The conference theme this year is "Refreshing Our Spirit". With that in mind
our sessions will be reviewing what financial aid is all about, starting at the
basics and flowing through to the more advanced to encompass all levels of the
membership. We hope this agenda will provide an opportunity for each member to
reinvigorate their understanding of what access is all about. The tentative
agenda is as follows (times, topics and presenters are subject to change):
| Sunday, May 18 |
| 9:00am – 4:00pm: |
Pre-Conference New Professional Aid Workshop
|
| Monday, May 19 |
| 9:00am – 10:15am: |
Welcome and Business Meeting |
| 10:30am – 11:45am: |
General Session - Federal Update – Greg Martin (US Department of Education) |
| 12:00pm –1:45pm: |
Luncheon – State Senator John Miller |
| 2:00pm – 3:15pm: |
Ask a Fed/CCRAA Details – Greg Martin (US Department of Education)
Tax Review & Conflicting Information – Donna Taylor (VA Tech)
Etiquette is not Dead – Sherwin Hibbetts (Access Group)
Loan Counseling – Susan Nepple (GLHEC)
Satisfactory Academic Progress – Marie Bennett (DowLohnes, PLLC) |
| 3:30pm – 4:45pm: |
Sector Meetings |
| 4:45pm – 5:30pm: |
Networking Break |
| 5:30pm – 7:00pm: |
President's Reception |
| 9:00pm – 11:00pm: |
Diversity Movie
|
| Tuesday, May 20 |
| 8:30am – 9:30am: |
General Session – Tony Brown |
| 9:45am – 11:00am: |
Becoming a change agent in your profession – Heather Boutell (Bellarmine University)
Identity Theft – David McGinnis (US Postal Inspector)
Alternative Loans – Alec Reinstadtler (Education Finance Partners)
Student Employment/Workstudy – Andrea Harrell & Carla Dailey (Old Dominion University) |
| 11:15am – 12:30pm: |
Debt Management/Financial Literacy – Eileen Muhlig (USA Funds)
New EFC Calculations/Independent Student Status –
Barry Simmons & Donna Taylor (VA Tech)
CCRAA/New Regs – Mike Hawkes (ECMC)
R2T4 – Laurie Schiavone (VA Community College System)
FERPA – Lisa Raines (Christopher Newport University)
|
| 2:00pm – 3:15pm: |
Change Practical implications in your Work Environment –
Sherwin Hibbetts & Dotti Burns (Access Group & Regent University)
Loan Basics/Where does the money come from – Michael Morgan,
Willy Carey, Michael O'Grady (Edamerica, ECMC, & Education Finance Partners)
Email/Technical communications – Jeff Arthur (ECPI College of Technology)
Professional Judgment – Erik Melis & Brad Barnett
(George Mason University & James Madison University)
Federal Grant Programs – ACG/SMART/TEACH – Greg Martin
(US Department of Education) |
| 3:30pm – 4:45pm: |
Banner Birds of a Feather – Erik Melis (George Mason University)
Peoplesoft Birds of a Feather – Debbie Turner & Laurie Schiavone
(James Madison University & Virginia Community College System)
Datatel Birds of a Feather – Margaret Murphy (Emory & Henry College)
Powerfaids Birds of a Feather – Crystal Filer-Ogden (Bon Secours Memorial School of Nursing)
Tools for Financial Aid Professionals – Elizabeth Desi (University of Mary Washington) |
| 4:45pm – 6:00pm: |
Networking Break |
| 6:00pm – 8:30pm: |
40th Anniversary Celebration Banquet |
| 8:30pm – 11:00pm: |
Sock Hop
|
| Wednesday, May 21 |
| 8:30am – 9:15am: |
Breakfast Buffet |
| 9:15am – 11:00am: |
General Session – SCHEV Update – Lee Andes’ (SCHEV) |
