<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-variant:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:16px">Advising Workshop: Important Updates to Federal Loan Eligibility</span>

Please join us Wed., Sept 2, noon–1pm,</span><span style="font-variant:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for a </span><a href="https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/86521284336" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom</span></a><span style="font-variant:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> session with Academic Advising and guests from Student Financial Services. Why? The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by Congress as part of the budget reconciliation process, was implemented in July 2026 and affects student loan eligibility in a couple significant ways. </span></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-2f43cb83-7fff-1c6d-89b5-9c1f831bb042"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SFS Director, Todd Moravec and colleagues, will review these changes. We will dialogue about revisions to what we tell our advisees (e.g., about course drops and university withdrawals) and the circumstances under which we should always refer our students to Student Financial Services.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Though adapted for advisors, all are welcome to attend. If you guide students in any way, it is important that we collectively eliminate outdated advice and language as we help students make curricular and life decisions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Academic Advising Office
</font></span><a href="mailto:advise@plattsburgh.edu" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">advise@plattsburgh.edu</span></a></p></span></div>