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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
VASFAA Members...save the
dates.
Fall Conference:
October 12-15, 2003, Richmond
Spring Conference: May 2-5, 2004, Virginia Beach
DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
The following is a list of
confirmed members of the 0304 Diversity Committee:
Liza Bruce
- ECMC - Guarantor
Kathleen Voss - Fleet Bank - Lender
Tina Bergstrom - Old Dominion University - 4 Yr. Public
Vera Riddick - Old Dominion University - 4 Yr. Public
Kerrie Roth - Old Dominion University - 4 Yr. Public
Letetia Simpson - Old Dominion University - 4 Yr. Public
Submitted
by Kerrie Roth, Chair, ODU
NEW
CENTURY ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE
New Century Fund Awards Two
Year Grant to JMU
The Financial Aid Office staff
at James Madison University has been awarded a two year
professional development grant of $1,500 by the President's
Council of the New Century Educational Endowment Fund. This
is the first two-year grant supported and funded by the New
Century Fund. The Fund is in its fourth year of existence
having received its initial funding of $50,000 by the VASFAA
Board of Directors in the spring of 1999.
The JMU grant entitled "Student
Employment - One Stop Shopping" is for the years of 2003 and
2004, ending on June 30, 2004. The grant proposal was
submitted by Linda Miller, Student Employment Manager and
Denise Meadows, Job Location and Development Coordinator. The
stated purpose of the grant is "to increase awareness of
student employment programs among all constituents, on and off
campus and students, in order to add value to our programs and
services." In addition, evaluation tools will be created to
measure awareness and perceptions of programs and services.
Another main purpose of this grant will be to develop stronger
ties with local business and industry partners in order to
maintain mutually beneficial relations between the university
and the community while creating a network of local employers
that will consistently provide students with meaningful work
experiences.
The second installment of the
grant in the amount of $1,000 was accepted by Brad Barnett,
Associate Director of Financial Aid, at the VASFAA spring
conference in VA Beach. Also, an interest session was
conducted by Linda Miller and Denise Meadows during the spring
meeting to assist VASFAA members in learning more about their
creative professional development project.
Additional
New Century professional development funds are available for
VASFAA members for the upcoming school year. For more
information and applications, please see the VASFAA website (www.VASFAA.org)
under "Forms Bank" or contact H. S. "Buddy" Johnston, Chair,
New Century Educational Endowment Fund, 4580 Mallard Point
Way, Unit 3, Dublin, VA 24084, (540) 674-4801.
Submitted by H.S. Buddy
Johnston, Chair, USAF
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