The $25.3 billion, 1.8 million-member State Employees' CreditUnion said Wednesday it helped 6,500 high school seniors completeand submit more than 8,800 online applications to North Carolinacolleges and universities during College Application Week.
|About 160 SECU employees from 81 branches volunteered at localschools in November during the week-long event sponsored by theCollege Foundation of North Carolina and the Carolinas Associationof College Registrars and Admissions Officers, the big credit unionsaid.
|SECU began helping with College Application Week in 2009 andsaid this year's event drew 2,800 more students than last year athigh schools where SECU staff participated.
|“Completing a college application can be intimidating – helpingseniors work through the process is an enjoyable and rewardingexperience for our employees,” said Krista Loew, SECU vicepresident of IRA services and CAW coordinator.
|SECU also participates each February in Free Application forFederal Student Aid (FAFSA) Day with CFNC and the North CarolinaAssociation of Student Financial Aid Association, the credit unionsaid.
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