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Your Student Aid Agency
99 Washington Avenue • Albany, New York 12255 | 1-888-NYSHESC | www.hesc.org
News Releases
July 2008
HESC President Ross Praises Gov. Paterson's Leadership on New York Student LoanNew York State Expands its Veteran's Tuition Award Program
June 2008
New York Leads the Nation in College Financial AidHESC Statement: Your College Financial Aid Officer is the Best Source for Advice
May 2008
HESC Wraps Up Spring College Fair TourGovernor Paterson Reminds New York's Combat Veterans to Use Expanded Tuition Program
Bagnoli Appointed to HESC Board of Trustees
April 2008
State Reassures New Yorkers There’s Money for College LoansHESC Promotes Awareness During Financial Literacy Month
New York State Helps High School Students Ace Their Finals: Regents Exam Prep Available on TV and the Web
HESC Appoints Magee as Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations
March 2008
Op Ed: HESC Reassures NY Student Loan BorrowersHESC Ushers in Spring with College Fair Tours
February 2008
New York's College Goal Sunday Scores Touchdown Helping Twice as Many StudentsJanuary 2008
Helping Students During Budget Gap: Gov. Spitzer’s Budget Preserves Vital Financial Aid to StudentsHESC President's January 30, 2008 Testimony
New York Announces Volunteer Recruitment Service Scholarships - New Deadline May 1, 2008
September 2007
Debt Management Brochures Expand HESC's Financial Literacy Suite of ProductsJuly 2007
New York Still #1 in U.S. for College Financial AidMay 2007
HESC's E-Library is @ Your ServiceThe following dated releases have been removed from the site. If you would like a copy of any of these documents, please e-mail kcrowder@hesc.org
| Archived News Releases | |
| Title | Month/Year |
| Media Advisory: HESC Announces Spring 2008 College Tour | April 2008 |
| Austin Appointed Senior Vice President of HESC Customer Relations | November 2007 |
| HESC Reaches Milestone - 3.9 Percent Default Rate | September 2007 |
| New HESC en Español Web Environment Debuts (Nuevo Entorno Web de HESC en Español Hace su Debut) | July 2007 |
| New York Student Helps Mapping Your Future Reach Milestone | July 2007 |
| HESC Has the FACTS of Financial Life for High School Students | May 2007 |
| HESC Signs Code of Conduct for Student Loan Guarantors | April 2007 |
| HESC Announces Winners of $1 Million Default Prevention Grant | April 2007 |
| HESC Ushers in Spring with College Fairs | March 2007 |
| New York Announces Volunteer Recruitment Service Scholarships | March 2007 |
| Moving More Borrowers Out of the Red -- Into the Black: HESC Experiences Unparalleled Growth in Rehabbed Loans | March 2007 |
| NY Students Saving $29 Million This Year as HESC Waives Loan Fee for Ninth Year in a Row | March 2007 |
| HESC's Loan Default Rate Declines | March 2007 |
| New York's College Goal Sunday Scores Touchdown with High School Students and Families | February 2007 |
| Statement by James C. Ross, President of HESC, to the NYS Senate Finance Committee and the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, February 8, 2007 | February 2007 |
| Two financial services professionals named to HESC board of trustees | December 2006 |
| HESC unveils new Web environment: Newly redesigned Web site premieres Nov. 13 | November 2006 |
| HESC offers $1 million in grants for default prevention proposals | November 2006 |
| HESC’s unique computer application linking federal-state forms wins national technology award | October 2006 |
| New York’s financial aid generosity highlighted in federal survey | October 2006 |
| HESC gives your students the FACTS of (financial) life | September 2006 |
| HESC’s Bradley elected to second term at Common Manual communications post | August 2006 |
| State Senate confirms five members to HESC's board of trustees | June 2006 |
| HESC to start processing PLUS graduate loans July 1 | April 2006 |
| Total Higher Education (T.H.E.) guaranteeing student loans with HESC in New York State | April 2006 |
| New York State helping high schoolers ace their final: Students can prep for Regents exams by watching TV, surfing the WEB | April 2006 |
| HESC ushers in spring with college fair tours | March 2006 |
| State pays loan fee for eighth year in a row, saving college students $25 million this year | February 2006 |
| Statement by Dr. James Ross to the NYS Senate Finance Committee and the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, Delivered January 30th | January 2006 |
| First in the nation: NY offers seamless application for federal, state financial aid for students – all in Spanish | January 2006 |
| HESC's Daggett reappointed to Mapping Your Future Steering Committee | December 2005 |
| Rule #1 when shopping for college: Don't be scared by sticker price | November 2005 |
| New York State applies for patent: HESC develops first-of-a-kind electronic loan distribution system | November 2005 |
| HESC efforts at SUNYFAP conference garner applause | June 2005 |
| State Senate unanimously confirms James C. Ross as president of HESC | June 2005 |
| New York maintains its #1 rank in U.S. for college financial aid | June 2005 |
| NY’s growth continues: HESC sets loan volume record with $2.55 billion | June 2005 |
| $50K gift from CPAs bolsters World Trade Center Memorial Scholarship | June 2005 |
| Suze Orman features Mapping Your Future on her Web site | May 2005 |
| Web-based college planning guide named "Best of The Web" | May 2005 |
| State waives loan fee, saving college students record $25 million a year | April 2005 |
| HESC testifies at D.C. hearing today: How to simplify the financial aid process by using the Web | April 2005 |
| Computers cutting costs: Record numbers of electronic financial aid applications save time, money | March 2005 |
| Governor Nominates James C. Ross To Head State HESC | January 2005 |
| New Executive VP Appointed | January 2005 |
| HESC Introduces New DocTrac System for College Administrators | November 2004 |
| NY ofrece una aplicación transparente para la ayuda financiera federal y estatal para los estudiantes – toda en Español | October 2004 |
| HESC has you covered with the blanket guarantee | October 2004 |
| HESC's default rate below national average for second year in a row | September 2004 |
| Aug. 1 is deadline for college scholarships for new volunteer firefighters, ambulance squad members | August 2004 |
| Pace University names HESC, Sallie Mae to provide federal, private loans to graduate students | July 2004 |
| HESC’s Bradley elected to Common Manual communications post | June 2004 |
| HESC's free default management program keeps student in school, college default rates low | June 2004 |
| Two Colleges Return to HESC Loan Program | June 2004 |
| New York ranks #1 in U.S. for college financial aid | May 2004 |
| NY’s College Savings Program ranked in top five in U.S.; continues to earn praise from financial press | May 2004 |
| HESC and FFEL are Powerful Partners | May 2004 |
| This was published in the Albany Times Union on May 10, 2004 | May 2004 |
| Another computer program innovation: HESC becomes first to be fully electronic with Education Dept | May 2004 |
| HESC’s Fox to co-chair NCHELP Debt Management Committee | April 2004 |
| At 30, NYS Higher Education Services Corp. still generous ($13 billion worth) after all these years | April 2004 |
| Reading Between the Lines of the AP Story | April 2004 |
| Statement by Michael R. Wilton Jr., to the NYS Senate Finance Committee and the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee | February 2004 |
| HESC supports Web sites and workshops to help students, families pay for college | February 2004 |
| Rule #1 when shopping for college: Don’t be scared by sticker price! | February 2004 |
| Reorganization will retool HESC to meet market challenges | January 2004 |
| HESC's Lowest Default Rate Ever! | January 2004 |
| State Senate unanimously confirms Michael R.Wilton, Jr. as president of New York State's Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC). | September 2003 |