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RIHEAA Spring Workshop
Hi Everyone!
Here is the registration for the RIHEAA Spring Workshop!!! Whether you are a FFELP or Direct Loan School, this workshop is for YOU!!!! We have some great information and look forward to seeing you all.
You can find more details and registration forms at: http://riasfaa.org/download/RIHEAASpring2010.pdf .
Thanks
Greg
Gregory J. Silva
Manager, Client Relations
Communications/Public Relations
Rhode Island Higher Education
Assistance Authority
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RIHEAA Changes to Scholarship & Grants Student Notification Procedures
Dear Colleagues,
Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year, RIHEAA will
notify only eligible students of their Rhode Island State Grant award
statuses. This is a departure from past
practice wherein any RI resident who completed a FAFSA was notified of
eligibility status even if the student did not have sufficient financial need
for a grant, had missed the application deadline, or failed to qualify for
other reasons.
This new procedure applies only to students whose
initial applications indicate non-eligibility.
It does not apply to students who are offered an award but whose award
is later changed, reduced, or revoked because of a change to the original FAFSA
information as provided by the student’s financial aid office or via an updated
FAFSA record. Any student whose RI State
Grant eligibility changes after being offered an award will be notified of that change by RIHEAA.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions at (401)
736-1172 or by email at mjoyce@riheaa.org.
Michael Joyce
Director of Program Administration
RIHEAA
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Regional Direct Loan Conference in Boston 03/18/2010
This is a reminder that there will be a Regional Direct Loan Conference in Boston on Thursday, 03/18/2010, at the following location:
Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Overlooking Boston
575 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139-4896
Phone: 617-492-1234
You can register at: http://fsaconferences.ed.gov/
Our goal is to ensure that students have access to federal student loans for their education. To accomplish this objective, we want to make sure that institutions of higher education participating in the FFEL Program and wishing to augment their federal student loan options have the resources they need to participate in the Direct Loan Program.
For this reason, Federal Student Aid established the Regional Direct Loan Training Conferences. These free, one-day training workshops will be offered in several locations and provide financial aid professionals at domestic schools with the essential skills necessary to administer the Direct Loan program at their institution.
Financial aid professionals that are interested in participating in the Direct Loan Program, or that are new participants to the program, are encouraged to attend this session. The conference will include instructor-led sessions featuring information about the Direct Loan Program, the systems used to administer the program, and issues to consider if implementing the Direct Loan Program on your campus.
Due to capacity limits at each location, all attendees must pre-register online.
Please see our Program and Agenda section for additional information on the various sessions and the day’s agenda. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 202-377-3633 or by e-mail at fsaconferences@ed.gov.
We look forward to working with you to meet your training needs. Register soon for a training session near you!
The Conference Services Team
Federal Student Aid
U.S. Department of Education
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College Goal Sunday
The College Goal Sunday Planning Committee is pleased to
share with you the news of the great success of this year’s College Goal
Sunday! The event was held on Sunday, January 31st at 6 locations.
There were approximately 409 students (not counting parents) who
attended the
event. This is a 57% increase over last year’s event at 4 locations.
We were
really impressed with the number of volunteers, a total of 94, from 12
RI
college and universities, 2 high schools, 3 state agencies, and the
YMCA. Thank
you to everyone who participated in the event and made it such a
success!!! It
would not have happened without you.
We look forward to planning next year’s event and
hope that it can be just as successful.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Noel or I with
any questions.
Wynette Richardson
(Wynette_Richardson@brown.edu)
Noel
Simpson (nsimpson@risla.com)
RI College Goal Sunday State Coordinators
Planning Committee:
Maria Carvalho
Allen Cowett
Gina DiMartino
Jennifer Dutch
Alison Hand
Chris Jenkins
Cindy McDermott
Hugh Minor
Linda Norton
Jim Olick
Elizabeth Powell
Greg Silva
Diane Usher
Gail Walker
Melissa Walsh
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RIASFAA is on LinkedIN
To help our past and present members stay in touch we have added RIASFAA as a group on LinkedIN, a professional networking site. Join by following this link: RIASFAA on LinkedIN
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Join American Student Assistance for the Winter WebEx Series
American Student
Assistance® (ASA) is pleased to continue our bi-weekly online training series that focuses on topics affecting
financial aid administrators today.
Please join your colleagues and ASA’s
knowledgeable, experienced training staff for one or more of these timely and
informative sessions.
March 3, 2010
Secrets of a Successful CDR
March 17, 2010
Know the Options—Paying Back Student Loans
April 7, 2010
Grand Theft Identity for Campus
Staff
April 21, 2010
You Put What Where? The Impact of the PUT
Option on Schools and Borrowers
All sessions will be held
conveniently via WebEx from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET with the exception of Title
X, which will be from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. You will need access to a computer
and a telephone to participate. Instructions will be e-mailed to you prior to
the event.
For additional information please
visit our NEW WEBSITE (shameless plug!) www.asa.org/training
Please note that all ASA®
training events are offered at no charge.
Jeff Bentley |
Regional Account Executive
American Student
Assistance |
www.asa.org
| jbentley@asa.org
100 Cambridge Street, Suite
1600 Boston, MA 02114
Direct:
617.728.4524 | Main: 800.999.9080, ext. 4524 | Fax: 617.535.2616
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