Semester-long Travel Financial Aid and Billing Policy

• Foreign travel contact: Dr. Dixee Bartholomew-Feis

Washington D.C. semester: Dr. Brad Best

You should make contact well in advance of the travel semester. Available funding is limited and will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. The professor in charge of arrangements will notify the appropriate offices of your intent to travel.

• File for financial aid using the FAFSA, keeping the critical deadlines in mind: June 1 for SEOG, Perkins Loan, and College Work-Study consideration and July 1 for Iowa Tuition Grant consideration (Iowa residents only).
• If you will experience additional expenses, ask the contact above to itemize those costs (include things like airfare and lodging or meals not covered in charges). These expenses may be added to your normal expenses for the semester to reach a more accurate cost of attendance.
• Notify the Office of Financial Assistance if you will receive a Dean's Fellowship or another travel stipend, such as the Henry Olsen Scholarship. Dr. Best will let us know if a student traveling to Washington, D.C. will receive Lamberti funds.
• If your plans change and you do not travel, please notify the Office of Financial Assistance and the Business Office.
• Contact the Office of Financial Assistance for answers to any financial aid questions and the Business Office for any billing questions.
• Have a wonderful travel experience!

You may be enrolled at another institution during the semester you travel. If this is true of your travel experience, the credits earned will normally transfer back to Buena Vista University. Almost all of the travel experiences coordinated through BVU will allow you to receive any BVU funds you would otherwise be eligible for. The contacts above will let you know, on an individual basis, if this is not possible. (You normally will not be allowed to use BVU funds for travel opportunities that are not included in our established consortium agreements and approved by the contacts above.) Employee Tuition Grant recipients are not allowed to use those funds for travel opportunities.

You will be charged for BVU's tuition and room and board for the semester, unless one of the contacts above notifies the Office of Financial Assistance and Business Office that you should not be charged for room and board. We will forward the appropriate payment, based on your individual situation, to the institution at which you'll be enrolled. If the other institution has a lesser charge, you will still remain responsible for the BVU charges.