Savannah State University students who may have been financially struggling due to COVID-19, received possibly the best news on Monday afternoon: SSU canceled account balances for more than 200 students enrolled in Spring 2020 through Summer 2021 semesters. Affected students include those whose education was abruptly halted at the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
According to a press release issued Monday afternoon, the university said it received substantial support from the federal government under the CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). The balances of 220 former students were cleared, a total of just over $331,000.
“We are thrilled to provide this financial relief to our students,” said Kimberly Ballard-Washington, SSU president. “From the start of the pandemic, our faculty and staff have been focused on protecting students’ health and wellbeing and worked to provide technical support that allowed them to continue their education virtually and in the classroom. Now we have been able to provide this additional and much-needed support to students whose education was interrupted because of COVID-19.”

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