FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 10, 2009

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgc.edu

SGC selects Higher One for students’ refund service

Receiving a refund or other financial disbursement at South Georgia College just got easier.

SGC is pleased to announce a partnership with Higher One Inc., a financial services company focused solely on higher education that will provide a new method of refund disbursement to students. Founded in 2000, Higher One provides higher education institutions and their students with efficient, convenient and easy-to-use solutions with regards to handling financial disbursements.

SGC will roll out this new and improved refund system in August. Instead of receiving a standard check through the mail (which may take a week or longer), students will receive an Easy Refund Card, which looks like a standard debit card. The Easy Refund Card will provide SGC students with a faster way to receive their financial aid or school refunds. Through the use of the card, students will utilize the "Easy Refund" method—the fastest and easiest way for students to gain access to their refund money— to receive their refunds or financial aid literally the same day SGC releases the funds.

SGC will inform students of this new program with a variety of flyers, mailings and also include it in each orientation session for fall.

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South Georgia College (www.sgc.edu) was founded in 1906 and is a two-year institution in the University System of Georgia. Located in Douglas, Ga., the college's environment gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty.