Hello everyone! Here is an excellent opportunity for you to learn about how your VA benefits work here at Santa Ana College. Dorothy Swayne, yours truly, SAC Certifying Official, will be leading this workshop. Get informed so you can effectively utilize your remaining VA benefits here at SAC. Topics will include, but not limited to the following: • How certifications work • What our SAC VA Office can and cannot do • Other Financial Help: VRC Loans, Financial Aid, & Scholarships, etc. • How short term courses affect payment • Satisfactory Academic Progress: How F’s affect your grades and could cause debt • How Withdrawals Affect your payment • Importance of accurate Educational Plans • Debts due to overpayments • Taking courses at SCC or other institutions The Workshops will be for the following dates. 5/20/2014, Tuesday, 2- 4 p.m., R-126 5/21/2014, Wednesday, 2-4 p.m., I-209 8/19/2014, Tuesday, 2-4 p.m., R-113 8/20/2014, Wednesday, 2-4 p.m., R-113 Please sign up at the VRC to secure a spot: 714-564-6050. Due to the high importance of this workshop, everyone who attends from beginning to end will be given Priority Certification for Summer and Fall. This means that you will be given Priority in getting certified no matter when you submit your Purple Certification Request form for the Summer 2014 and Fall 2014. However, after you’ve been certified for the term, adjustments for adds and drops after the original certification submitted will be processed in dated order. Please call the VRC for more information 714-564-6050. Sign up today! Dorothy N. Swayne SANTA ANA COLLEGE "Assisting Veterans transition from Soldiers to Scholars" Financial Aid Coordinator/Certifying Official for VA Office of Financial Aid & Veterans Affairs Office Location: Veterans Resource Center, Bldg R-101 1530 W. 17th St., Santa Ana, CA 92703 VA facility code: 14946405 VRC phone: (714) 564-6050 Fax: (714) 564-6131