ISFAA Winter Conference 2016 · PDF file2016 ISFAA Winter Conference Agenda January 28 - 29,...
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2016 ISFAA Winter Conference Agenda January 28 - 29, 2016 ISFAA – Live from Indianapolis Thursday, Jan 28, 2016 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration – Pre-Function Area 8:00 – 9:00 am Smoothie Bar – Pre-Function Area 8:00 – 11:35 am Vendor Exhibit Area Open – Pre-Function Area 9:00 – 10:15 am Opening General Session Roadtrip Nation Dawson/Brady An introduction for conference participants to the career exploration philosophy of Roadtrip Nation and how to use it to inspire students. Presenter: Tiffany Chow – Roadtrip Nation 10:15 – 10:35 am Break (Pat Wilson Scholarship Silent Auction & Exhibitor Interaction) 10:35 – 11:35 am Interest Sessions Share Your Road Shields The Roadtrip Nation team will walk attendees through building a robust Share Your Road profile, as well as leading small group discussions on how to integrate their Share Your Road profile in interactions with students. Presenters: Tiffany Chow & Alvin Lee – Roadtrip Nation Hoosier Adults: You Can. Go Back. Hart You Can. Go Back. is a statewide campaign that aims to help the 750,000+ Hoosier adults with some college but no degree finish what they started. CHE will provide insights into their efforts and programs for returning adult students. Presenter: Sarah Ancel – Indiana Commission for Higher Education Veteran Issues & Financial Aid Miller Presented by representatives from Veteran's Affairs Office regarding processes and any questions from attendees. Presenters: Carin Anderson & Eric Lewis – Department of Veteran Affairs Financial Aid Soup – FA Partner Offices and Beginners Track Porter Overview of some key financial aid concepts and recent regulatory changes. Topics include the aid process and programs, cash management requirements, impact of enrollment reporting and importance of credit completion. Presenters: Melissa Smurdon – Butler University & Cathleen Wright – University of Evansville
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2016ISFAAWinterConferenceAgendaJanuary28-29,2016
ISFAA–LivefromIndianapolisThursday,Jan28,2016
8:00am-4:00pm Registration–Pre-FunctionArea
8:00–9:00am SmoothieBar–Pre-FunctionArea
8:00–11:35am VendorExhibitAreaOpen–Pre-FunctionArea
9:00–10:15am OpeningGeneralSessionRoadtripNation
Dawson/Brady
AnintroductionforconferenceparticipantstothecareerexplorationphilosophyofRoadtripNationandhowtouseittoinspirestudents.
Presenter:TiffanyChow–RoadtripNation
10:15–10:35am Break(PatWilsonScholarshipSilentAuction&ExhibitorInteraction)
10:35–11:35am InterestSessions
ShareYourRoad
Shields
TheRoadtripNationteamwillwalkattendeesthroughbuildingarobustShareYourRoadprofile,aswellasleadingsmallgroupdiscussionsonhowtointegratetheirShareYourRoadprofileininteractionswithstudents.
Presenters:TiffanyChow&AlvinLee–RoadtripNation
HoosierAdults:YouCan.GoBack.
Hart
YouCan.GoBack.isastatewidecampaignthataimstohelpthe750,000+Hoosieradultswithsomecollegebutnodegreefinishwhattheystarted.CHEwillprovideinsightsintotheireffortsandprogramsforreturningadultstudents.
Presenter:SarahAncel–IndianaCommissionforHigherEducation
VeteranIssues&FinancialAid
Miller
PresentedbyrepresentativesfromVeteran'sAffairsOfficeregardingprocessesandanyquestionsfromattendees.Presenters:CarinAnderson&EricLewis–DepartmentofVeteranAffairs
FinancialAidSoup–FAPartnerOfficesandBeginnersTrack
Porter
Overviewofsomekeyfinancialaidconceptsandrecentregulatorychanges.Topicsincludetheaidprocessandprograms,cashmanagementrequirements,impactofenrollmentreportingandimportanceofcreditcompletion.Presenters:MelissaSmurdon–ButlerUniversity&CathleenWright–UniversityofEvansville
11:35am–1:15pm LunchandGeneralSessionISFAABusinessMeeting
Dawson/Brady
ISFAAmembersreviewkeyreports,discussbylawchanges,andanyotherbusinessbroughtforwardbythemembership.
Presenter:ISFAAPresidentBenBurton–IvyTechCommunityCollege
PatWilsonScholarshipPresentation
Dawson/Brady
ThePatWilsonScholarshipwillbeawardedandrecipientwillbrieflysharetheirstory.
Presenter:ISFAAPresidentBenBurton–IvyTechCommunityCollege
CHELegislativeandProgramUpdate
Dawson/Brady
SarahAncelwilldetailhowthecurrentlegislativesessionmayimpactfinancialaidandconveyotherrecentupdatesfromtheCommission.Presenter:SarahAncel–IndianaCommissionforHigherEducation
1:15–5:15pm VendorExhibitAreaOpen–Pre-FunctionArea
1:15–1:30pm Break(PatWilsonScholarshipSilentAuction&ExhibitorInteraction)
1:30–2:30pm InterestSessions
BestPracticesinLoanDebtCounselingandCommunicatingLoanDebtInformation
Shields
Hearhowsomeschoolsarecounselingtheirstudentsregardingdebtandimplementingthestudentloandebtcounselingrequiredbystateregulation.Presenters:MarvinSmith–IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversityIndianapolisJohnMcPherson–BallStateUniversityKimBennett–TrineUniversity
PackagingPLUS:QuestionsofChoice
Hart
Formanyschools,packagingPLUSloanaftergrants,scholarshipsandDirectSub.andUnsub.Loansisautomatic.Shoulditbe?Afterlookingcloselyattheterms,conditionsandcostsofmanyoftheprivateloanalternatives,andconsideringtheskyrocketingdebtfamiliesaretakingontopayforcollege,someschoolsaren’tsosureanymore.Whilefederalloanshavemanyborrowersafeguards,manyprivateloansofferfinancialadvantages.Andsometimes,familieswouldprefermorealternativesonhowtofillthegap.Hearhowsomeschoolshavemadethechange,howtheyhavecommunicatedthechoices,whattrendstheynoted,andtheimpactonthefinancialaidoffice.Presenters:RainaChezem–ELMResourcesKimJeffers–PNCBank
TuitionandFeeExemptionEligibilityandApplicationProcess
Miller
HowIDVAprocessesTuitionandFeeExemptionApplicationsforeligiblestudentswhoarechildrenofveterans,IndianaPurpleHeartrecipients,andformerISSHMMHSstudents.
Presenter:TimDyke–DepartmentofVeteranAffairs
SatisfactoryAcademicProgress(SAP)–FAPartnerOfficesandBeginnersTrack
Porter
OverviewofSAPandtheimpactofanyschedulechangeonstudent'sfutureeligibilityforaidandenrollment.
Presenter:ThomasRatliff–IndianaWesleyanUniversity
2:30–2:50pm Break(PatWilsonScholarshipSilentAuction&ExhibitorInteraction)
2:50–3:50pm InterestSessions
FinancialAidDirectorRoundtable
ShieldsDiscussionbetweenFinancialAidDirectorsandRetireesregardinghottopicsandbestpractices.
DiscussionLeader:HeidiCarl–Wabash
FAFSASimplification:FindingtheRightWay
Hart
ThisisarepeatofasessionpresentedatNASFAA.ThissessionsummarizesthediscussionsandrecommendationsofNASFAA’sFAFSAWorkingGroup,whichacceptedthechallengeofhowtothoughtfullysimplifytheFAFSAwhilemaintainingthepurposeofawardingtherightdollarstotherightstudents.
Presenter:RobWirt–BallStateUniversity
Q&AwithCHEonStateGrantProgramsandProcesses
Miller
CHEteammemberswillbeonhandtoaddressquestionsregardingstategrantprogramsandprocesseswithconferenceattendees.
Presenters:SarahAncel&CHETeamMembers–IndianaCommissionforHigherEducation
R2T4:TheGood,TheBad,andInBetween–FAPartnerOfficesandBeginnersTrack
Porter
We’lltakealookatregulatorybasics,andthenwe’lltalkaboutautomatingtheprocesstoensurecomplianceandefficiency.Presenter:CarrieBishop–IvyTechCommunityCollege
3:50–4:00pm Break(PatWilsonScholarshipSilentAuction&ExhibitorInteraction)
4:00–5:00pm GeneralSessionPoliticalPlatformsinEducation
Dawson/Brady
Paneldiscussionwithseveralcurrentstaterepresentativesorcandidatesforthenextelectiontobetterunderstandthecurrentpoliticallandscapeofourstateasitrelatestohighereducationandhowitmayimpactourwork.
Presenters:RepresentativeToddHuston–District37RepresentativeAnthony“Tony”Cook–District32RepresentativeJustinMoed–District97
5:00–5:15pm PatWilsonScholarshipSilentAuctionFinale–Pre-FunctionArea
5:15-7:15pm President’sReception
Pre-FunctionArea JoinISFAAPresident,BenBurtonandyourcolleaguesforsomeappetizers,alittlefinancialaidtrivia,andrelaxingtimetoreconnect!
ISFAA–LivefromIndianapolis
Friday,Jan29,2016
7:00–8:00am BreakfastBuffet–Dawson/Brady
7:00–9:30am Registration–Pre-FunctionArea
8:00–9:15am GeneralSessionRegulationsandBestPracticesRegardingVerificationandResolvingConflictingInformation
Dawson/Brady
Duringthissessionwewillreviewtheregulationsregardingverificationfor2016-17aswellasresolvingconflictinginformation.Wewillthenhaveroundtablediscussionsamongattendeesonhowtomaximizeyoursoftwaresystemforefficiencyaswellasbestpracticesforcommunicationwithstudentsregardingmissingorconflictinginformation.Thegoalofthissessionistounderstandtheregulationsandinteractingwithotherschoolsonhowtheyhandletheseprocesses!
Presenters:AngelaSmith–USDepartmentofEducation&AllConferenceAttendees
9:15–11:45am VendorExhibitAreaOpen–Pre-FunctionArea
9:15–9:30am Break(ExhibitorInteraction)
9:30–10:30am InterestSessions
CashManagement
Shields
ThissessionwillprovideanoverviewofthechangesmadetothecashmanagementregulationsthatbecomeeffectiveJuly1,2016,includingtherequirementsforinstitutionsthatpartnerwithbanksandservicerstoofferdebitcards,prepaidcards,etc.,confirmingstudents’eligibility,andincludingthecostofbooksandsuppliesintuition,amongothertopics.
Presenter:AngelaSmith–USDepartmentofEducation
StudyAbroad
Hart
Takingtheaudiencethroughthestepsinvolvedforstudentswhowanttostudyabroadandreceivefinancialaidfortheirprogram.Presenter:CherylDixon–PurdueUniversity
ChartingthePath:BuildingYourFinancialWellnessProgram
Miller
Wewantstudentstobesuccessful—bothacademicallyandfinancially—andthatrequirescampus-widesupport.Doyouknowhowtobuildaneffectivefinancialwellnessprogramthathascampusbuyin?
Presenter:DougHess–GreatLakes
10:30–10:50am Break(ExhibitorInteraction)&HotelCheck-out
10:50–11:30am SpeedDating–FinancialAidStyleDoyouhavequestionsregardingthesetopicsorsimplywanttohearhowotherschoolsdealwithsituations?SpeedDating–FinancialAidStyleprovidesanopportunitytointeractwithcolleaguesregardingthetopicsbelow,askquestionstothediscussionfacilitators,orsimplylistentothediscussion.Noformalpresentationsandnosettiming.Comeandgofromeachroomasyouplease.
ShieldsTopic–ShareYourRoad
Facilitators:TiffanyChow&AlvinLee–RoadtripNation
Hart
Topic–LoanDebtCounseling&theStateRequiredLoanLetterFacilitators:MarvinSmith–IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversityIndianapolis&KimBennett–TrineUniversity
Miller
Topic–DependencyStatusReview(HowdoyoudealwithFAFSAanswersaffectingdependencyandoverrides)
Facilitators:CrystalBaker–IndianaStateUniversity&LeoHertling–PurdueUniversity
PorterTopic–SAP&AcademicPlans
Facilitators:ThomasRatliff–IndianaWesleyanUniversity&StanWerne–VincennesUniversity
11:30–11:45am Break(ExhibitorInteraction)
11:45am–12:45pm InterestSessions
HowtoEffectivelyJumpStartNewFinancialAidEmployees
Shields
Thissessionwouldofferattendeesinsightintohowtoeffectivelyintegratenewemployeesintothecurrentofficedynamicandmakethemfeelwelcomed,wanted,andasthoughtheybelongtotheexistingFinancialAidTeamfromtheirveryfirstday.Additionally,thissessionwouldfocusondevelopinganefficientandeffectivetrainingprogramfornewFinancialAidhires.
Presenters:LisaMontany&ThomasRatliff–IndianaWesleyanUniversity
SupportingFirstGenerationStudents:FromAccesstoSuccess
Hart
Schoolcolleaguesdiscusstopicssuchas:Institutionalsupportforenrolledstudentsfromfinancialaidtostudentservices.Howareourschoolssupportingandcreatingacultureofsuccessforthesestudents?Whatisthecost(monetaryandtime)insupportingthesestudents?Presenters:JohnMcPherson–BallStateUniversityCrystalBaker–IndianaStateUniversityCathleenWright–UniversityofEvansville
AffordabilityandMiddleClass–Whatdoesitreallymeanandhowdotheypay?
Miller
Whoismiddleclass?Aretheymiddleincome?Howdotheypay?What’saffordableforonemaynotbeforanother.Weusemiddleclassandmiddleincomeinterchangeably,butdotheyreallymeanthesamething?Presenterswillshareresearchfindingstostarttheconversation.Thissessionisdesignedtobringabetterunderstandingofhowourfamiliesidentifysowecanmeetthemwheretheyare.
Presenters:KelliKalisik&KristineButz–UniversityofNotreDameDonetteCassman–SallieMae
12:45–2:00pm Lunch&ClosingGeneralSessionFederalUpdate
Dawson/Brady
ThissessionwillpresentinformationaboutcurrentissuesfortheTitleIVstudentaidprograms.ThesessionwillincludeupdatesabouttheDepartment’sTitleIVactivitiesandinitiatives,includinginformationabouttheDepartment’sregulatoryefforts.Presenter:AngelaSmith–USDepartmentofEducation
ClosingRemarks
Dawson/Brady ISFAAPresidentBenBurtonwillmakeclosingremarksandconcludethe2016ISFAAWinterConference
ISFAA–LivefromIndianapolis
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June9–10,2016
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