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CHANGE
AGENT #1 -- FALL TRAINING CONFERENCE IN ROANOKE
This
month VASFAA kicks off it's 35th anniversary celebration with the
2002 Fall Training Conference, November 13-15 at the Hotel Roanoke
and Conference. Some new and innovative sessions have been
planned for you. 
Last
spring, members stated they wanted
more opportunities to learn from their fellow peers.
The Roundtable session scheduled for Thursday morning is
the Training Committee’s answer to your request.
Twenty roundtables will be set up with a separate topic for
discussion at each table. Members
at each table will have the opportunity to discuss an issue for 20
minutes. Then it will
be time to move on to another table and topic.
The session is timed to provide you the chance to visit
three tables and discuss three different topics with your peers.
This is supposed to be an informal and fun way to learn
about other institutions and hopefully develop some new
relationships.
Another idea
new to the fall conference is Thursday’s “Roundhouse Lunch
with the Vendors.” Each
vendor will be bringing a different food item for you to enjoy.
Think of it as VASFAA’s version of a potluck, except the
only thing you need to bring is you!
Speaking
at the conference will be the indomitable Greg Martin from the
Department of Education with the Federal Update and Consolidation
and on Friday morning, U.S.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (VA 6th District) will be
speaking to the organization.
For
conference information and updated agenda, go
to the “Conference Info” section under the VASFAA
website.
For information, reservations, and directions
to the Hotel Roanoke and Conference, go to www.hotelroanoke.com.
See you in Roanoke!
VASFAA TENTATIVE FALL SCHEDULE as of 10/18/2002
November 13-15, 2002 -- Roanoke, VA
Tuesday:
November 12
8:00
pm-10:00 pm |
President’s/Vendor’s Reception |
Wednesday: November 13 |
10:45 am - 11:45 am
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
6:00
pm - 8:30 pm
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EARLY BIRD SESSION: Reauthorization & Federal Issues:
Michael Barree, VCU
Opening Lunch and Speaker:
Chaos or Change:
Keeping Your Balance in Turbulent Times - Gene
Roche
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
* Audits:
John Hash, Brown & Edwards, Co
* Common Origination and
Disbursement:
Stephen
Clemente, ASA
* SCHEV Update:
Lee Andes, SCHEV
* Diversity Town Hall:
Debra Johnson, College
of Health
Sciences
BREAK
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
* Audits (repeat):
John Hash, Brown &
Edwards, Co
* Common Origination and
Disbursement
(repeat):
Stephen Clemente, ASA
* SCHEV Update (repeat):
Lee Andes, SCHEV
* EFC & The Rest of The
Story: Susan
McCracken,
Director, Profile and Need Analysis
Requirements,
College and University
Enrollment
Services
BREAK
Sector Meetings
Dinner function and SASFAA President Ron Day |
THURSDAY: November 14 |
8:00 am - 8:45 am
8:45 am - 9:45 am
9:45 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
5:00
pm -? |
Continental Breakfast
New Members Breakfast
Federal Update & Consolidation: Greg Martin,
Department of Education
BREAK
Learn From Your Peers:
Roundtable discussions
VASFAA Training Committee
Lunch With The Vendors
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
* E-Signature:
Understanding and Implementing
E-signature:
Steve Smith, AVP TGSLC
* Tips and Techniques for Service
Sanity: Judy
Spade, Ed Fund
* NSLDS and The Aggregation of
Student Aid:
Stephen
Clemente, ASA
* Part 1 -Debt Management:
Student
Success-From
Recruitment Through
Repayment.
Presented
by Kimberly Schreck and Dennis
Zanchi of Ed
Fund
BREAK
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
* Part 2 – Debt Management:
Student
Success-From
Recruitment Through
Repayment.
Presented
by Kimberly Schreck and Dennis
Zanchi of Ed
Fund.
* Loaves and Fishes – Part 1
(sponsored by the
Experienced Aid
Officers Committee
* Handling Budget Cuts – What
Are We Doing to
Survive?
* Consolidation Session
* To Be Announced
BREAK
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
* Special: For New Aid Officers!
The Ever
Changing World
of Student Loan Processing:
David
Long, USAFunds; Dennis
Moy –
Citicorp; Dick
Smelser – Ed America
* FAFSA & Non-Traditional
Family
* To Be Announced
* Loaves and Fishes – Part 2
(sponsored by the
Experienced Aid
Officers Committee)
Dinner
On Your Own |
FRIDAY: NOVEMBER 15 |
9:00 am - 10:30 am
10:30
am – Noon |
General Session & Breakfast: Congressman Bob Goodlatte,
U.S. House of Representatives
Closing Remarks by VASFAA Board |
ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE
AND/OR COMMITTEE INFORMATION
PUBLIC
RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Hi
Everyone!
I'm
sending you this update from the Public Relations Committee.
We are looking forward to a productive and successful
conference in Roanoke. How would you like to be a member of the
"Dime'ond" Club? Come to our table and see what its all
about. Embracing Change is our theme, and we will be
embracing that theme in everyway we can. See you there!
>>
Jo Ann Carreras & the PR Committee
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
The
membership committee has been working to provide an accurate
database to the VASFAA membership.
We encourage everyone to look at their information on the
VASFAA membership site and provide updates if the information is
incorrect. Don’t
forget- You can update your membership electronically!
The membership committee is also going to initiate a mentorship
program for new members to VASFAA at the fall conference in
Roanoke. Under the
direction of Phillip Roof from Chase Management, VASFAA will be
providing an avenue to network within the organization as well as
with other VASFAA members. Be
watching the listserv for more information about this initiative.
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Membership Committee, Co-chaired by Brenda Burke and Cynthia
Hunter
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