From the VASFAA Archives
Winter 1980-1981
What an exciting time for
VASFAA!!! Buddy Johnston, Director of Financial Aid at Radford
University and VASAA Chair of the Student Financial Aid
Awareness Week (SFAAW) Ad Hoc Committee announced that the
Governor of Virginia, John N. Dalton, proclaimed the period of
February 1-7, 1981 as Virginia Student Financial Aid Awareness
Week. This was the very first proclamation of awareness
week. Buddy had several VASFAA past presidents to help him on
this committee. They were Marie Bennett (NOVCC), Phil Brunson
(Va. Union), John McRae (JMU), Ron Balance (ECP) Duke Eldridge
(UVA) and Bill Miller (ODU).
VASFAA President, Sue Ross of
Hollins College praised the co-editors of the VASFAA Newsletter
Julie Kaplan (UVA) and Jim Ramsey (UVA), for the creation of
VASFAA’s new logo. This triangular logo is still in use today!
President Ross appointed John
McRae (JMU) to work closely with the Program Committee to
implement a plan whereby meeting site selection will be decided
well in advance of scheduled conference dates to assure the best
possible rates and locations.
Speaking of conferences, the fall
1980 conference was held September 24-26 at the Ramada Inn in
Charlottesville and the spring 1981 conference was April 29-May
1 at The Chamberlin in Hampton. Our own Marvin Ragland
(Longwood College) was program chair. Room rates at the Ramada
were $28.00 single/$37.00 double. The spring conference
registration fee was $15.00.
President Reagan proposed many
budget cuts to the higher education budget line. President Ross
expressed the while the education committee was willing to bear
its fair share of the reductions, she was concerned that higher
education, with only 1 percent of the budget, should absorb 7
percent of the cuts! She urged all to write their
representatives.
At the end of this full year, it
was clear that VASFAA was on its way to being a vital part of
the higher education committee!!!
Submitted by Holly Rison,
VASFAA Archivist, Randolph Macon College
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