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showing them “the light at the end of the tunnel.” a BOG fee waiver recipient.

“There are a lot of classes you have to take to be a STEM major and we’re seeing people who are successful at it, both students who have recently transferred and also people that have gone on to become employed in STEM, so you can see what kind of jobs are out there waiting for you,” Fields said.

“I wanted to stay as far away from anything that is going to put me in debt. That’s not how you build wealth, owing somebody else money,” Rice said. “Lord knows, even though I’m driving my momma’s car right now I put a lot of gas money in there and repairs.”

It was the FAFSA deadline of March 2 approaching that prompted the workshop, according to Smith.

“Just having those dates ready I know roughly when I need to have those in,” Rice said. Rice found the workshop was beneficial in ways other than scholarship deadlines.

“There’s always resources and different avenues you can take as well as scholarships,” Rice said. “It’s good to have those people in your contact. I know a number of students here shared contact information with the person that was doing the presentation.” jmanes.roundupnews@gmail.com