, HOP E-app roved ma ndatory Ic es, and $ 150 for books per semes ter at pu blic co lleges and uni versities. Qualifie d students see king a de gree thro ugh full-t ime studie s at a privat e institutio n receiv e $3,000 annua lly toward the cost.
HO I)E G r a n ts pay tuiti on , HOP E-ap proved mandat ory fees, and $ 100 per qua rter for book s for students seeking HO PEapprov ed d iploma or certifica te program s o f study. HO PE Grant stude nts must meet the requ irements o f the co llege w here they arc enro lling.
PRO MI S E Teacher Schola rs h ip Co llege und ergradu ates wit h a 3.0 gra de point avc rage (G PA) can ge t a PRO MIS E Service-Canc elabl e Loan o f $3,000 dur ing the ir j unior year and aga in durin g their se nior yea r. T he PROMI S E Teac he r Sc ho larship rec ipient s must teac h one aca de mic yea r in a Geo rgia public sc hoo l for eac h $ 1,500 awarded, with a maximum of fou r years to repay.
HOP E Tea ch er Sc holars hip Teac he rs seek ing adva nced degrees and stude nts with undergraduate de grees who are w illing to beco me a teach er in a critical sho rtage field can receiv e $ 125 per se mester hou r at an eligible pu blic college or $200 pcr se mester hour or quar ter eq uiva lent at an eligible priv ate co llege throu gh I-lOP E Teac her Scho larships. Reci pients must teach for one acade mic year in a Geo rgia publ ic schoo l for eac h $2, 500 received, with a ma ximum or fo ur years to repay.
G over nor's Schola rs h ip High school students who graduate as Georgia Scholars, va ledictorians, salutatorians, or STA R Stude nts can rece ive the

Gove rno r 's Scho larship. The annu al sc ho larship pays up to $ 1,575 to recipi en ts to atte nd Georgia publi c or private co lleges .
i\I ilita r y Schola rs hips Two sc ho larships are ava ilable to Georgia stude nts who wi ll serve in the Geo rgia Natio na l Guard and are reco mme nde d by their local state legislator. Both sc ho larships cover full tuition costs, Ic es, hou sing, meals, book s, and supplies. A fou r-year sc ho larship is ava ilab le to Nor th Geor gia Co llege & Sta te Universi ty, Dah lon ega, and a two-year scho larship is available to Georgia Mi litar y Co llege , Milled gevill e.
T uitio u Eq ua liza t ion G r a n t Tuition Equalizatio n Gra nts (T EGs) help Geo rgia full- time students at tending a Georgia private co llege or uni versity by providing non-rep ayable grants of $ 1,045.
L EA P - Levcraging Ed uca tiona l Assista uc c Pa r tn cr ship
Georgia's new need -based student financial aid progra m, LEAP - Lcvcraging Educa tiona l Ass istance Partncrsh ip- providcs up to $2,000 in additiona l funds to stude nts who have been approve d for the federal Pell Grant, but still have unm et need .
Ser vice-Ca nce la b le Loans
Service-Cance lable Loans ran gin g from $2,000 to $ 10,000 are ava ilab le to students who ag ree to se rve in critica l sho rtage field s in Georg ia, such as health ca re. Service-cance lab le loans also pay four yea rs of fu ll tu ition cos ts, le es, hou sing, mea ls, books. and supplies for stude nts who arc recommended by their state legislator and se rve in the Geo rgia Nationa l Guard.
St ude nt a nd Pa ren t Loa ns
T he Geo rgia Student Finance Autho rity o ile rs stude nt loans thro ugh the Federal Fami ly Educatio n Loan Program ( FFEL P). T hc Au thor ity pro vides the low-int erest federal Stafford loans (or stude nts and the low- interest federa l PLUS loans for paren ts. T he subsidized Stalla rd loan is based on need, whi le non- su bsidized Sta lla rd Loans and PLUS loans arc not need -based .
O n-L ine S tuden t Loan C ou nseling T he Georg ia Student Fina nce Commiss ion provides On-L ine Student Loan Counseling through a partn ersh ip wit h Map ping Your Fut ure. "E ntrance Counse ling" and "Ex it Counseling" are

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requ ired by the FFEL P/FD SLP Sta llard loan program and the Perkin s loan pro gram . On -Iinc co unsel ing is ava ilable throu gh the Co mmiss ion Web site, 1I'1I'1I'.gV'c,.OI:g.
www .gsfc.org T he Georgia Stude nt Finan ce Co mmission Web site, II'II'IEgifc.OI;g, provides info rmation lo r parent s, stude nts, co unse lors, and finan cial aid profe ssion als. Th e GSFC Web site tell s what is requi red to qu alify fo r th e HO PE Sc ho larship and g ives information abo ut other state- funded sc ho larships and grants, as wel l as stude nt loans. Sec ure interacti ve serv ices a llow an indi vid ual to ge t an update on his or her scho larship or gra nt applicat ion or on a loan acc ou nt.
T he GSF C Web site also oilers full in format ion on Geo rgia's 104 co lleges, uni versiti es, and techn ica l co lleges that are approved for state-funded financia l a id, inc ludin g Georg ia's HOP E Scho larship. A lso, the Web site provides a list o r all the schools that offe r a spec ifi c subject and w ill se parate thc schoo ls based on ad mission cost.
C a reer Ex p lora t ion Map ping Your Futur e, a partner o r the Georg ia Stud ent Fina nce Co mmission, oilers a career expl orati on se rv ice for high sc hoo l stude nts. Th e se rvice is ava ilable by goi ng to 1I"11'II:g~fc-'. OI;g and clicking on Mappi ng Your Future.
O utrea ch (F ina ncia l A id C ou nse ling) Fina nc ial a id co unse ling for parents and stude nts is availab le at no cos t from the Geo rgia Student Finan ce Com mission. Co nsultants arc ava ilable to answe r qu estion s rega rd ing federal and state stude nt fina ncial a id program s. To speak wit h a co nsultant, ca ll (77 0) 724-9030 or, to ll free, 1-800-546-1-I 0 PE.
G ua ra nteed St ude nt Lo an Program T he Geo rgia High er Educa tion Ass ista nce Co rpora tion, a divi sion o r GSFC, provides student loan guarantee and suppo rt services to schoo ls and lenders throu gh ou t Geo rgia.
Infor mation on these programs and serv ices is av ailab le by ca lling the Geo rgia Stude nt Fina nce C ommission (GSFC) at 770724- 9000 or to ll- free at 1-800-776-6878 or by visiting the GS FC Web site at 1I"11'II:gsji:.OI;g.

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Floyd College near Rome, a Iwo-year unit of the University Sys tem of Georgia, serves students who commute from throughout a large portion of northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. The campus includes a 15-acre wetland preserve with
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Ashley Gresham, Rebecca Land, and Jana Ridgeway examine a turtle as they search for wetland inhabitants.

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Vincent E. Tuti, Jr. of Rome is one of the appro ximately 3,000 students enrolled at Floyd College.

The No.1 Resou rce for Georgians Seeking Education beyond High School
Th e Ge org ia Stude nt Fina nce Commiss ion (GSFC) and its subisidiar ies, the Ge orgia Stude nt Finance A utho rity and the Geo rgia Il igher Ed ucation Ass istan ce Cor pora tion, work behi nd the scen es to make educ ation a fte r high schoo l more eas ily accessible to Georg ia's residen ts. On e of the services adm inistered by GS FC, the state' s HOP E Sc ho larship Program , has mad e Geo rgia the nati on 's lead er in meri t-based st udent fin ancial aid for five co nsec utive yea rs.
T he Sch olarship s and Grant s Division of GSF C offers more than a dozen sc ho larship and gra nt pro gram s in add ition to HOP E. Som e of these pro gram s are listed inside the fro nt cover o f this pub lication .
The Georgia Student Fina nce Authority provides Sta ff ord stude nt loans, PLUS paren t loans, and Serv ice-Cance lable Stude nt Loa ns- loa ns that tra in profession als for Georg ia's designated areas o f critica l need, such as health ca re. T he recipi ent o f a Se rvice-Ca nce lable Stude nt Loan rep ays it after grad uation by serving a specified numb er o f years at selec ted locations in Geo rgia.
The Georgia Higher Ed ucation Assistance Corporation (GH EAC) is Georg ia' s design ated gua rantor for student loan s through the Federa l Fam ily Ed ucation Loan Program . S ing le So urce Partners, G I IEAC's s ignature service, g ives schools and students a simplified pro cess and single point of con tact beg innin g wit h loan application processin g and co ntinuing throu gh fund disbursem ent.
T he Georgia Student Fina nce Co mmiss ion a lso offers free stude nt financia l a id co nsultat ion and cond ucts free stude nt finan cia l aid work shops aro und the state. Please callus to tak e adva ntage o f the se rvices provided for yo u by the State o f Georg ia.
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2082 East Exchange Place, Tucker, GA 30084
www.gsfc.org 800-776-6878
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HOPE Scholarship Program, State Scholarship & Grant Programs

Di re cto r Assistant Director . Computer Support Reconcili ation Train ing & Com pliance . Financial Aid Co nsultants

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Calvin King (calk ing)

Allen May (allen)

Kelly Lewis (kelly)

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GSFA-Lender, Servicer

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.Robert W. Brooks (robertb)

(770) 724-9200

Assistant Director

. Harley D. LeGrand (harley)

(770) 724-9 279

Senio r Custome r Serv ice Manager

.william Myers (william)

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Service Ca nce lable Loans/GSFA Originations Manager

Peggy Matth ews (pe ggy)

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HOPE Teach er/PROM ISE Teacher

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E-m ail Access : To reach us by e-ma il. use the nameshown in parentheses in this directory with ..@ma il.gsfc.s tate.ga .us". Examp le: Glenn Newsome's e-ma il address is "glennn @ma il.gsfc.state.ga.us".

For Ge neral HOPE Information For Ge neral Sc hool Inquiries.. For Ge neral Lender Inquiries For Ge neral Borrower Information ..

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Georgia Perimeter College, a two-year unit of the University System of Georgia, is located in the Metropolitan Atlanta area. It is oneof the accredited institutions that offers a credit course in fire management training. Above are instructor Derwin Daniels (left), pictured as he shows how to determine a fire's origin, and Captain
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