 "Nebraska
Connects: Countdown to College"
Get Help with College Planning - Call In
A videotaped version of the live program repeats on NETV2* Friday, Dec. 19, at 9 p.m. A Spanish-captioned version will air in January.
Students and parents can call in to get answers
from experts to their questions about college
financial aid and admissions when “Nebraska
Connects: Countdown to College” airs.
Phone in your questions during the live program
by calling 1-800-666-3721 toll-free across
the state. Or you may submit questions
in advance or during the program to countdown@educationquest.org.
The “Nebraska Connects: Countdown to College”
panel will include: Deana Unger, associate director
of financial aid at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
Sam Rennick, vice president for enrollment and
college relations at Hastings College; Joan Jurek,
director of college planning at EducationQuest
Foundation in Lincoln; and Britteny Valenzuela,
second-year student at Southeast Community College
in Lincoln. NETV producer/reporter Mike Tobias,
from the weekly “Statewide” series,
will host the program. “Nebraska Connects:
Countdown to College” is closed captioned
for hearing-impaired viewers.
EducationQuest Foundation is a nonprofit organization
with college planning centers in Kearney, Lincoln
and Omaha that provides free services and information
to help students prepare for college, apply for
financial aid and scholarships and navigate the
student loan process. EducationQuest also offers
college planning information online at educationquest.org.
Previously Aired: Destination
College
"Nebraska Connects: Destination
College" a co-production of EducationQuest
Foundation and NETV, aired on NETV Saturday, Nov.
15, at 3 p.m., NETV2 Monday, Nov. 24, at 9 p.m.
and Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
(all times listed are central standard times)
"Nebraska Connects: Destination College" followed
three Nebraska students -- Jessica Stocker of
Kearney, David Brown of Omaha and Dennis Jensen
of Omaha -- as they and their families experienced
the college planning process, from selecting a
college to accessing resources, including those
offered by the nonprofit EducationQuest Foundation,
to help fund their education.
High school guidance counselors Bill Reno at Alliance
High School and Sally O’Neill at Lincoln Southeast
High School address recent trends, such as starting
at a community college and transferring to a four-year
college, and highlight the benefits of using resources
like college planning Web sites and free counseling.
Admissions counselors Kay Bartels at Southeast
Community College in Lincoln and Mary Summers
at the University of Nebraska at Kearney offered
tips and guidance for those tackling the college-planning
process. For more information and resources on
this topic visit the EducationQuest Web site by
Clicking their logo below:
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