Policies & Procedures

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MSU continues to abide by FERPA privacy regulations. If not yet completed, all students must complete the Consent to Release Student Information online form (found in your myGate portal under the Academics tab). This allows many offices to discuss specific data with the student or any other individual.

March 15-Beginning awards for scholarships

March 18-Beginning awards for incoming freshmen for federal aid

Summer 2013 Financial Aid Application is available

May 1-Deadline for accepting scholarships

June 1-Deadline for accepting scholarships for non-traditional students

June 1-Beginning awards for current students for federal awards

2013-14 FAFSA is available Filing EARLY is important!

Visit the Bursar's Office for upcoming dates/deadlines

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Office of Financial Aid/Scholarship

Murray State University
500 Sparks Hall
Murray, KY 42071-3312

msu.sfa@murraystate.edu
msu.scholarships@murraystate.edu

(270) 809-2546
(800) 272-4678, ext 3

(270) 809-3116 fax

Office Hours
University closure dates
Monday - Friday

January - May
8:00 am - 4:30 pm CST

June - July
7:30 am - 4:00 pm CST

August - December
8:00 am - 4:30 pm CST

Financial Aid Policies & Procedures

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Concurrent Enrollment

Any student attending MSU who is enrolled for at least 3 credit hours as a degree seeking student and concurrently enrolled at other institutions must submit a Concurrent Enrollment Form for any school where they are enrolled to receive financial aid for those additional hours. The hours enrolled at other institution must transfer in to MSU and count toward their degree.
Consent to Release Student Information to the Student and Others

MSU continues to abide by FERPA privacy regulations. If not yet completed, all students must complete the Consent to Release Student Information form and submit to the Registrar's Office. This allows many offices to discuss specific data with the student or any other individual.
Conviction of Posessing or Selling Drugs

If you have been convicted of posessing or selling drugs, refer to Student Aid Eligibility Drug Worksheet to determine if you are still eligible to receive federal financial aid.
Incarceration
You would be considered incarcerated if you are serving a criminal sentence in a federal, state, or local penitentiary, prison, jail, reformatory, work farm, or similar correctional institution (but in a half-way house or home detention or is sentenced to serve only weekends).

Incarcerated students:
- are not eligible for federal loans
- are eligible for SEOGs and Federal Work Study
- are eligible for Pell grants if not incarcerated in a federal or state penal institution
- are not eligible for Pell grants if he is subject to an involuntary civil commitment following incarceration for a sexual offense (as determined under the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program)
A parent is not eligible for a PLUS loan if the federal government holds a judgment lien on her property or if she is incarcerated .
Graduate Students

Beginning July 1, 2012, Graduate students are no longer eligible to receive Federal Direct Subsidized Loan(s). The loan program has been eliminated for Graduate students. However, Graduate students will remain eligible to receive the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan or the Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan.

Financial aid (loans only) is available to graduate students taking 600 level classes or above only.
Loan Code of Conduct

Murray State University must abide by the University's Loan Code of Conduct.
Pell Grant Recipients

Effective 2012-2013 academic year, Federal Pell Grant recipients will only have eligibility to receive funding for a total of 12 semesters.
Repeated Courses

Federal regulations now limit financial assistance given for repeated classes. Financial aid can only be awarded for one additional attempt for a course that a student successfully completes with a passing grade. For example, if a student gets an E the first time he takes a course and then passes the course with a D, the student can receive federal aid to improve their D grade one more time after that. The course may have been taken at Murray State University or transferred as an acceptable course from another institution.
Satisfactory Academic Progress

Go to this site for for further information.
Terms & Conditions

In order to accept your financial aid on the web, you must accept the Terms & Conditions on myGate. Refer to Procedures for Accepting Terms and Conditions.
Withdrawing or Quit Attending Classes for the Semester

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