Check Your Mail!

Check your student email for the template I've sent you to use for Powerpoint presentations. I've also resent a copy of the questions to you on the article assigned last week. After we have discussed everyone's responses on Monday your final document can be emailed to me for review and evaluation.

Student Financial Aid

Financial Aid deadlines are fast approaching. Have you filled out your financial aid forms? If not go here immediately- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

Federal deadlines are June 30th, 2009
But- Many state deadlines are much earlier!

You must fill out a FAFSA form in order to be eligible for Pell grants, Stafford loans, Perkins loans, work-study programs and state aid packages. You can select up to ten schools at a time to receive your application information. When filling out the form don't forget to check the box for work-study. Many schools offer job opportunities through the work-study program such as lab monitors, gallery sitters, clay mixing, studio assistant, the list is endless; but not if you forget to check the work-study box.

The Rhode Island State Grant Program has a March 1 priority deadline. CCRI has a priority date of May 1. You can find lots of information online from the CCRI Office of Financial Aid.

Check the Financial Aid office on your projected college's web-site to determine the priority dates for the college/s you are hoping to attend.

Here is a recent article in the NY Times on FAFSA and student financial aid for college.
The Big Test Before College? The Financial Aid Form

Otaku Culture

Takishi Murakami

Take an audio tour of Tokyo's Shibuya district and consider the origins and global cultural effect of artists such as filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, author Ryu Murakami, and painter/sculptor Takashi Murakami.

Tracking Transience

An airline meal from Tracking Transience.
photo-Hasan Elahi

Multimedia artist Hasan Elahi posts every detail of his life in a project called "Tracking Transience". Read the artist's statement to learn about Mr. Elahi's interest in art and science and the motivation behind his use of technology to realize the many forms of work he creates.

You can also listen to an interview with the artist at Studio 360 in the episode "We See Your Every Move".