Hello

 

Currently we are looking for speakers for some sessions we are planning at a regional meeting and workshop this spring.  If you would be interested in being a speaker for a session below or know of someone who would be a good speaker, please contact us at zasso@sunydutchess.edu.   Also if anyone is interested in presenting a session not listed here at a regional meeting or a workshop this spring, please get in touch with us.  We are always looking for new sessions and speakers.  

 

Sessions we need speakers for:

 

Leadership: 

 

This session is to help us improve and gain confidence in our leadership skills.  The goal of the session is to make us more effective in leading people.  We would need this speaker for March 30th in Albany, NY.  Location (TBA)

 

Everyday Regulations: Citizenship: 

 

This session will spend time discussing the system how U.S. citizens are matched with Social Security Administration database and how U.S. permanent residents are matched against DHS records.  Resolutions will also be discussed when the matches to those records fails and what action the Financial Aid Office must perform to solve these issues.  We would need this speaker for March 30th in Albany, NY.  Location (TBA)

 

 

Communication between Offices

 

This session would spend time discussing on ways to improve communication between the Office of Financial Aid with Registrars, Student Accounts, and Admissions.  Discuss best tips and blueprints used at other schools to help facilitate this communication.  We would need this speaker for March 16th at Sarah Lawrence. 

 

 

 

College Savings Options:

 

A session on college savings plans, Coverdell education savings accounts, trust funds, savings bonds and so forth.  It would discuss the pros and cons of the different savings options and how they are treated in the federal need analysis system.  Also how schools can consider these investments when awarding their institutional aid.  We would need this speaker for March 16th at Sarah Lawrence. 

 

 

RT4 Basics:

 

This session would discuss and demystify the RT4 calculation for financial aid administrators.  Offer suggestions on how to improve the process in the financial aid offices.  To teach the basic elements of the process and receive recommendations on how to avoid some of the more common RT4 findings in a program review.  We would need this speaker for March 16th at Sarah Lawrence. 

 

 

If you have any questions please feel free to get contact us.  Thank you for your help.

 

Janice Hilbrink & Robert Zasso