HVCC Financial Aid Office Phone 518-629-7150 Guenther Room 110
80 Vandenburgh Ave Monday-Friday
Troy, NY 12180 8AM-5PM
Mastrangelo Financial Aid Center
2018-2019 Identity and Statement of Educational Purpose
PLEASE NOTE: You must either submit this form in person or send via US Mail. We CANNOT accept copies via fax or email.
To be signed at HVCC with Financial Aid Official
The student must appear in person at Hudson Valley Community College to verify his or her identity by
presenting valid unexpired government-issued photo identification (ID), such as, but not limited to, a driver’s
license, other state-issued ID, or passport. The institution will maintain a copy of the student’s photo ID that is
annotated with the date it was received and the name of the official at the institution authorized to collect the
student’s documentation.
In addition, the student must sign, in the presence of the institutional official, the Statement of Educational
Purpose provided below.
Statement of Educational Purpose
I certify that I _____________________________ am the individual signing this Statement of Educational Purpose
(Student’s Name)
and that the federal student financial assistance I may receive will only be used for educational purposes and to pay the
cost of attending Hudson Valley Community College for 2018-2019.
___________________________________________ ___________________ ______________
(Student’s Signature) (Date) (ID Number)
To Be Signed With Notary (if cannot appear in person)
If the student is unable to appear in person at Hudson Valley Community College to verify his or her identity, the student
must provide the following by postal mail:
(a) A copy of the valid unexpired government-issued photo identification (ID) that is acknowledged in the notary
statement below, or that is presented to a notary, such as, but not limited to a driver’s license, other state-issued ID, or
passport; and
(b) The original Statement of Educational Purpose, which is provided below and must be notarized.
Notary’s Certificate of Acknowledgement
State of _________________________________________City/County of _____________________________________
on_____________________, before me, __________________________________________, personally appeared,
(Date) (Notary’s name)
_______________________________________, and proved to me on basis of satisfactory evidence of identification
(Printed name of signer)
__________________________________ to be the above-named person who signed the foregoing instrument.
(Type of government-issued photo ID provided)
WITNESS my hand and official seal
(seal) _______________________________________________
(Notary signature)
My commission expires on _________________________
(Date)
