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SCHOOLS
PORTAL URL CHANGE
ED's
Schools Portal Web site will have a new URL after April
24, 2003. Please update your bookmarks or favorites
to point to: http://www.fsa4schools.ed.gov
FSA
2003 - 2004 APPLICATION PROCESSING STATISTICS - APRIL 13, 2003
FSA
provides a comparison of FAFSA processing statistics for the
2002-03 and 2003-04 processing cycles. In addition to the
3,229,717 electronic applications that have been processed for
2003-04, there are approximately 150,000 FAFSA on the Web,
Renewal FAFSA on the Web, and EZ FAFSA records on the hold file,
waiting for signatures to be submitted by students.
HH
poverty guidelines for each year can be found from the
website,
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/poverty.shtml
Virginia
Tobacco Commission Scholarships
The
full commission of the Virginia Tobacco Commission met
on April 24, 2003.
At that meeting they will voted on a budget for
the upcoming fiscal year (FY2003-2004).
The Education Subcommittee will meet sometime
in May to decide on scholarships for the upcoming academic
year. They
will post any information regarding the scholarships
on their website at www.vatobaccocommission.org.
Please direct anyone interested in the Tobacco Commission
scholarships to the website address above.
The website will have the most current information and
will inform interested applicants on the criteria and
application process.
In
case you have not heard, the VA Tobacco Commission approved the
Tobacco Scholarships for both Southwest and Southside. The
scholarships will remain the same this year as last year, with a
few minor adjustments. The recipients from this academic year (2002-03) will be
given an opportunity to renew their scholarships first. Their
deadline will be May 30. Then the scholarships will be open to
new students.
I
will be sending out packets to all the students for the
Southside Scholarship this week for them to renew. They will
have to follow the same procedures as last year. If they don't
return their paperwork by the 30th of May, they will have to go
through the application process again. Funds will be awarded on
a first come first serve basis after the May 30 deadline. We
will also be sending information out to all the Southwest Burley
recipients. We hope to have them renew their scholarship
on-line. Once all
the details are in place I will send each of you the specifics
for each scholarship, hopefully by the end of this week.
I
want to thank all of you for your patience and understanding
during the past year. This has been a learning process and
hopefully we have managed to "iron out" a few kinks.
As always, we are open to your suggestions and comments on how
we can manage this scholarship more effectively.
I look forward to working with you again this year!!
Sincerely,
Chris Fields
Submitted
by Christine Fields, Budget Manager
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
P.O. Box 1987
Abingdon, VA 24212
276.469.4002
276.469.4009 (fax)
mailto:cfields@swcenter.edu
Visit us on the web at www.swcenter.edu
ACA
International and Indiana University Conferences is jointly
sponsoring the Sixth Annual COLLECTIONS Conference
COLLECTIONS
2003: The Conference for Student Receivable and Student Loan
Professionals
New
Orleans, Louisiana
June 1 - 4, 2003
www.conferences.indiana.edu\collect2003
If
you are a Student Receivable or Student Loan Collection
Professional this is the only conference that will provide you
with all the tools you need to do your job.
The
agenda below is our best one to date (this is the sixth such
conference):
Sunday,
June 1
Higher Education Collector Certification Workshop (Optional)
Opening Reception
Monday,
June
2
Growing-up in Higher Education, Jeanne Dotson, President,
COHEAO
Perkins Update
Back Office Relationships
Health Professions and Nursing Loan Program Update --
Teleconference
Controlling Your Cohort Default Rate
E-Signatures
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (FTC Safeguarding of Information and
Your Institution)
Civility Between Your School, Students and Parents Collections
Small School Bursaring
Proprietary School Collections
Lost & Found: Skip-tracing Tools & Techniques
The Accounts Receivable Dept at today's University: structuring
& establishing an effective collection action program
Tuesday,
June 3
Litigation & Bankruptcy
Fair Debt Collection Practices & Fair Credit Reporting Acts
Wednesday,
June 4
The Life of a Perkins Loan
For
complete COLLECTIIONS 2003 information and registration
materials, please see www.conferences.indiana.edu/collect2003.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Karen
Latchana,
ACA
International, 952-928-8000, Ext 142 / latchana@acainternational.org,
Drew Norris, Indiana University Conferences, 812-855-9824
drnorris@indiana.edu or me (Jim Fariss), 877-568-4860; jfariss@rmscollects.com.
NASFAA
NEWS
NASFAA
has created a "Reserve/Guard Call-Up Financial
Aid Page" at http://www.nasfaa.org/linklists/reservistguidance.asp
to provide convenient access to guidance and
resources related to the continuing
call to active military duty of students who
are members of the Reserves and National Guard.
The new page includes:
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Articles providing regulatory guidance written by NASFAA staff.
Future articles announced in Today's News will be added to this
site.
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Regulatory documents from the Department of Education and
Department of Health and Human Services.
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Resources from the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges, such as
Reserve/Guard state laws and governance policies, and Montgomery
GI Bill and student loan information for activated
Guard-Reservists. Some of the information is intended for
students, such as an education-related activation
and mobilization checklist if called to active duty and sample
letters to send to school administrators and lending
institutions.
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Additional Web resources, such as assistance for Guard and
Reserve members who experience problems at school due to
military call-up, and the American Council on Education's
letters to campus presidents on accommodating students called
for military service and to governors on in-state tuition for
the military.
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Links to the various Reserve and Guard Web Site home pages and
education benefit pages.
Students
from the Parents & Students area of the NASFAA Web
Site also may access the Reserve/Guard Call-Up Financial
Aid Page. Schools are invited to include links from
their Web Sites to the Reserve/Guard page at http://www.nasfaa.org/linklists/reservistguidance.asp.
If
you are aware of a resource that would complement those already
listed, please let us know at web@NASFAA.org.
Jeff Sheppard NASFAA Director for Communications
UPDATED
NASFAA CONFERENCE SCHEDULE NOW ON WEB SITE
http://www.NASFAA.org/publications/2003/ctconferenceschedule031003.html
The
latest NASFAA Conference schedule is now available on
the NASFAA Web Site at http://www.nasfaa.org/subhomes/annualconference2003/schedule.html.
It includes interest session and Department of Education
session titles. The 2003 National Conference Committee
is very excited with the quality of sessions that have
been proposed and accepted this year, and hopes you
are too. While you are at the Conference Web Site, please
don't forget to reserve your hotel room (http://www.nasfaa.org/SubHomes/annualconference2003/housing.html).
While the Hilton, Marriott, and Shilo Inn are currently
sold-out over the main Conference dates, there is an
ample supply of rooms at the Little America and Grand
America hotels.
NASFAA
TO HOST 2003 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Washington,
D.C. (April 25, 2003) - The National Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) will hold its next annual
conference July 9 to 12, 2003, at the Salt Palace Convention
Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Bonnie
St. John, author and motivational speaker, will open the
conference Wednesday, July 9, 1:00 p.m.. St. John became an
amputee at age five. Pushing past her disability, she won an
Olympic Silver Medal in downhill skiing in the 1984 Paralympics
in Innsbruck, Austria. Her academia and business accomplishments
include an honors degree from Harvard, a Rhodes Scholarship, and
a position on the White House National Economic Council.
Liz
Murray, recently featured in the television movie "Homeless
to Harvard," will be the closing speaker Saturday, July 12,
9:00 a.m. Homeless at age 15, after the death of her mother,
Murray describes how she overcame incredible odds to finish high
school in just two years while living on the streets and was
subsequently awarded a scholarship to Harvard.
A
complete schedule of events, including pre-conference
activities, can be found on NASFAA's Web site at www.NASFAA.org/Conference.asp.
The
cost to attend the conference is $350 ($450 after June
16) for NASFAA members and $450 ($550 after June 16)
for nonmembers. For more information or to register,
email ask@NASFAA.org
or visit www.NASFAA.org/Conference.asp
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NASFAA'S
AUDITOR TRAINING
CONTINUES FOR 2003
Washington,
D.C. (April 7, 2003) - For the second year, the National
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
will partner with Dr. Stephen Collins of Student Financial Aid
Audit Seminars to offer training for auditors who work in the
higher education arena, specifically financial aid. Auditors
must understand how technology is used in the financial aid
office in order to conduct effective and accurate audits.
Since
1982, Collins has taught Audits of Federal Student Financial Aid
Programs, a two-day CPE seminar for auditors that provides a
review of key regulatory topics and procedural requirements. The
expanded program is three days long and includes a full day on
Auditing Electronic Financial Aid Systems. Seminar locations and
dates include:
Orlando,
FL - May 14-16
New York/New Jersey - May 19-21
Dallas, TX - June 11-13
St. Louis, MO - June 16-18
Indianapolis, IN - Sept. 17-19
At
the conclusion of the three-day seminar, CPAs will be
recommended for 24 CPE credits (8 CPE credits per day)
to meet continuing education requirements. For more
information, including rates, discounts, and hotel information,
visit www.NASFAA.org/auditors.asp
or contact Judy Schneider at 202-785-0453 ext. 144 or
schneiderj@nasfaa.org.
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