El Paso Times published two articles about COSTEP’s free financial aid assistance during the most recent visit to El Paso.

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EL PASO, Texas - [El Paso Times] - March 10, 2008 - Mobile college-resource van to make 3 stops

The Ysleta Independent School District is hosting MERV, the Mobile Education Resource Vehicle today.

The college financial-aid van will be available at Bel Air High School from 8 to 11 a.m., at Parkland High School from 1 to 4 p.m., and at YISD Central Office, 9600 Sims, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The van is visiting El Paso courtesy of Costep, a San Antonio-based college-funding organization.

This 37-foot recreational vehicle is outfitted with nine laptop computer work stations, wireless Internet, laser printer, three flat-screen TVs and comprehensive financial aid and scholarship information. Area high-school seniors and their parents are invited to visit MERV. [Original Story Here]

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EL PASO, Texas - [El Paso Times] - March 11, 2008 - Students get help with financial aid on MERV

Above, Lonnie Rodriguez, left, of COSTEP helped Parkland High School senior Christine Aranda with financial aid information Monday inside MERV, the Mobile Education Resource Vehicle, at the school’s parking lot. COSTEP, short for Council for South Texas Economic Progress, assists college-bound Texas students and their families with free scholarship searches, student loan information and other financial aid assistance. MERV also visited Bel Air High School and the Ysleta Independent School District central offices and will be at El Paso Community College’s Valle Verde Campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. [Original Story Here]