Parent & Guardian Resources and Checklist

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Financial Aid

We're committed to every aspect of your student's education — including helping you afford it. Our undergraduate students finance their education through a combination of scholarships, grants, work-study, and loans. Students can view financial aid awards, required documents, payment history, financial aid counselor contacts, and more in the my.fairfield portal.

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Bursar

The Office of the Bursar is responsible for issuing student bills and the collection of the Federal Perkins and Federal Nursing loans. Bills can be paid through check and payment plans.

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Campus Referral Guide

Familiarize yourself with this guide to make informed decisions about who to contact when you or your student has an issue or concern. This will ensure that you or your student is being connected with the most correct campus resource.

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Parent Engagement & Philanthropy

At Fairfield University, the parents and families of our students are an important part of our campus community. Your support and encouragement continue to play a key role in our students’ personal and professional development.

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Parent & Guardian Checklist

Parents and Guardians, your student has several action items to accomplish as part of their onboarding process in Workday. They should check the email address they used to apply to Fairfield for more information about accessing and completing their onboarding tasks in early April.

However, there are specific action items that they may need your help with and/or for you to complete on your own. Please note some of the following action items are part of the student onboarding process. If you decide to complete an item below, please ensure that your student has not already done it.

Due: Now
Deadline: May 15

Welcome to the Fairfield University family!

Please fill out the Parent/Guardian Information Form to provide us with complete contact information for important updates and significant events at the university. We will send you the University's weekly e-newsletter and communicate with you throughout your student’s time at Fairfield.

For any questions, please contact our Parents Program Office at parents@fairfield.edu

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Due: Now - This is optional.

Fairfield is committed to providing qualified students with disabilities an equal opportunity to access the benefits, rights, and privileges of its services, programs, and activities in an accessible setting. In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Connecticut state laws, we provide accommodations to qualified students with disabilities to reduce the impact of disabilities on academic functioning or upon other major life activities.

A student with a disability or temporary impairment who wishes to be considered for academic or campus- life accommodations at Fairfield University must identify themselves to Accessibility and complete the online registration process for accommodations.

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Due: Now

Students are required to submit a confidential medical history and to document proof of immunizations which are required by Connecticut State law. Mandated immunization requirements are strictly enforced. Students may not move into a residence hall or begin classes until all immunization requirements are met.

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Deadline: July 20

Full-Time Undergraduate students have the option to pay for the semester on a monthly basis via a payment plan administered by Nelnet. This semester-based plan allows you to spread the semester balance due over a 4 month period.

The Fall semester plan runs from July 1 to October 1.

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Fairfield University requires that all full-time undergraduate students maintain or purchase a Affordable Care Act (ACA)-compliant health insurance policy from a U.S. based provider. Under Fairfield’s “hard waiver” program, full-time undergraduate students are automatically enrolled in, and billed for, this policy each July for the upcoming academic year.

If a student has access to comparable or better health insurance through other means (e.g. parents’ coverage), and does not wish to be enrolled in the University sponsored plan, the student must complete the online waiver and provide proof of coverage.

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Parent & Guardian Resources and Checklist