{"id":206396,"date":"2026-03-06T00:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206396\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:15:26","slug":"financial-aid-fest-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206396\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid Fest 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Financial Aid and Scholarships Department at Bakersfield College hosted<br \/>\n                        Financial Aid Fest 2026. The event created a fun and engaging atmosphere for current<br \/>\n                        and future students to learn about financial aid options and community resources.<\/p>\n<p>A variety of BC departments and community partners were available to talk with attendees,<br \/>\n                        share information, give out swag, and more. There was even a popcorn and cotton candy<br \/>\n                        booth where attendees could grab their salty or sweet treat for free! Some of the<br \/>\n                        participating vendors were Kern Regional Center, Valley Achievement Center, U.S. Postal<br \/>\n                        Service, and others. There were also several BC departments there as well \u2013 ready<br \/>\n                        to promote the wide variety of on-campus student services and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Walter Rivas, Supervisor for the Financial Aid Department at BC, talked about the<br \/>\n                        importance of the event. \u201cA lot of times students don\u2019t know where to go to get services,\u201d<br \/>\n                        he said, \u201cso we help connect everybody at this event.\u201d He also talked about the importance<br \/>\n                        of including community partners. \u201cBC has a lot of campus resources, like financial<br \/>\n                        aid, and there are other services in the community where they can go \u2013 like a food<br \/>\n                        bank,\u201d he said, \u201cstudents may know about the Renegade Pantry here on campus, but there<br \/>\n                        are also food banks in the city. So, we try to connect everybody in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield College\u2019s goal is to equip students with the resources they need to be<br \/>\n                        successful in their academic journey. A big thank you to the Financial Aid Department<br \/>\n                        for hosting another incredible event that benefits our students.<\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/finaid-fest-March2026-news-SQ2.jpg\" alt=\"multiple people talking to a representative at an outdoor vendor booth\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/finaid-fest-March2026-news-SQ1.jpg\" alt=\"three females standing together in front of a cotton candy machine\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/finaid-fest-March2026-news-SQ4.jpg\" alt=\"Kern Regional Center vendor booth\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/finaid-fest-March2026-news-SQ3.jpg\" alt=\"booth with a DJ to provide music for the Financial Aid fest\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/finaid-fest-March2026-news-H2.jpg\" alt=\"wide view of vendor booths at the event\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, March 5, 2026 Recently, the Financial Aid and Scholarships Department at Bakersfield College hosted Financial Aid Fest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-206396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}