College of William and Mary
announces…… Julie Martin,
office manager and receptionist at the College of William &
Mary, has been selected as the College Employee of the
Month for April, 2004. She will be officially recognized at
the next regular meeting of HACE (Hourly and Classified
Employees) on Tuesday, April 13.
Patty McNeely, Pat Kelly,
and Ed Irish nominated her for exemplary and exceptional
customer service to both internal and external patrons of this
office.
She will receive a framed
certificate citing this distinction, free membership in HACE
for 2004, a lunch certificate for two to be used in Aramark
dining facilities (compliments of Aramark), and a reserved
parking space of her choice for the month of May.
An e-mail sent from a
student she assisted stated ""I've never come in with a
problem that she couldn't handle quickly and easily. It's a
long walk for me to get to the office, but I know that when I
make the walk over, I'll get things taken care of neatly and
without trouble."
Because of employees like
Julie, financial aid offices receive the benefits of good
customer relations. Thanks, Julie!
In addition, the college
recently hired Janni Ramirez as their Student Loan
Coordinator. She takes the
place of Tracey Williams, who previously left to join
the office of Old Dominion University. Janni worked for
Tidewater Tech for a number of years and then took some time
off to raise her children. Since they are now older, she
decided to return to financial aid. She started back on
January 12th and has been full immersed in Banner and loan
processing.
Danville Community College
announces...Mrs. Else Liggon has retired from the
Financial Aid Office at Danville Community College.
Mrs. Mary Gore has
accepted the position of Financial Aid Coordinator. Mary has
18 years experience working in the Financial Aid Office in
Danville.
Virginia Tech offers
CONGRATULATIONS! With great pleasure our office is proud
to announce the promotion of 2 of our current staff members
and the permanent hiring of another.
Virginia Tech has added two new
Assistant Director positions this year in our transition to
increase productivity. Karen Gallagher has been
promoted to Assistant Director of Client Services. In
her new endeavor she is still counseling students and parents
but has picked up the intangible assignment of supervision of
our counseling staff.
Also promoted within our office
was Donna Manns to Assistant Director of Applicant
Communications. She has added the enduring task of
supervising the Assistant Counselor Team along with still
assisting students and parents.
In addition, our office has a
new Data Analyst. Lefter Daku, who had been
temporarily filling this position, was permanently offered the
job in mid February. He manages our reporting, works on our
data warehouse, provides income and needs analysis for better
fund distribution, and maintains other analytical projects to
better our office efficiency.
These changes are already
proving to be complimentary to our organizational
restructuring and will only continue to improve the outlook of
our office. As preparation for the 2004-2005 school year is
upon us, we at Virginia Tech are looking forward to it with
anticipation and significant promise for a successful year.
Anita Aymer will be
leaving Tidewater Scholarship Foundation/ACCESS to join
her husband in Wytheville, VA and start a new career
adventure. Any suggestions are welcome.
Ashleigh James Clark,
ACCESS advisor at Lake Taylor and Oscar Smith High
Schools will be welcoming a baby girl this June.
Karla Alexander, ACCESS
advisor at
Bayside and Landstown High Schools will be getting married
this August.
Regent University
would like to announce new staff member Willie Cartwright.
He has previously served in the financial aid offices at
Hampton and Howard Universities. He will be serving as a
Financial Aid Counselor. Welcome back to VASFAA, Willie!
Thomas Nelson Community College
announces that three new staff members joined the Thomas
Nelson Community College Financial Aid, Veterans Affairs and
Scholarship Family this year and one staff member retired.
Pat Girard, Veterans Affairs Officer, retired after a
long, successful career at TNCC.
Pat Sager
is our new Veterans Affairs Officer. Pat has a bachelor's
degree in finance from Christopher Newport University and
comes to TNCC after retirement from the Navy.
Nicole Derry
joined the staff as the Financial Aid Advisor for the new
Historic Triangle Campus of TNCC. Nicole has a
Master's degree in Human Relations from Pacific Lutheran
University and is a former Peace Corps volunteer in Micronesia
and a retired federal civil service professional
counselor and base education
center manager at bases in the US and overseas.
Lisa Smith
joined the staff as the Director of Scholarship Programs and
Customer Service Centers. Lisa earned a bachelor's degree in
Finance from Christopher Newport University.
Collegiate Funding Services,
LLC (CFS), announces that Mike Abernathy has joined
the CFS Southeastern Region Campus Sales and Marketing team as
a Regional Director. Mike joined CFS in December 2003. Mike
brings to CFS 12 years of financial aid experience, most
recently as Southeast Regional Sales Manager for ELM
Resources. Prior to that, Mike was Associate Director of
Financial Aid at the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington for 11 years. A graduate of the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington, Mike has a bachelor’s degree in
computer science.
TGSLC
announces that Sarah Perry is moving to Rockville, MD
where Sarah’s husband begins a new position. Sarah will
continue to manage the territories of Virginia and North
Carolina and add the District of Columbia and Maryland. Her
TG contact info will remain the same for now.
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