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After FAFSA difficulties, Maryland college aid system down in another obstacle for students
BALTIMORE -- After the troubled rollout of the new FAFSA application, Students in Maryland are facing another obstacle. The Maryland College Aid Processing System website, also known as MDCaps, is temporarily down.The U.S. Department of Education introduced an overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, this year. The form is now shorter and simpler, but computer glitches led to a botched rollout. Maryland's higher education system cites several issues it's facing transitioning MDCaps to the FAFSA form's federal changes.Some problems include uploading completed MHEC One applications, inconsistencies in award amounts and errors with the document management...
Montgomery College students, nonprofit create community food forest to fight food insecurity
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – Students at Montgomery College have teamed up with one local non-profit to create a food forest on the college’s campus. Organizers of the project say many students on the college’s campus are facing food insecurity, so they created this space to grow food and help combat the issue. […]
3 local students selected as finalists in the 2024 Google Doodle Competition
WASHINGTON — For the second year in a row, Google has selected multiple winners from the DMV in their annual Google Doodle competition. On Wednesday, Google announced that three students from the area were selected as finalists in the competition from tens of thousands of applications. Earlier this year, Google opened the competition to students nationwide, asking them to create an illustration to celebrate their 25th Anniversary that answers the prompt “My wish for the next 25 years…”.
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