Welcome to 2006 NASFAA Conference

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tentative schedule (as of March 14, 2006)

All events will take place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.

The complete conference program is now available. Click here to download the PDF.

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

6:00 am - 4:00 pm	Exhibitor Set-up (large crates removed from floor by 3pm)
8:00 am - 12:45 pm	Registration and Information Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Orientation & Continental Breakfast for Committee Chairs and Committee Members
9:00 am - 11:00 am	NASFAA Committee and Preconference Meetings
10:00 am - 10:45 am	Welcome and Orientation for New Members and First-time Conferees
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Diversity Leadership Connections
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm	Opening Session and Keynote Address Speaker: Robert B. Reich
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Registration and Information Open
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm	Interest Sessions
	Credit Reports for Enrollment Management Financial Aid Administrators: Uniquely Qualified to Supervise Enrollment Management Operations From Dream to Implementation: Developing New Financial Aid Programs to Increase Access to College for Low Income Students Graduate and Professional Financing of Education: How Students Pay Their College Costs and Debt Burdens After College Educating the Private Sector and Corporations on the Value of Need-based Aid How to Respond to 'Hot Topics' Within Campus Protocol Partnering with the Academic Community: Mentoring, Learning Communities, and Financial Aid An Auditor's Dream - A Highly Integrated Electronic Financial Aid System! Undergraduate Finances: Net Prices and Cumulative Borrowing Satisfactory Academic Progress: Troubles and Triumphs Developing Minorities in Leadership Report on PESC Student Aid Work Groups FERPA: What Every Aid Administrator Should Know) Financial Aid and Community Service: A Win-Win Opportunity for Students and Colleges NSLDS - How to Use the Data
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm	Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminar (FABS)
	Access Group, Inc. - Understanding Others and Knowing Yourself -- Determining Your Personal Behavior Pattern Chase - Credit Revival EDFUND - No Chipped Paint, All Horses Will Jump - Leadership that Lives the Vision KeyBank - Why Private Loan Borrowing Rates Continue to Rise - a Look at the Changing Demographics of America's Families NextStudent - Graduate PLUS vs. Private Loans Overture - Tools and Approaches for Financial Planning- Helping Students and Parents Meet That Final Cost of Attendance Student Loan Xpress - Success: It All Begins With You
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Interest Sessions
	National Profile of Student Financial Aid Programs and Recipients Identity Theft and FSA Schemes Academic Competitiveness Grant and National SMART Grant Programs Update Application and Delivery System Update Return of Title IV Funds Scheduled and Borrower-Based Academic Years Tools to Assist You in Processing Aid and Sustaining Compliance Loan Forgiveness, Cancellation, and Discharge
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open with National Chair's Reception

Thursday, July 6, 2006

8:00 am - 12:15 pm	Registration and Information Open
8:00 am - 12:15 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 am - 8:45 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:30 am	Business Meeting & General Session
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am - 12:15 pm	Interest Sessions
	How Has the Business of Financial Aid Changed Customer Service: It Is the People and the Process HHS Title VII Programs Policy Update Using Technology to Manage Customer Service Recent Results From the NACUBO Tuition Discounting Survey Enrollment Management 101: What is Enrollment Management and Why Do I Need to Know About It Let the Leaders Emerge Advising Students About the Financial Effects of Delayed Graduation Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Simulating Enrollment Management in Excel The DREAM Act-It's Possible Streamlined FFELP and Alternative Loan Processing Comparing and Assessing Private Loans and Graduate PLUS Loans NCAA Division III Update Using a Digital Dashboard to Track Your Key Performance Indicators Personal Taxes - 1040 and Related Schedules - Part I Legal Issues Reauthorization Panel on Graduate and Professional Issues
11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminar (FABS)
	College Board - Identifying Low-income Families -Going Beyond the AGI College Loan Corporation - Higher Ed Reconciliation Act Changes – No Debate About it – You are going to have to upgrade! Datatel - Creating Communities Online: Social Networking, Blogging, and the FA Office National City - Privacy and Identity Theft: Challenges in Protecting Personal Information NELA - Credit Card Culture and Managing Debt SunGard Higher Education - Achieve Enrollment Management Goals TG - The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus
12:30 pm - 2:15 pm	Luncheon & Celebration of NASFAA's 40th Anniversary
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Registration and Information Open
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Interest Sessions
	Personal ID Theft Filling in the GAAP: Accounting Principles for Financial Aid Administrators Using Technology to Manage Customer Service Non-Researchers Using Research: How Aid Administrators Can Use Research in Their Everyday Jobs Personal Taxes - 1040 and Related Schedules - Part II Model Educational Loan Program: A Report from the National Forum on Educational Loans Academic Competitiveness Grant and National SMART Grant Programs Update Application and Delivery System Update NSLDS - How to Use the Data Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards Scheduled and Borrower Based Academic Years Tools to Assist You in Processing Aid and Sustaining Compliance
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Break
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm	Interest Sessions
	History of Financial Aid HHS Title VII Student Assistance Programs - Technical Assistance and Q&A Customer Service in Financial Aid: Principles and Best Practices Barriers to College: The Role of Tuition, Financial Aid, Scholarship Preparation and College Supply on College Enrollment Enrollment Management Challenges - If the Demographics Have Changed, Are We Asking the Right Questions and Looking for Reasonable Answers - Part II Let the Leaders Emerge Early Warning System: Targeting Campus Initiated Default Prevention Activities Based on Statistical Modeling Comparing and Assessing Private and Graduate PLUS Loans Developing Policies and Procedures Manuals Developing and Implementing An Early Awareness Program on Your Campus Is Direct Lending Right for Your School? Private Loans and Credit Scores: What Lenders Look At Are You Synchronous: Using Real Time Communications to Improve Customer Service and Staff Interaction FFEL and Direct Loan Program Update Return of Title IV Funds
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm	Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminar (FABS)
	American Education Services - Do You Need? Campus Door - Trends in Student Internet Use: How Students are Using the Internet to Choose Colleges and Find Financial Aid Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates - Taking Control of Alternative Loans National Student Loan Program (NSLP) - Your (Credit) Life Story Nelnet - Professional Development Symposium Wachovia Education Finance - School Case Studies & Financial Literacy Programs Wells Fargo Education Financial Services - Generations in the Workplace: A Summary
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm	Reception for Past Presidents and National Chairs

Friday, July 7, 2006

8:00 am - 11:45 am	Registration and Information Open
8:00 am - 11:45 am	Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 am - 8:45 am	Continental Breakfast
8:45 am - 10:00 am	Interest Sessions
	Personal ID Theft (#6R) Guide to Completing Part H of the Common Data Set Why Reinvent the Wheel? Technical and Social Tips, Tricks, and Hacks to Make Your Job Easier Put Everything at Your E-Fingertips: Practical Ideas for Creating a Comprehensive Electronic Student Financial Aid Record Integrating Financial Literacy on Campus - Getting Buy-in for a Win Win Ethics in Financial Aid The Perfect Demographic Storm: Extending the Benefits of Higher Education to the Next Wave of Students Building a Winning Financial Aid/TRIO/Gear-Up Team Evaluating Race-Based Student Aid Programs Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Access to Success: The 411 on Native American Students Business Taxes - 1065, 1120, and 1120S Plus Related Schedules - Part I A Balancing Act - Managing Stress and Budgeting Time Among Competing Demands Regulatory Perils in Graduate/Professional Aid Academic Competitiveness Grants and National SMART Grant Programs Update
8:45 am - 10:00 am	Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminar (FABS)
	Access Group, Inc. - Career Paths for Financial Aid and Admissions Professionals: Where Do I Go From Here? Chase - Credit Revival EDFUND - No Chipped Paint, All Horses Will Jump - Leadership that Lives the Vision KeyBank - Why Private Loan Borrowing Rates Continue to Rise - a Look at the Changing Demographics of America's Families NextStudent - The Future of Consolidation Overture - Tools and Approaches for Financial Planning- Helping Students and Parents Meet That Final Cost of Attendance
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am - 11:45 am	Interest Sessions
	Boston University's Applicant Link Using NCES Databases to Answer Your Financial Aid Questions Give Your Aid Families a Written, Four Year Financial Plan Teamwork: Moving Beyond Teambuilding Exercises Maintaining Access in Hard Fiscal Times Putting Student Record Information At Parents' Fingertips Legal Rights and Obligations During a Program Review Filet of COD Aid Data Roundup: Tools for Schools College Access Marketing Strategies Crank Out Those Numbers: An Easy to Use Operational Data Reporting Model for the Financial Aid Office Business Taxes - 1065, 1120, and 1120S Plus Related Schedules - Part II An Extreme Makeover: How to Effectively Use NASFAA’s Products to Enhance Your Title IV Complexion College Financial Planners and Financial Aid - Do They Have a Role to Play? Application and Delivery System Update Working With Veterans Affairs to Help Students Open Forum for Graduate and Professional Aid Administrators
10:30 am - 11:45 am	Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminar (FABS)
	American Education Services - Do You Need? Campus Door - Trends in Student Internet Use: How Students are Using the Internet to Choose Colleges and Find Financial Aid Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates - Taking Control of Alternative Loans National Student Loan Program (NSLP) - Your (Credit) Life Story Nelnet - Professional Development Symposium Wachovia Education Finance - School Case Studies & Financial Literacy Programs Wells Fargo Education Financial Services - Generations in the Workplace: A Summary
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Luncheon & Speaker Speaker: Dr. Bertice Berry
2:15 pm - 5:00 pm	Registration and Information Open
2:15 pm - 4:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm	Interest Sessions
	So You Want to Be a Financial Aid Director! Update of the NASFAA Staffing Model Lessons in Disaster Preparedness Learned from Hurricane Katrina Scholarships and Financial Aid: Centralizing the Process Collaborating, Communicating, Coordinating - Working Together to Maximize Federal Grants The School Voice in Common Policy Legal Rights and Obligations During a Program Review Reaching Out to Foster Youth: The Unique Role of the Financial Aid Administrator Evaluating Race-Based Student Aid Programs Technology to Bridge the (Generation) Gap - Reaching Out to Your Students in New Ways Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Ohio State Holds Annual Financial Aid Conference for Academic Advisors Removing Barriers to Access for Students from Low-Income Backgrounds: A Framework for Success
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm	Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminar (FABS)
	College Board - Trends in Student Aid College Loan Corporation - Higher Ed Reconciliation Act Changes – No Debate About it – You are going to have to upgrade! Datatel - Creating Communities Online: Social Networking, Blogging, and the FA Office National City - Privacy and Identity Theft: Challenges in Protecting Personal Information NELA - Credit Card Culture and Managing Debt SunGard Higher Education - Achieve Enrollment Management Goals TG - The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm	Break
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm	Interest Sessions
	Crisis Averted or Merely Postponed? Examining Long Term Cohort Default Rates School as Lender FFEL and Direct Loan Program Update NSLDS - How to Use the Data Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards Study Abroad Tools to Assist You in Processing Aid and Sustaining Compliance Working with Veterans Affairs to Help Students
4:30 pm	Exhibitor Tear-Down

Saturday, July 8, 2006

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Closing Breakfast & Department of Education Update
Speakers: Jeff Baker & Dan Madzelan

website sponsors

NASFAA's 40th Anniversary Sponsors

Platinum

American Education Services
Chase
College Board
KeyBank
Nellie Mae
SunTrust Education Loans
TERI
Wachovia Education Finance

Gold

AFC/EFSI
ACS
Edsouth
U.S. Education Finance Corp.

Silver

WolffPack, Inc.

Bronze

FinancialAidJobs.com
MOHELA
National City
Navy Federal
SJG - The Spelman & Johnson Group

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