| A long-kept Md. secret: interest-free college loans
Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. There's no age limit. Recipients range from age 17 to 61. To qualify for a loan, you must apply for federal financial aid. You need to have a grade-point average of at least 2.0 on a scale of 4. And you must have a co-signer for the loan so that if you don't repay it, the co-signer would be on the hook. Central Scholarship will begin accepting applications for the 2008-2009 academic year in January. The deadline is May 31. For more details check out the nonprofit's Web site at www.centralsb.org. .
Valley briefing
Aurora University will offer information on adult degree completion programs at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Perry Theatre in the Aurora Foundation Center for Community Enrichment, 1305 Kenilworth Place. University representatives will discuss admission procedures, academic programs and financial aid. Adult degree completion programs are available in accounting, business administration, communication, criminal justice and nursing. Call (630) 844-5294 or e-mail AUadmission@aurora.edu. Fox Valley Extension launches 'Hortanswers' site A new Web site that allows home gardeners and professional horticulturists to gain information about plant pests, diseases, and performance in the USDA's hardiness zones 4, 5, and 6 has been launched by University of Illinois Extension.
Brief: Commission approves construction of cancer center garage
The Smilow Cancer Center at Yale-New Haven Hospital moved one more step towards reality on Wednesday, when the City Plan Commission unanimously approved the site plan for the garage on the Lot E site. The 845-parking garage was at the center of negotiations completed last fall. Arbitration ended in early October as the hospital agreed to include 24 units of market-priced housing. The housing will be offered to patients undergoing treatment who do not need hospitalization and their families, as well as staff members on a temporary basis. Although more expensive for the hospital, the housing was important for city officials who wanted to avoid having the center isolated from the rest of the community. Retail shops will also surround the mixed-use garage.
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