Is Your Student’s Financial Aid Package Ready for School?

By: Sarah Gill, Financial Aid Office

To help ensure students have a smooth transition into school, we have developed a checklist of helpful reminders for Financial Aid and Student Accounts:

• Accept or decline all offers of aid on Zagweb: http://zagweb.gonzaga.edu/myaward.html
• Submit any outstanding paperwork to Financial Aid: If you have any outstanding document requests, “Unsatisfied Disbursement Requirements” will appear under your award amounts on ZagWeb. Check online at http://zagweb.gonzaga.edu/myaward.html
• Respond to your billing statement: All students are required to settle their accounts by completing one of the payment options listed on the second page of the billing statement. Billing Statement notifications were emailed to students at their ZagMail Account, and are available to view on Cashnet.
• Establish an Authorized Payer: If you would like to access the billing statement, your student can establish you as an “Authorized Payer.” Information about this process is available online.
• Submit a photo for your student’s ZAGCARD: Pictures are due no later than August 16^th. Instructions and picture requirements.
• Notify Financial Aid of any outside scholarships your student is receiving: Any scholarship your student is receiving should be reported on ZagWeb at http://zagweb.gonzaga.edu/myaward.html under the “Resources/Additional Information” tab. Scholarship checks should be sent to the Financial Aid Office, and please make sure they include the student’s name and ID number.

Please remember that all official communication is sent to the students at their ZagMail account. We encourage you to have a conversation with your student about any expectations that you may have, especially if you want them to relay pertinent information on to you.