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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

A few of the Cerritos College Faculty Senate members listening to a presentation about bot students during a Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 22.

Faculty Senate getting ready to tackle bot students

Andrew Pilani, News Editor
October 28, 2024
The Cerritos College Faculty Senate pressed for more action after listening to a presentation from the frontline of the fight against fraudulent bot students.
Cerritos College aims to provide financial relief by forgiving the debt of unpaid students in the hopes of keeping them enrolled in schools. Statistics show a large decline in enrollment - specifically in community colleges.

Cerritos College forgives $1.3 million in unpaid student fees

Fatima Durrani, Opinion Editor
January 20, 2022
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, community college students have been hit hard financially, physically and mentally, which resulted in a major enrollment decline. On Jan. 6th, Cerritos College forgave 2,400 unpaid student accounts from summer 2020 to fall 2021.
Cut into concise, understandable chunks, the slideshow accompanying the lecture made it easier to follow along. Taking notes to put down beneath each bullet point was just the icing on the cake.

Scholarship 101 helps out transfer students

Matthew Espinosa, Staff Writer
January 20, 2022
While the pandemic rages on, thinking about the future is more important than ever now. One way of doing it is by contemplating the viability of scholarships and attending workshops that deliver the information needed to obtain one.
Cerritos College is the victim of a massive financial aid scam that affects most California Community Colleges. The school reported that approximately a million dollars were lost as a result on Sept. 22, 2021. Photo credit: Vincent Medina

Million dollar financial aid scam hits Cerritos College

Lily Marmolejo, News Editor
September 22, 2021
Cerritos College receives about 9,000 fake student applications, resulting in an approximate million dollar loss for the college.

Undocumented students should be able to receive financial aid

Gustavo Lopez
October 27, 2014
Undocumented students should receive financial aid - pure and simple. Students with financial aid will probably never know the struggle of trying to pay for books, food and transportation (gas or bus).
Rio Medina, outreach coordinator and student services assistant and Rosa Alejo, student services assistant helping students educate themselves about checks and financial aid. The booth was set up outside the library. Photo credit: Gustavo Lopez

Putting a spin on financial literacy

Gustavo Lopez
October 23, 2014
Students were given the chance to win prizes like tote bags, stickers and shirts at the Financial Aid booth in front of the library on Thursday, Oct. 23.

One student in attendance at financial aid workshop

Abraham Venegas, Staff Writer
September 19, 2014

Despite having only one person in attendance, important information was given at the Satisfactory Academic Progress Workshop on Thursday, September 18. One of the objectives of the workshop was to inform...

Prior to the Feb. 24. deadline to apply for scholarship awards, Veronica Castro, scholarship coordinator from the Financial Aid Office, spoke to students and gave a presentation on how to develop a winning strategy to successfully help finance their future educational goals.Photo credit: Joe Zermeno

Students informed on collegiate aid, scholarship applications

Joe Zermeno, Staff Writer
February 20, 2014
The Monday, Feb. 24 deadline looms to file for financial aid applications.

Raising Awareness for Financial Aid

Larissa Morales, Staff Writer
February 18, 2014
The Cerritos College Financial Aid Office hosted the second of its four part fair in order to help raise awareness for students on different aspects of financial aid on Thursday, Feb. 13 in between the library and the office.
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