Jessica Catto, student vice president for academic affairs, and the rest of the Student Senate’s Academic Affairs Committee are offering a free scholarship search for Eastern students.

“What we do is search everywhere to find out what scholarships are available, and what kinds of requirements they have, and once we have that list compiled we give the list to the student, and they can determine if it is something they want to pursue,” Catto said.

In order for the search to be completed, the committee needs to know basic information like a student’s name, phone number, school address and other personal information.

This can all be answered by filling out a form at the Student Activities Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Once filled out, it can be turned in to Catto or committee chair Donna Fernandez and results will be processed as fast as possible, but the typical return time is one week.

“We have really found that there is a scholarship for everyone, so we encourage students to pursue this because the money is there,” Catto said.

“The only thing to remember is to get applications in early because some of these scholarship programs may have deadlines. So if you get a form to us, we can transmit the scholarship contacts to you, and you might be able to get some money by the next semester.

“It really is nice for people with financial aid because it helps relieve some of the burden they face.”