Noted: “There’s nothing to replace those funds. There aren’t institutional loans to cover that kind of money,” UW-Madison Associate Financial Aid Director Michelle Curtis said.” A couple of thousand dollars helps pay your housing. Buys your books. Buys a lot of food.”
Curtis said her office is now urgently reaching out to 389 students who have not signed up yet for assistance this year, and would immediately lose this loan if they do not sign up by the time the program is set to expire Thursday.