{"id":12813,"date":"2021-06-07T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=12813"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:04:43","slug":"new-awareness-campaign-promotes-scholarship-for-community-college-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2021\/06\/new-awareness-campaign-promotes-scholarship-for-community-college-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New Awareness Campaign Promotes Scholarship for Community College Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A statewide awareness campaign, called \u201cTime for a New YOU,\u201d launched this week for the Governor\u2019s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund<\/a> that is available for eligible North Carolina community college students. GEER provides $15 million in tuition assistance to students enrolled in short-term workforce training programs in one of North Carolina\u2019s \u201cGreat 58\u201d community colleges.<\/p>\n

The short-term programs supported by the scholarship are in high-demand fields that will lead to a state or industry-recognized credential. High-demand areas have been identified and are automotive, emergency medical services, healthcare, information technology, criminal justice, fire and rescue services, industrial\/manufacturing, and transportation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community colleges are strengthening North Carolina\u2019s position in the global marketplace, and we will lead the state\u2019s economic recovery,\u201d said Thomas A. Stith III, president of the N.C. Community College System. \u201cOur community colleges provide affordable and accessible education opportunities and produce graduates who are highly competitive candidates for hire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scholarship awards up to $750, or the cost of the program \u2013 whichever is more \u2013 and can be used to help cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and supplies, credentialing tests, transportation, childcare, and other costs of attendance.<\/p>\n

Eligible students must be a N.C. resident and currently enrolled in an eligible continuing education program or course for a minimum of 96 hours.<\/p>\n

Questions should be directed to the financial aid office. For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.nashcc.edu\/admissions\/financial-aid\/types-of-aid\/governors-emergency-education-relief-fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A statewide awareness campaign, called \u201cTime for a New YOU,\u201d launched this week for the Governor\u2019s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund that is available for eligible North Carolina community college… Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12813"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12824,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12813\/revisions\/12824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}