Volume: 12.1S | December 2021

December 2021

Welcome to your December 2021 GEM!

Here's what you can find in this email:

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines
Financial Aid Feature: Filing a SAP Appeal
Spring 2022 Registration
Bookstore Rental Returns
End of the Semester Information: Grades, Transcripts, & Academic Standing

Click here to catch up on previous GEMs!

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines

Ongoing: Spring 2022 (and Summer 2022) Registration

Dec. 17: Last day of Fall 2021 Semester

Dec. 20: Grades due by noon (After this, allow around one week for all grades and degrees to be posted to transcripts, and for any outstanding transcript requests to be fulfilled)

Dec. 23, 2021-Jan. 2, 2022: LCCC Closed for Winter Break

Jan. 14, 2022: Spring 2022 Kickoff

Jan. 17, 2022: LCCC Closed for Martin Luther King/Equality Day

Jan. 18, 2022: Spring 2022 A Block Classes Start

Financial Aid Feature

Maintaining Financial Aid Eligibility

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SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress)

At the end of each semester, your financial aid status is checked to ensure that you are meeting SAP - Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Your SAP Status determines your eligibility for financial aid for future semesters.

For more details about SAP, you can review the November GEM or see the SAP Policy on the LCCC webpage.

You'll get an email in late December to let you know your SAP Status.

Your SAP Status could be:

Good Standing: Great! You are meeting SAP requirements
Warning: You aren't meeting SAP requirements. You get one "warning semester", where you will still receive financial aid, to improve your SAP.
No Longer Eligible: If you are not meeting SAP requirements after your warning semester, you will lose your eligibility for financial aid.

SAP Appeals

If you have mitigating circumstances that contributed to you not meeting SAP requirements, then you may be able to appeal your SAP status if you are no longer eligible for aid. The SAP Appeal process is detailed here on the LCCC website. You can also contact the LCCC Student Hub for information.

Appeals take up to four weeks to review and are never guaranteed. You will need to ensure you have alternate payment arrangements in place for Spring 2022, in case your appeal is not approved.

Remember to check your student email and the Self-Service app in your myLCCC account for the most up-to-date information about your financial aid.

If you have any questions about your financial aid, the Student Hub is here to help!

LCCC Student Hub

307.778.1265 | StudentHub@lccc.wy.edu | www.lccc.wy.edu/chat

Happening Now: Spring 2022 Registration!

Don't delay - the sooner you register for Spring classes, the better your selection of classes will be!

Schedule your advising appointment through the Navigate app or by calling Academic Advising at 307.778.1214.

LCCC Bookstore Updates

Fall 2021 rental texbooks are due back to the LCCC Bookstore by Dec. 17! Don't forget to return them on time to AVOID LATE FEES, and be entered to win prizes!

There are 3 easy ways to return your books! Learn more here.

Spring 2022 Textbooks will be available beginning Dec. 27!

Academic Standing, Grades & Transcripts

Academic Standing

Academic Standing is similar to, but separate from, Financial Aid's SAP policy.

Satisfactory academic standing requirements are in place to help ensure that students are making progress toward their educational goals. You must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher to be in good academic standing.

Students not in good academic standing will be placed on academic probation or academic suspension. These processes allow students a chance to utilize resources to help them improve their success.

You can learn more about academic standing in the LCCC Catalog or on the LCCC webpage. Students on academic probation or suspension are notified via their LCCC student email after grades have been posted for the semester.

Grades & Transcripts

Fall 2021 grades will be posted by instructors by noon on Monday, Dec. 20.

You will be able to see your final class grades in Canvas and in the Self-Service app, both accessed through your myLCCC account.

After this, it takes up to a week for grades to be posted to student transcripts, and for degrees, credit diplomas, or certificates to be posted to transcripts, for students who have applied to graduate and who have met all requirements. Diplomas will be mailed out 6-8 weeks after the end of the semester.

If you need a transcript sent right away, as soon as your grades or your degree is posted, the best way to do that is to order it early and select an option to either hold until "after degree is awarded" or "after grades are posted". Then once your grades (or your degree) are posted, your transcript will send automatically. You can request your transcript online here.