Metro College Gives Free Scholarships

More people are going back to school for a higher education and one metro college is giving free scholarships to their students.

Thursday, April 2nd 2009, 6:26 pm

By: News 9


By Jacqueline Sit, NEWS 9

OKLAHOMA CITY -- More people are going back to school for a higher education and one metro college is giving free scholarships to their students.

With the recession hitting many people hard with job losses, many are going back to school. Oklahoma City Community College is seeing a three percent spike in students coming back to hit the books.

"We have a lot of students who are coming in who might be finishing a degree or program they started earlier, students who are looking for new skills, retooling, or just upgrading their skills in hopes of getting a better job," OCCC Dean of Admissions Gloria Cardenas Barton said.

While they're hopeful, many are tightening their budget belts and every penny counts. Over at OSU-Oklahoma City, they're giving their students a buy-two-get-one-free deal.

"We found many students who started to school, but they never finish their degree," OSU-OKC Director of Communication Evelyn Bollenbach said. "We wanted to give them some way to if they committed to starting that degree program that they would be provided with some financial relief for that third semester. It's such a critical time in a student's education."

The 'Club' is a scholarship allowing students who commit for two consecutive semesters, to go back for a third semester for free.

For students like Scott Sawyer who works about 60 hours a week this deal is quite a bargain.

"It's going to give me that third semester where I don't have to worry about financial obligations or tuition, books, fees; it'll take care of that so I can focus on studies and not try to worry about earning money to pay for school," Sawyer said.

Nearly 500 students already applied for this and the word isn't out to the public yet. They're expecting many more people will be signing up for the scholarship.

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