91短视频鈥檚 financial aid notification packet has a new look, and people are starting to notice.

The packet of information, mailed to every admitted undergraduate student with a FAFSA on file at 91短视频, simplifies the often complicated financial aid process by outlining the total aid offered and the costs students will be expected to cover. It includes information on grants, scholarships, and loans, as well as direct and indirect costs of an education at 91短视频.

Once a drab bundle of letters and forms, the financial aid notification packet has been delightfully redesigned through a collaboration between 91短视频鈥檚 marketing and communications department and Farmville, Virginia-based marketing agency .

The new-and-improved 鈥淔AN packet鈥� features the design of a sunrise over the familiar Massanutten Mountain ridgeline and bright, attention-grabbing colors. It also uses friendly, approachable typefaces with bold, easy-to-read text. Each packet comes with a set of 91短视频-branded stickers, perfect for laptops, phone cases, water bottles, and notebooks.

It鈥檚 anything but ordinary, reflecting 91短视频鈥檚 unique and diverse campus, its commitment to providing a transformative and accessible education, and the care it puts into supporting students and families through the financial aid process.

鈥淭his project was all about transparency, organization, and user-focused design: helping students and families navigate an important decision with confidence,鈥� reads a Facebook post from Letterpress Communications.

91短视频鈥檚 marketing and communications department teamed up with Farmville-based Letterpress Communications to design its reimagined financial aid notification packet.

Best of Show

Representatives from the marketing agency attended the Southwest Virginia American Advertising Awards in Abingdon, Virginia, on Feb. 28. There, 91短视频鈥檚 FAN packet won a Gold ADDY, a top honor in the advertising industry, as well as the Best of Show award, recognizing it as the best overall piece in the competition.

It will now compete at the district level against Gold ADDY winners from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. If the FAN packet wins gold at the district level (winners are announced in April), it will advance to the national competition in June.

鈥淭his is truly terrific news,鈥� said Braydon Hoover 鈥�11, MAOL 鈥�21, vice president of enrollment and marketing. 鈥淔or the nearly 1,000 students and families who have already received the FAN packet, this award demonstrates just how special the financial aid process is here at 91短视频.鈥�

鈥淲e are committed to doing everything we can to make the financial aid process as simple and understandable as possible,鈥� said Troy Martin, director of financial aid for 91短视频. 鈥淭he next step, if you鈥檝e received a FAN packet and haven鈥檛 done so already, is to review it with your family and your admissions counselor.鈥�

For more information about your financial aid notification, visit .

After a full day of classes at 91短视频, Kevin Garcia clocks in at 5 p.m. for his eight-hour shift at George鈥檚 Inc., a poultry plant in Harrisonburg. By the time he gets home, it鈥檚 1:30 a.m. and he鈥檚 eager to get some much-needed sleep. In less than seven hours, he鈥檒l be back on campus bright and early for his 8 a.m. class.

The hardworking, indefatigable first-year student emigrated from Cuba three years ago to join his family in Harrisonburg. He graduated from 91短视频鈥檚 renowned Intensive English Program (IEP) this spring. When he learned he could transfer 15 credits from his IEP classes to his college degree and that he would receive the 91短视频 Promise Grant, which fully covers the tuition costs for eligible students, he knew his future belonged at 91短视频.

The biology and Spanish double major, whose full-time job helps support his family with their expenses, said his parents both graduated from college in Cuba. 鈥淭hey had an expectation that I needed to go to college, as well,鈥� said Garcia, who is interested in the emerging and rapidly expanding field of epigenetics. 鈥淲ithout the Promise Grant, that wouldn鈥檛 be possible.鈥�

Garcia is one of 76 first- and second-year students at 91短视频 who have access to an exceptional, tuition-free college education thanks to the 91短视频 Promise Grant. The initiative is open to Virginia residents whose adjusted gross family incomes are below $75,000. It is for first-time, full-time undergraduate students. See checklist below for more eligibility criteria.听

The 91短视频 Promise Grant covers 100 percent of all remaining tuition costs after state, federal, and institutional grants or scholarships have been awarded. It does not cover any fees or living expenses.

Now in its second year, the tuition-free initiative continues to tackle systemic barriers by offering more financial aid, in alignment with 91短视频鈥檚 2023-28 strategic plan, Pathways of Promise: Preparing Tomorrow鈥檚 Unifying Leaders.

Troy Martin, director of financial aid for 91短视频, said that raising the income threshold for Promise Grant eligibility (it was previously set at $65,000) ensures that a college education at 91短视频 is accessible to more students in Virginia than ever before. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 want money to stand in the way of a student choosing to attend 91短视频,鈥� he said. 

鈥淲e have lots of prospective students who show promise, and our promise is to help them fulfill their promise,鈥� Martin added. 鈥淲e offer a transformative education for these students and allow them to achieve their educational goals and dreams in a setting that will support them every step of the way.鈥�

While there is no deadline to apply for the 91短视频 Promise Grant, the deadline for submitting a VTAG application is Sept. 15, 2026.

For more information about the 91短视频 Promise Grant, visit .

Let Braydon Hoover, vice president of enrollment & marketing, walk you through the 91短视频 Promise Grant in the video below.