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long story short
My girl filled out an app for a Grant through EMU and her internship for her masters
The grant was for $10k Cash (stipend) was the terms the contract used
It was to show up as 2 $5k checks
She got the first check, into her EMU account and the EMU immediately pulled $5k away from her in the form of financial aide.
EMU said that the Grant was to be considered Financial assistance.
Some people pulled cash out, and it sent their accounts into the negative, After a few emails she was told that a Mistake has been made and they will get everything fixed.
A few days ago she went to a meeting and they said that it will get paid as a stipend and EMU made a mistake, It is illegal to do what they did.
She got an email today saying that she will not receive the $10k as a payment and will only see the money as financial aide.
Bottom line now she has to do more work, she will not be getting the money, we used some of the money so now she owes EMU, she cannot use any more financial aide because she maximized the yearly amount so she cannot take classes in the summer to get her masters on time.
Everything that has been said we have all the contracts, they used terms like Cash, and Stipend. it affected 9-10 people, 15 people total got the grant, but it didn't negatively effect a few.
It looks like a case where the contract clearly says one thing, they changed their mind and did another. While the entire time the company that runs the grant is saying, dont worry about that, they cant do that, its illegal.
BTW EMU still gets the $1,000,000 in funding for this grant. And instead of paying the $150k out in cash they decided to reimburse Financial aide money.
My girl filled out an app for a Grant through EMU and her internship for her masters
The grant was for $10k Cash (stipend) was the terms the contract used
It was to show up as 2 $5k checks
She got the first check, into her EMU account and the EMU immediately pulled $5k away from her in the form of financial aide.
EMU said that the Grant was to be considered Financial assistance.
Some people pulled cash out, and it sent their accounts into the negative, After a few emails she was told that a Mistake has been made and they will get everything fixed.
A few days ago she went to a meeting and they said that it will get paid as a stipend and EMU made a mistake, It is illegal to do what they did.
She got an email today saying that she will not receive the $10k as a payment and will only see the money as financial aide.
Bottom line now she has to do more work, she will not be getting the money, we used some of the money so now she owes EMU, she cannot use any more financial aide because she maximized the yearly amount so she cannot take classes in the summer to get her masters on time.
Everything that has been said we have all the contracts, they used terms like Cash, and Stipend. it affected 9-10 people, 15 people total got the grant, but it didn't negatively effect a few.
It looks like a case where the contract clearly says one thing, they changed their mind and did another. While the entire time the company that runs the grant is saying, dont worry about that, they cant do that, its illegal.
BTW EMU still gets the $1,000,000 in funding for this grant. And instead of paying the $150k out in cash they decided to reimburse Financial aide money.
