Bookstore Vouchers

The bookstore voucher and cash advance link for Summer Session I (SU17) can be found here

If you live off campus, please be sure that your off-campus address is updated with Residence Life.

In order to have a book voucher available by the first day of classes for the Summer Session I (SU17) semester, emergency cash advance/bookstore vouchers must be submitted by Friday, May 26, 2017 at Noon, to allow time for processing. Requests submitted by May 26th will be available on the first day of the 2017/SU semester, Tuesday, May 30, 2017.

You may apply for an emergency cash advance or bookstore voucher after the above dates, however, the funds/vouchers will not be available until after the first day of class. Please review the email you receive for information regarding the date your request will be available.

• Note: Due to Federal Regulations, bookstore vouchers and cash advances are not available until the first day of class.

Emergency Cash Advance

Requests for emergency cash advances may be made for emergency situations only.

Approved cash advance requests on finalized financial aid exceeding current charges will be limited to a maximum of $600. These funds will allow students to cover the cost of incidentals related to college attendance until refund checks are issued. Students will need to plan accordingly to cover expenses until refund checks for 2017/SU are mailed after Friday, June 23, 2017.

• Request for emergency funds will be considered if your financial aid is final and greater than your charges.
• If you feel you have a financial emergency, please fill out the request form prior to the start of the semester.
• Approved cash advance requests on finalized financial aid exceeding current charges will be limited to a maximum of $600. These funds will allow students to cover the cost of incidentals related to college attendance until refund checks are issued. Students will need to plan accordingly to cover expenses until refund checks are mailed.
• If you are eligible for a bookstore voucher or emergency cash advance you will receive an email via your MU student email account.
• Every effort will be made to have your emergency cash advance or bookstore voucher available on the first day of class.

Questions about this procedure? Contact Julie Cimino at jcimino@mansfield.edu or call her at 570-662-4388.

 

Refunds

If a student's financial aid is finalized and the disbursement of financial aid and/or loans exceeds the student's charges, the student will be eligible for a refund.

• 2017/SU refund checks will begin to be mailed after June 23, 2017.
• Local off campus addresses need to be updated by Friday, June 9, 2017 to ensure proper mailing of refund checks.
• Summer refund checks are mailed to the home address unless otherwise specified in your application request form.
  

PLEASE do not contact the campus mail room or the United States Postal Service concerning the delivery of your refund check.  The mail room can only deliver your refund check to the dorm mail box.  Questions regarding the delivery of refund checks should be direct to Julie Cimino at 570-662-4388 or jcimino@mansfield.edu.

Students should be prepared to pay for books and/or any off-campus living expenses they may have at the beginning of the 2017/SU semester. May 15, 2017 is the expected date you may begin to purchase 2017/SU semester books online at http://www.mansfieldbookstore.com. Purchase your books early in order to take advantage of great prices on used books.

Student should review their Residence Hall/Local Off-Campus address via Student contact Information at http://my.mansfield.edu/. If the address listed is incorrect, please follow the instructions on the webpage to change the address information.

The summer refund check will be mailed to the student's home address.

Active-Duty Military Students - A full refund of tuition will be granted to students of any PASSHE universities who are military reservists or members of the National Guard and are ordered to active military service by the President of the United States or the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Refund Schedule:

Withdrawal from the University (or all coursework)/Approval To Move Off Campus:

Tuition, housing and miscellaneous fees, excluding the technology fee, will be adjusted according to the refund policy listed below. The Board of Governor's policy states that the technology fee is non-refundable. Dining is adjusted at a weekly rate.

 

% Refunded	2017/SU	2017/SF
100%	May 30 - June 2	July 5 - July 7
80%	June 3 - June 4	July 8 - July 9
60%	June 5	July 10
50%	June 6	July 11 - July 12
40%	June 7	July 13 - July 14
No Refund	June 8 - June 29	July 15 - August 10

Return of Title IV Federal Student Aid Policy

Students who withdraw from all classes prior to completing more than 60 percent of the payment period will have their Federal aid calculated based on the percentage of the term completed, which shall be calculated as follows:

#days completed by student
total # of days in term

The total number of calendar days in a term excludes any scheduled break of five days or more.

Unearned Federal aid (the amount that must be returned to the appropriate program) will be returned in the following order: Unsubsidized Direct Loans, Subsidized Direct Loans, Perkins Loans, PLUS loans, PELL Grant, and SEOG Grant.

Course Drop:

Tuition and miscellaneous fees will be adjusted at 100 percent through the drop period with the exception of the technology fee. The technology fee is non-refundable. There will be no reduction after the drop period.