{"id":9043,"date":"2026-05-15T08:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=9043"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:35:21","slug":"apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Excelsior<\/p>\n

June 12, 2026 —<\/em> Are you attending a SUNY or CUNY college? Does your family earn less than $125,000 annually? You may qualify for this opportunity to graduate with little to no tuition debt. View the requirements online <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The deadline to\u00a0<\/span>apply<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>Aug.\u00a031, 2026<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You must complete the\u00a0<\/span>FAFSA<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>TAP<\/span><\/a>\u00a0applications each year you are applying for aid.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Call the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC)\u00a0directly for financial aid\u00a0assistance\u00a0or\u00a0general questions\u00a0at\u00a01-888-697-4372\u00a0or visit the\u00a0<\/span>HESC website<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for more resources.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other scholarships are available\u00a0for PEF members and their dependents. Click\u00a0<\/span><\/i>here to visit PEF\u2019s scholarship<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0page\u00a0and if your Region or Division is offering one that we\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0know about, reach out to us at\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Communicator@pef.org<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 12, 2026 — Are you attending a SUNY or CUNY college? Does your family earn less than $125,000 annually? You may qualify for this opportunity to graduate with little…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-9043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-44-no-5"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nApply now for Excelsior scholarship - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"June 12, 2026 — Are you attending a SUNY or CUNY college? Does your family earn less than $125,000 annually? You may qualify for this opportunity to graduate with little...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PEF Communicator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T12:30:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-08T15:35:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"132\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ksheehan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ksheehan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ksheehan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e\"},\"headline\":\"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T12:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-08T15:35:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":130,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/\",\"name\":\"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship - PEF Communicator\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T12:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-08T15:35:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":132,\"caption\":\"Excelsior Ever Upward\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Volume 44. No. 5\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-5\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"PEF Communicator\",\"description\":\"NYS PEF Communicator\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e\",\"name\":\"ksheehan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/author\\\/ksheehan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship - PEF Communicator","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship","og_description":"June 12, 2026 — Are you attending a SUNY or CUNY college? Does your family earn less than $125,000 annually? You may qualify for this opportunity to graduate with little...","og_url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/","og_site_name":"PEF Communicator","article_published_time":"2026-05-15T12:30:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-08T15:35:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":132,"url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ksheehan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ksheehan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/"},"author":{"name":"ksheehan","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e"},"headline":"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship","datePublished":"2026-05-15T12:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-08T15:35:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/"},"wordCount":130,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/","name":"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship - PEF Communicator","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-15T12:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-08T15:35:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Excelsior-Logo.jpg","width":400,"height":132,"caption":"Excelsior Ever Upward"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/apply-now-for-excelsior-scholarship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Volume 44. No. 5","item":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Apply now for Excelsior scholarship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/","name":"PEF Communicator","description":"NYS PEF Communicator","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e","name":"ksheehan","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/author\/ksheehan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9043"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9048,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9043\/revisions\/9048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9043"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/division?post=9043"},{"taxonomy":"allowed_regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/allowed_regions?post=9043"},{"taxonomy":"allowed_divisions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/allowed_divisions?post=9043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}