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Tuesday, November 1, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Student loans are available Students needing aid should apply, official says
By Laura Woodward Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Students who find themselves financially strapped at mid-semester may still apply for a loan at the financial aid office.
"There are always funds available through several programs," he said. "If a student needs a loan, he should definitely come to the office."
Jeff Weinberg, associate director of financial aid, said the prognosis was good for students who need loans.
Students have two main loan options: Endowment loans and Guaranteed Student Loans. Endowment loans are financed by private donations and awarded through the KU Endowment Association. GSLs are low-interest loans given by a private lender, usually a loan and guaranteed through the federal government.
Weinberg said Endowment loans usually were for amounts up to $500 and GSLs for amounts more than $500.
Students apply for Endowment loans if, for example, they need money to pay their rent or buy school supplies. GSLs, however, are commonly used for college students whose parents do not wish his or her job and there is no money to pay for school.
Last year, 3,600 Endowment loans were awarded.
totaling more than $2 million. Weinberg said the amount of this year's awards were comparable. An undergraduate may be able to borrow up to $1,200 during four years; a graduate student may borrow up to $2,400.
$10,240.
Last year, 5,000 GSLs were awarded to KU students,
worth $13 million. Weinberg said the amount of
money loaned so far was higher than the amount
loaned last year for the same time period. The average
GSL last year was for $2,700, compared to this year's
average of $3,150.
William Shunk, director of loan programs at the Endowment Association, said $10 million was available for student loans, but only $7 million could be loaned out at one time.
"We loan out as much as is needed," he said. "We try to plan it so we have sufficient funds to cover emergencies."
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Shunk said about $2 million came in each year from former KU students paying back loans. This covers the cost of outgoing loans.
Weinberg said the Endowment Association did not run out of money.
"There was a time about 30 years ago when a sign would be put outside the financial aid office saying, 'There's no money,' " he said. "This doesn't happen anymore."
Missouri college opposes Klan leaflets
The Associated Press
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Efforts by the Ku Klux Klan to foster racial tension between black and white students at Northwest Missouri State University will not be tolerated,
university officials said yesterday.
About 200 students, faculty and administrators met Sunday night to discuss recent incidents of racism directed toward black students. Black students said leaflets, some of which say "We're watching you,"
have been placed on their cars and beneath the doors of their rooms and homes.
University President Dean L. Hubbard said officials suspected that five student members of the Klan were distributing the leaflets.
Acutely ill get homecare from eight KU students
When Don Crouse started working on his master's degree in counseling psychology, he also started looking for a job. During his search, he noticed a classified advertisement in the newspaper.
By Derek Schmidt Special to the Kansan
"Desperately Seeking Students!" the advertisement said. "Be part of a special team . . . as part of the VNA private homecare pool."
Crouse saw his chance and called the number in the advertisement.
"I was looking for some kind of work related to counseling in some way," said Crouse, an Albert graduate student.
That was 13 months ago. Today, Crouse has the seniority out of the eight KU students who work for the Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association, a non-profit organization.
or organization.
"I decided to work with VNA because it was more related to counseling than working at McDonald's would be." he said.
VNA is a certified, licensed home health care agency which provides care for acute and chronically ill clients. One division of VNA employs health professionals to provide medical care to homebound people.
KU students work with a second division of VNA, the private home-care pool. Aides visit clients' homes and help them with shopping, cleaning, laundry or other chores.
Students care for about 20 of VNA's 250-300 clients in Douglas County.
"We need personnel and this is a college town," said Pat Turmes, VNA home care support services director. "Students have flexible scheduling. They're available at hours that people with families wouldn't want to work."
hours that people work in Crouse said that the hours he and other students worked varied, but that he would work between 15 and 60 hours a week.
Though VNA hires many social work and nursing
students, Turmes said a student's major was not the most significant factor in hiring.
"I'm looking for someone who enjoys the elderly." Turmes said. "You know them when you see them. I'm basically looking for someone who likes people."
Crouse is that client. "With some clients it may be housework, going to the store, sometimes readings to them, or discussing current events," Crouse said. "There's listening, a lot of listening. I've used my counseling skills a lot. It's basically belting them do things they can't do for themselves."
Although Crouse said that he liked his work, he said the job could also be stressful, especially when aides must do the job.
"After you've been there for a while, it's almost like being a member of the family." Crouse said. "You develop a fondness for clients, and yet you have to realize that they could die."
For instance, Crouse remembered a time when he was working last summer and a client became ill.
"I was sitting there hoping, 'Please don't die on my shift, please don't die on my shirt.'"
Days later, the client used,
"When the client finally did die, the family was there," Crouse said. "In a sense, it would have been a relief for him to die. In a sense, it was."
Kris Jacobs, another KU student who works as a VNA aide with disabled children, agreed that the death of a client was the job's most difficult aspect.
"The boy that I used to work with had a lot of problems," she said. "He was 18 years old, and he died about a month ago. I'd feel him, change his diapers, try to keep his mind busy, play games with him, do puzzles. We did a lot of stuff with his family. He loved family things."
Jacobs, a Shawne fifth-year senior majoring in sociology, has been with the VNA for almost a year. Regulations require that all personal care aides complete 100 hours of training to maintain their positions.
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