Financial Aid Appeals Committee
About the Committee
Students who fail to maintain satisfactory academic progress due to extenuating circumstances have the right to appeal their financial-assistance suspension. The primary responsibility of the Financial Aid/Assistance Appeals Committee is to make recommendations on student appeals. Students must make their appeals in writing and be willing to meet with the committee. The committee will also annually review the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy and forward recommendations for changes through the Director of Financial Assistance in Alpine, and the Assistant Director of Financial Aid at RGC.
Primary Responsibility Area: Alpine campus and RGC campuses independently
Quick Links and Documents
| Membership as of Fall 2020 |
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|---|---|---|
| Melissa Amparan, Chair | Director of Financial Aid | ex-officio |
| Dr. Ismail Gunes | Faculty Assembly Appointee from College of Education and Professional Studies | through 2023 |
| Dr. Carlos Gonzalez-Gonzalez | Faculty Assembly Appointee from College of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | through 2021 |
| Dr. Rosemary Briseño | Faculty Assembly Appointee from College of Arts and Sciences | through 2022 |
| Judith Loya | Student Support Services (SSS) Appointee | |
| Becky Wren | Office of Student Life Appointee | |
| Dafne Rodriguez | Office of Enrollment Services Appointee |
| RGC Membership as of Fall 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lucio Garcia-Zuazua, Chair | Assistant Director of Financial Aid | ex-officio |
| Dr. Wesley Wynne, Rio Grande College–Natural and Behavioral Sciences | Vice President’s Faculty Appointee | |
| Dr. Edison Moura, Rio Grande College–Business Administration | Vice President’s Faculty Appointee | |
| Dr. Miriam Muñiz-Quiz, Rio Grande College–Education | Vice President’s Faculty Appointee |