NU Students Visit Albany To Lobby For Financial Aid
Advocating for student financial aid isn’t easy. Just ask Matt Nadler and Kalene Faricellie.
Last week, the Niagara University Student Government Association representatives, clad in their Sunday best, slipped out of a day of classes – okay, that part wasn’t that bad – to traverse 300 miles to the state Capitol in Albany in hopes of bending the ears of lawmakers who control funding for the Tuition Assistance Program, Pell grants, Bundy Aid and other forms of financial assistance.
NU annually enlists a handful of students to participate in the New York Student Aid Alliance Advocacy Day, an initiative coordinated by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities. This year, only Nadler and Faricellie were available to advocate for the value of state student aid programs.