The U-M Office of Financial Aid is sponsoring “Preparing to Pay for College,” a 3-part brown-bag series for U-M employees designed to help parents plan and pay for college. The final session in the series, “Financial Aid Programs: How Do They Work?" will be offered from noon-1:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 in the Maize & Blue Auditorium in the Student Activities Building. The session will include information about how to get financial aid, basic programs, special programs such as nursing and teaching and information about student loans and loan forgiveness. To register, visit https://umich.box.com/v/brownbagseries or call 734-763-4119.