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 Can
my student afford to attend Southeastern?
An Affordable Investment in the Future
No question about
it: A college degree pays dividends
for life.
As a public university, our costs are
surprisingly affordable. For fall
2004 in-state students pay only $1,402.20
for 12 lower-division credit hours;
while out-of-state students pay just
$3,330.60. Estimate $1,500 for room
and board, plus $400 for books, and
you have a total that keeps Southeastern
competitive. It pays to shop around
of course, but you won’t find a better
value anywhere.
Keep in mind that we work with every
student to ensure that they can tap
into a host of financial aid options.
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Can
my student qualify for financial aid?
Connect with Your Financing Options
Most students need
a little help paying for their education.
In fact, nearly 75 percent of Southeastern
students receive some sort of aid-whether
a scholarship, federal grant, student
loan or a combination of all three.
Last year, Southeastern
awarded $6.5 million in grants to students.
Another $1.5 million was distributed
through scholarship programs, and Southeastern
students earned $1.2 million in work
study dollars. In total, Southeastern
provided its students nearly $15 million
in financial assistance programs.
Each student who participated received
our $4,000 to apply toward their education
expenses.
The key to securing financial aid is
to apply as early as possible.
Our Guide to Financial Aid and Scholarships
is available online at www.se.edu/admissions/Financial_Aid_Handbook.pdf,
or the Admissions Office will be happy
to mail you a copy.
Southeastern uses the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for
the awarding of institutional funds.
( You can download the FAFSA from the
Web at www.fafsa.ed.gov,
or you can obtain a copy from your
student’s high school.) We’ll
mail a notification letter soon after
we make an offer of admission.
Your son or daughter may qualify for
one or more of the following options:
Grants
– Federal Pell Grant; Oklahoma Tuition
Aid Grant; Federal Supplemental Educational
opportunity Grant
Loans
– Federal Perkins Loan; Federal
Stafford Student Loan
Scholarships
– a wide variety of need-and merit-
based scholarships, some offered by
the university itself, others by individual
departments; five scholarships are available
for students in our Honors Program.
Find out more by visiting the website.
Many
scholarships are also awarded via the
Southeastern Foundation’s generous private
funding; these are also described in
the
Guide to Scholarships. Applications
are available through the Office of
University Development and online at
our Web site.
Tuition
waivers – Nonresidents of Oklahoma
may take advantage of nonresident tuition
waivers. First-time student (U.S.
citizens and eligible non-citizens)
receive a 100 percent nonresident tuition
waiver for their first semester.
They may continue to renew their waivers
based on academic performance.
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Will
my student get lost in a sea of faces
in class?
Southeastern’s Signature:
Personal Attention and Inspired Teaching
With 4,100
students, Southeastern is a small school
guided by a big vision. We work
with each and every student to tap promise
and develop potential. Our student-faculty
ratio of 19:1 means that your student
will connect with professors and will
have every opportunity to ask questions,
brainstorm and, if necessary, get help.
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Will
graduate assistants teach my student?
We got our start as a teacher-training
college in 1909, so we know the importance
of inspired and dedicated teaching.
Our professors, all respected experts
in their fields, mix classroom instruction
with hands-on learning. Your student
will test new knowledge and develop
skills in labs, field assignments and
internships. Count on this:
Professors-not graduate assistants –
will know your student by name.
They’ll know if he or she needs a little
extra help, and they’ll go out of their
way to see that it’s available.
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What
services are there to help my student
succeed academically?
Student Success is Our Business
The first year on any college campus
can be intimidating. At Southeastern,
we make sure students get off to a solid
start. Our
Academic
Advising and Outreach Center
serves as information central. An advisor
helps each student
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Choose
courses and a major to match goals
and talents
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Decide
upon a realistic course load that
accommodates work, study and play,
while ensuring that graduation occurs
on time
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Identify
the best ways to address special
challenges – everything from a learning
disability to a gap in skills
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Find
the right clubs and organizations
to complement interests
During your
student’s first semester, our advisors
also conduct a grade check to identify
anyone who needs help. Through tutoring
and special non-credit classes, we help
students brush up on their fundamentals
– everything from math to composition
- – and prepare for the challenges ahead.
Visit the Web site of the Freshmen Programs
to learn more:
www.se.edu/advisingcenter/.
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What
if my student does not know what to
major in?
It’s not uncommon for first-and second-year
college students to be undecided about
their major. And that’s fine with
us. After all, an education is
supposed to open doors – not only to
offices and employment opportunities
but also to new ideas and possibilities.
As
a freshman, your students will work
with an advisor to find a major that
matches interests and talents.
An advisor can help your student measure
aptitude and uncover new options.
Our advising staff and faculty will
show your student how to put that knack
for problem solving to work in management
career or how to use those people skills
in a service industry.
Of
course, it helps to have choices.
Southeastern students select from 53
majors offered by three academic divisions:
the School of Arts and Sciences, the
School of Business and the School of
Education and Behavioral Sciences.
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How
will Southeastern prepare my student
for the world of jobs and careers?
Connect to an Education With a Competitive
Edge
In all our programs, students get
the foundations they need and the chance
to learn by doing.
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Occupational
safety and health majors like Michael
Earthman of Sawyer,
Oklahoma, spend the day at busy
Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport, simulating an emergency
evacuation of a burning plane.
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Aspiring
teachers like Jamie Thompson of
Heavner, Oklahoma, take a subject
that fascinates them and learn how
to share their passion. “My
theme was volcanoes. I was
supposed to incorporate volcanoes
into every subject matter:
math, reading, etc. We had
to explore how we’d teach this to
every student-gifted, challenged,
everyone.”
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Communication
majors like Chris Bradley meet the
movers and shakers in the fields.
Bradley accompanied a faculty member
to a National Association of Broadcasters
convention in Los Angeles, where
he made professional contacts that
may help him fulfill his dream of
owning his own radio station.
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Is
there any help with a job search?
Connect with Opportunity-Life After
Southeastern
Whether your student wants to join
the workforce or go on to graduate school,
a Southeastern degree gets results.
That’s because we connect our students
with opportunity. The Office of
Career and Placement Services,
http://placement.se.edu/, helps
students get their resumes and credentials
before employers. Thanks to a
computerized datatbase, our students
can schedule job interviews online and
email their resumes to potential employers.
And students bound for graduate school
find that our faculty are happy to supply
the recommendations and contacts necessary
for admission.
Job hunters make a point of attending
Southeastern’s annual career fair, which
introduces students to dozens of top-notch
employers who are ready to hire-everyone
from the U.S. Department and major corporations
to local businesses. In addition,
we host special teacher placement day
every spring. In fact, when school
teacher placement day every spring.
In fact, when school districts in Texas,
New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma
face teacher shortages, they turn to
us for quality graduates.
Some of our graduates never need to
look for jobs. The jobs find them-even
before ink dries on their diplomas.
The Department of Occupational Safety
& Health, for example, places nearly
100 percent of its graduates every semester.
The average starting salary for safety
majors is $40,000. Majors in computer
science and technology are also in demand.
Even before they finish their last semester,
80 percent have landed high-paying jobs.
By graduation, nearly 100 percent are
employed.
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How
successful are your graduates?
Southeastern students are employed by
American Airlines, Office Depot,
Tyson Foods, Toyota, Sherwin Williams
Co., U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
and U.S. Marshals Service. Plus,
school districts, police departments,
hospitals and government agencies throughout
the Southwest.
Southeastern students pursue further
study in their chosen fields.
And our students have a higher percentage
of acceptance and into medical school
than any other Oklahoma institution.
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Will
my student fit in, make friends, and
be safe?
Ours is a welcoming campus,
a home-away-from-home for students from
all over the country, region and state.
Unlike many public universities, Southeastern
is small, so it’s easy to make friends
and get to know professors. And
with more than 70 organizations active
on campus, it’s easy to find people
with common interests.
Because we’re small, professors and
advisors get to know your student well.
That means they know when something
is wrong or when a simple act of friendship
is in order. It’s not uncommon
for professors to take students to lunch
or check on them when they miss a class.
And our campus reinforces the feeling
of community. All the residence
halls and major classroom buildings
are within a short walk of one another.
Stroll across campus and you’ll meet
smiling people who take pride in being
part of the Southeastern family.
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