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Wednesday, August 19, 1992
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Several options offer money for students
By Silvia Peralez Special to the Kansan
University of Kansas students will receive more than $34 million of federal, state and University money this year through financial aid, an increase of $2 million from last year.
The Office of Financial Aid predicts that 37 percent of the student population this year will receive aid in the form of loans, grants, scholarship and part-time employment.
As of July 1, about 12,500 KU students had submitted applications for financial aid for the fall semester. The freshman class had the largest number of applicants.
Diane Del Buono, director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, said that although students had received their financial aid for this school year it was not too early to start thinking about next year.
Students seeking financial aid must complete the ACT family financial statement and request ACT to send a copy of the statement to KU.
Once the financial aid office receives the statement, staff members determine whether the student is eligible to receive aid. In addition
to having a financial need, other guidelines must be met in order for students to qualify. Applicants must be degree-seeking students, and in most programs a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Students must also maintain a specified grade point average and cannot be in default on a federal education loan or owe a refund on a federal grant.
Scholarships, grants, loans and work-study jobs are available if the student qualifies.
Students who are not eligible for need-based financial aid can receive assistance through several loan programs.
Another option for students is the KU Endowment Loan Program. This program provides funds to students who have completed one semester at KU with at least a 2.0 grade point average. Also eligible are new graduate students or transfer students with a 2.5 GPA. Students receiving this aid must have a parent co-sign.
Financial aid applications are available in the Office of Student Financial Aid, 22 Strong Hall. For further information, call 864-4700. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Counseling services available to assist students, other community members
By Christina Slape
Special to the Kansan
Students face pressure and stress from a variety of sources. Family, school, relationships and many other factors can sometimes create anxiety. But personal counseling services available at the University of Kansas and around Lawrence are prepared to help students with problems.
Art Thomas, associate director of KU's Counseling and Psychological Services, said, "I think it's important to emphasize that the counseling service is for a wide variety of students. We want people to come in when problems begin, rather than wait until the problem becomes more serious."
Counseling and Psychological Services, on the second floor of Watkins Health Center, and the KU Psychological Clinic, 315 Fraser Hall, are both broad-ranging services that deal with the same types of problems.
Thomas said that the service in Watkins often dealt with roommate and romantic relationship problems but that other problems such as depressed teenagers, childhood physical or sexual abuse and rape had been addressed as well.
The senior staff at the service in Watkins consists of a psychiatrist.
psychologists, counselors and social workers. The service is available to all students who have paid the full health fee. The health fee is paid automatically with the other fees by students enrolled in more than seven credit hours.
The first three sessions for individuals, couples and families are free. After the third session the fee is $7 an hour. Group sessions are $7 an hour starting with the first session. The fee to see the psychiatrist is $50 a session, can be made only by a referral from one of the counselors or therapists.
An appointment can be made at 864-2277 or directly at the office. Early in the semester an appointment can be set up within 24 to 48 hours, Thomas said.
"But after the semester gets going," he said, "at some point we will undoubtedly have a waiting list, which could be a few days to two or three weeks. We encourage people who want to be seen to get in promptly."
Thomas also said staff members did everything possible to see students who called in with a crisis. An incident would be made the same day or the next day.
ic in Fraser, said family problems,
relationship problems and difficulty
in coping with school were common
problems for students.
Mike Babyak, a therapist at the clin-
"One of the important things we do here is the screening process," Babyak said. "We often refer people to clinics or services that may better help them with a particular problem."
The Fraser clinic sees not only students, but also families, people from the community and children. Recently, the clinic has been getting more court-referred cases for children, such as custody cases, Babayak said.
At the clinic in Fraser, direct services are provided by 20 to 30 active therapists who are in the graduate training program in clinical psychology. These therapists meet once a week with a member of the supervisory staff, either a licensed clinical psychologist or a social worker, he said.
Babyak said the graduate student therapists at the clinic usually worked there one to two years. He said students should not worry about their therapists finishing the program and leaving because most of the problems that the clinic dealt with could be handled in less than two years.
The standard fee for the psychological clinic is $30 an hour, but it can be
adjusted according to income, he said. The minimum fee is $3 an hour. Individuals can call the clinic at 864-4121 for an appointment or go to the clinic office. Walk-in visits are also possible between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Other services are available to students as well. Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas, a student organization financed by Student Senate, offers support groups and a peer counseling network. Referrals to the GLOSK peer counseling network are handled 24 hours a day through Headquarters, 841-2345, and the KU Information Center, 864-3506.
Headquarters, 1419 Massachusetts St., provides these services: Douglas County AIDS hot-line, suicide prevention, alcohol and drug information, help with relationship problems, health and sexuality concerns such as gay and lesbian peer counseling, and the rape victims' support service. It is a counseling, listening and crisis-intervention service.
Headquarters is financed through the United Way, the University and private donations. It has four paid staff members; the rest of the staff are volunteers. The service is free, open 24 hours, and no appointment is necessary.
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