Session 16

So, This Is Your First

Federal Student Aid

Conference…

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A Personal Tour

To help you get the most out of the experience!

Tour Guides:

Yolanda Adams - Atlanta

Margaret Day - Denver

Linda Coffey - Kansas City

Dave Elliott - Dallas

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What is the Federal Student Aid Conference?

• Previously known as EAC conference

• Title IV Program Updates

• Title IV Regulations Updates

• Network

• Give your opinion

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Who’s New?

• Financial Aid Directors

• Financial Aid Counselors

• Lenders

• Guaranty Agency

• Technical Staff

• New to Financial Aid

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We Have A Session For You!

• General Sessions

• Interest Sessions

• Beginning Financial Aid Staff

• Direct Loan Schools

• Technical Staff

• Guaranty Agencies and Lenders

• Other Special Features

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General Sessions

• Welcome by Terri Shaw with Margaret Spellings

• ACG & National Smart Grant Update

• Federal Update

• Application Processing System

• Best Practices – Student Outreach

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Open Forums

• Hispanic Serving Inst. #2

• HBCU #3

• Tribal #4

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Student Outreach & Assistance

• Responding To Student Inquiries #21

• Peeling the Onion…Resolving Customer

Complaints #22

• Postsecondary Education Awareness #23

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Hands-on Sessions

• Return of TIV Funds On the Web #27

• FAA Access to CPS #28

• Extreme Verification…#29

• SAIG Tools #30

• NSLDS for Beginners #31

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TIV Federal Aid Policy Sessions

• Citizenship Issues #7

• Working with Veterans Affairs #14

• FAFSA Simplification #24

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HERA Sessions

• ACG & National Smart Grant - Student Eligibility

and Academic Year Issues #5

• ACG & National Smart Grant – Transfer Student -

Rigorous Program and Major Issues # 6

• General HERA Provisions #10

• R2T4 HERA Changes #11

• FFEL and DL HERA Changes #20

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Compliance/Security

• Disaster Planning &

Emergency

Preparedness #1

• Using Self Assessment

to Ensure Compliance

#12

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Birds of a Feather

• Two year Colleges

• Four Year Private Colleges/Universities

• Career Colleges

• Graduate and Professional Schools

• Schools IT Professionals

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Other Places of Interest

• PC Lab

• Cyber Café

• Ask a Fed

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Helpful Tips

• Plan your day

• Arrive at popular sessions early

• Look for repeated sessions

• Split sessions with coworker

• Share opinion

• Ask questions

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Have Fun Learning!