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$5 million.
State savings, Reeher said,
would have been even more ex
cept for increased tuition at
schools and other factors.
Tuition increases averaged EP/o
in the private colleges and
from $5O to $l4O a year in the
state supported institutions.
Other factors affecting the
state program costs were the
assurance of continued state
funds for veterans and widows
with children continuing their
education after high school
graduation. The surge in need
for state aid which arose due
-to unemployment of the parents
of many students also was a
factor.
Already, the receipt of fed
eral data indicates that more
than 40 >000 Pennsylvania stu
dents have obtained $35.1 mil
lion in federal BEOG money.
Projected figures indicate that
by academic year's end the "cap
ture" of federal dollars by
Pennsylvania students will hit
$37*5 million. This is based
on the fact that between now
, and October 15 abt»ut 13,000
students who have not filed for
federal BEOG money in accord**
jance with the state's mandate
must do so or face cancellation
j of the next payment on their
[ state grant. Many will qualify
for federal funds under BEOG.
Altogether, about 43*000 of
the 124,000 students to receive
state grants will have quali
.fied for BEOG money by the Oc
tober 15 date. The state pro
gram, administered by PHEAA,
continues aid above the family
income levels acceptable to the
federal program and makes a
special effort to aid middle
income families and widows must
sacrifice their home equity to
pay for college.
"Welre really pleased with
the results of this state ac
tion "this year," Reeher said.
"Last year the federal govern
ment had $135 million unspent
in their program. We knew
there were plenty of families
applying to the Pennsylvania
programs who could have met the
federal standards. It was just
a case of their not getting the
word about the federal program.
"Students are eligible for
up .to $1 ,400 federal dollars
per school year. The federal
government advertised this pro
gram as a 'basic entitlement'
and we simply informed Pennsyl
vanians of their entitlement
and where to go get it. Now
the students and their parents
know where to get the federal
funds and state residents
should benefit from this for
years ahead. The state sent a
federal application to each
student's home and told the
student to go after the federal
money. Now we are moving to
use the released state funds to
offer more aid to the forgotten
middle income family and those
who send their children to the
full charge private colleges
and colleges and schools where
tuition is high because state
dollars don't support tuition
reduction."
So far this year more than
22,000 additional regular stu
dents and 4*500 veterans have
applied for state student aid
than applied last year* Re-
quests for special considera
tion due to unemployment of the
parents have already surpassed
all of last year in the state
program. By tying the eligi
bility for further state grants
to the filing by students of
applications for the federal
BEOG aid, the Agency was able
to assist more students who in
the long run received more aid
through the federal and state
sources than they could have
expected from the state alone.
ROTC on Campus
On October 18, 1975* Major
Robert H. Morrell, Assistant
Professor of Military Science
for the Army Reserve Officers
Training Corps at Penn State,
University Park, will be on
l campus to talk to interested
students about the Army ROTC
Program. He will be available
from 9*oo a.m. to 3*oo p.m.
All students having questions
about the Two-Year Program at
University Park are invited.
Location of meeting will be
posted.
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Among Highacrea' new faculty
this year is Mr. Michael Fufla.
Fufla is instructing Engineer
ing Graphics this term and will
begin teaching Electronic En
gineering Technology in the
winter.
A graduate of Penn State,
Fufla spent his first two years
of college at the Penn State
Schuylkill campus. His opin
ion of Highacrea is, "It's the
nicest of all Penn State's
branch campuses that I've seen."
Fufla also said, "Most of the
students are conscientious and
apply themselves to the best of
their abilities."
Fufla is presently working
towards his'master's degree,
and would like to teach at the
college level on a full time
basis. His favorite hobbies
are collecting coins and work
ing with shortwave radios.
Mr. Keith Gates, who cur
rently resides in Nuremberg
with his wife, has replaced
Mr. Joseph Jumpeter as High
acres new music instructor.
Sates attended The North
Carolina School of the Arts,
as well as the Juilliard SchooJ
in New York. This is not his
first teaching position; he
taught on a fellowship for two
years at Juilliard and also
taught for a year at North
eastern Bible College in New
Jersey.
Gates* believes that by
studying the art of a people,
"one can come to a better un
derstanding of the philosophy
which motivated the peoples'
actions and thought patternsi"
As to his personal music
preferences, Gates is an avid
opera lover. He says he feels
that the voice is the most ex
pressive musical instrument.>
He also enjoys the music of
Bach, Mozart, Emerson Lake and
Palmer, and the Moody Blues.
Under the Liquor Control .bill
passed by the Pennsylvania
Legislature on December 6, 1933,
no distinction between the re
tailing of beer and more po
tent beverages for consumption
on the premises is recognized.
Fufla:
“Nicest Camous”
Gates Interviewed
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