2007-2008 Catalog (PDF) - Colorado State University-Pueblo

Office of Financial Services
5) Once all required information is received, students
will receive a financial aid award offer.
Students may not receive financial aid if they are:
1) Not enrolled in a degree-seeking program;
2) On financial aid suspension or academic suspension;
3) In default on a federal student loan;
4) Owe money back on a federal student grant or
have not made satisfactory arrangements to repay
it; or
5) Ineligible non-citizens or not permanent residents
of the United States.
STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES POLICIES
STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a student at CSU-Pueblo you have the right to:
• Know all the types of financial assistance
available to our students, including federal, state,
and institutional sources.
• Be informed about any award changes and their
reasons.
As a student at CSU-Pueblo you have the
responsibility to:
• Accurately and honestly complete the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or
the Renewal for Federal Student Aid by March 1
each year.
• Notify Student Financial Services of all changes in
your enrollment status, for example, from full-time
to less than full-time, from nonresident to resident
tuition, etc.
• Use financial aid funds for educational expenses
only. These expenses include tuition, fees, room,
board, books, supplies, and related miscellaneous
costs.
• Keep your address updated with Student
Financial Services.
• Notify our office if you are attending two schools at
the same time. You may not receive financial aid
at two schools at the same time.
• Read and understand the Satisfactory Academic
Progress Policy, the Withdrawal Policy, and other
general policies related to financial aid.
• Officially withdraw from the University if you are
unable to attend classes.
• Report all scholarships that you receive. They are
counted as part of your financial aid award offer
and may reduce the amount of other aid offered.
• Pay any balance to the University that is not
covered by financial aid funds.
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY
Federal and state regulations require that all students
receiving financial assistance at the University meet
standards for satisfactory academic progress to
maintain eligibility for their financial assistance. In
order to comply with these regulations, the University
has developed this Satisfactory Academic Progress
Policy. The policy is designed to measure minimum
acceptable academic progress for financial assistance
purposes.
Student Financial Services will review Satisfactory
Academic Progress annually at the end of every spring
semester.
The following are the criteria considered in the policy
review process:
I. Qualitative
a) Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA):
Undergraduate & Degree Plus Students
Students enrolled in undergraduate programs
must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.00.
Graduate Students
Students enrolled in a graduate program must
maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.00.
b) Repeating Courses
In the case where a student repeats courses,
the first two times a course is taken, only the
higher grade and credit earned are computed
into the grade-point average (please refer to
Repeating Courses under Academic Policies
section of the Catalog).
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