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Friday, July 6
 Saturday, July 7
 Sunday, July 8
 Monday, July 9
 Tuesday, July 10
 Wednesday, July 11

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All sessions, meal functions and exhibits will be located in the Marriott Wardman Park hotel.

Friday, July 6, 2007

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Board of Director's Meeting

Saturday, July 7, 2007

8:00 am - 12 noon Board of Director's Meeting

8:00 am - 3:45 pm NASFAA Pre-conference Workshop
"College Access: Creating and Sustaining Successful Collaborations"
(by invitation to regional and state leaders)

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration Open

Sunday, July 8, 2007

8:00 am - 12:30 pm Registration and Information Open

8:00 am - 9:00 am Orientation and Continental Breakfast for 2007-08 Committee Chairs and Committee Members

9:00 am - 12:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open

9:00 am - 11:30 am NASFAA Committee and Preconference Meetings (at the call of the Committee Chair)

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 - 2:15 pm Opening Session
Performance by: The Capitol Steps

2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Registration and Information Open

2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Interest Sessions

  • Beyond Basic Student Loan Counseling: Professional Students and Professional Spending Habits (#8)
  • Getting the Message to the Top (#12)
  • State SSN Laws and the Effect on Financial Aid Office Procedures (#28)
  • Visiting Your Congressman (#35)
  • NASFAA Standards of Excellence Peer Reviewer Training Update (#40) (by invitation only)
  • Rethinking Student Aid: How Effective are Current Student Aid Policies and Programs? (#45)
  • Pinstripes or "Pink Slips" (#52)
  • A Clear and Present Danger to Institutional and Student Success (#62)
  • Parents, It's Time to Talk Money! (#65)
  • Unmasking Personal Prejudices/ Biases in Professional Judgment (#84)
  • Are you Media-Savv? Should you be? (#92)
  • ACG and SMART Grants: The Basics (#96)
  • Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) Your Last Chance to Affect ED Policy (#99)
  • A Review of NASFAA's Statement of Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct (#120)

    2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)

  • EDFUND - Traversing the Generation Gap
  • ImageNow by Perceptive Software, Inc. - Speed and Simplicity: ImageNow for Financial Aid
  • Nelnet - A Comprehensive Website Review
  • NextStudent - The Finance Behind Financial Aid
  • Regent - Raising Financial Aid to a Strategic Imperative: Creating the 21st Century Financial Aid Office

    3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Break

    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Interest Sessions

  • Graduate/Professional Roundtable Discussions (#2)
  • Year in the Life of a Financial Aid Director (#14)
  • Alternative Loans: A Discussion of the NASFAA Research Committee Survey on the Use of Private Loans (#16)
  • Shaking the Money Tree: Strategies for Developing Funding for Need Based College Access Programs (#23)
  • Identity Theft and You (#54)
  • Federal Methodology - Broken and/ or Too Political? (#58)
  • So You Are a New Director, Now What? (#75)
  • Helping Students Help Themselves (#78)
  • Exercising Professional Judgment with Confidence (#115)
  • Confirming Eligible Non Citizen Status When Automated Secondary Confirmation Fails (#116)

    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)

  • Ardent Financial - Preferred Lender Lists, DTC, Inducements, Private Loan - What Should I Do Now --- An Overview of Many Hot Issues and Potential Coping Strategies for the Financial Aid Community
  • Citizens Bank - Comparing PLUS, Alternative Loans and Home Equity
  • KeyBank - Financial Literacy for Students - It's More Than the Interest Rate on Their Student Loans
  • National Student Loan Program (NSLP) - Signing on the Dotted Line - What College Students Need to Know About Contracts
  • SunGard Higher Education - What Every Financial Aid Professional Should Know: The Insider's Guide to Maximizing Your Resources and Improving Institutional Performance

    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm National Chair's Reception

    Dinner and Evening On Your Own

    Monday, July 9, 2007

    8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration and Information Open

    8:00 am - 12:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open

    8:00 am - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast

    8:30 am - 10:00 am Student Aid Update

    10:00 am - 10:30 am Break

    10:30 am - 11:45 am Interest Sessions

  • Due Diligence for Campus-based Student Loan Programs Administered by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration (#3)
  • Strategies for Success: Developing a Campus-Wide Retention Plan (#20)
  • Making Self Service Great Service (#29)
  • Conversion Survivor (#30)
  • Creating a Training and Development Plan (#55)
  • Direct Loan Issues in Reauthorization (#59)
  • Help! I Can't Pay My Student Loans (#61)
  • Gates Millenium Scholars - An Overview for Financial Aid Administrators (#76)
  • What Financial Aid Administrators Should Know in the Face of a Disaster: Lessons Learned About Quick Responder Private Scholarships in the Wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (#77)
  • Attorney Workshop on Emerging Legal
    Developments in Title IV Administration (#82)
  • FFEL/DL Update (#119)
  • The Safeguards Rule of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (#122)
  • On the Cutting Edge of College Access: The All New CollegeAccessMarketing.org

    10:30 am - 11:45 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)

  • American Student Loan Services - "He's Not What I Expected" - Behavior Styles of People
  • College Board - Mission, Margin or Both? How Data Analysis and Modeling Can Help You Find the Balance
  • College Loan Corporation - Higher Education and Capitol Hill
  • Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates - Maximum Choice, Minimum Complications
  • OneSimpleLoan® - Successfully Manage Student Loan Debt in a World of Ipods, MySpace and Starbucks
  • Urban Ed Express - Education and Entrepreneurship
  • Wells Fargo Education Financial Services - Connecting with Students in the Age of Web 2.0

    12:00 pm - 2:15 pm Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting of NASFAA

    2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Registration and Information Open

    2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open

    2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Interest Sessions

  • Financial Aid: A Profession not Just a Job (#10)
  • Research Tools for Analyzing Financial Aid Data (#18)
  • Hispanics: Outreach and Paying for College (#21)
  • Foster Youth Success Initiatives: The Financial Aid Office Outreach Retention Project (#26)
  • Enrollment Management and Financial Aid - Are You Part of the Team (#42)
  • Personal Taxes: 1040 and Related Schedules - Part I (#79)
  • Division III Financial Aid Reporting Process - A Division III Benchmark (#85)
  • Heath Professions Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) - Update (#87)
  • NPSAS (#94)
  • ACG and National SMART Grants: The Basics (#096R1)
  • Using NASFAA Tools to Ensure Title IV Compliance (#98)
  • A Review of NASFAA's Statement of Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct (#121R)

    2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)

  • Ardent Financial - Preferred Lender Lists, DTC, Inducements, Private Loan - What Should I Do Now --- An Overview of Many Hot Issues and Potential Coping Strategies for the Financial Aid Community
  • Citizens Bank - Comparing PLUS, Alternative Loans and Home Equity
  • Datatel - The Future of Student Services Will Be Decided by Today's First Graders
  • KeyBank - Financial Literacy for Students - It's More Than the Interest Rate on Their Student Loans
  • National Student Loan Program (NSLP) - Signing on the Dotted Line - What College Students Need to Know About Contracts
  • SunGard Higher Education - What Every Financial Aid Professional Should Know: The Insider's Guide to Maximizing Your Resources and Improving Institutional Performance

    3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Break

    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Interest Sessions

  • Regulatory Perils in Graduate/Professional Aid (#1)
  • Personnel Issues in the Workplace "I Am Not Your Mom, I'm Your Boss" (#13)
  • The Changing Face of American Higher Education: Creating New Opportunities for Access and Success (#19)
  • Technology Done Right (Or Wrong?) - Lessons Learned from SOE Reviews (#32)
  • ACG and SMART One Year Later: Was the Promise Fulfilled? (#36)
  • College Access Marketing Campaigns are Working! (#49)
  • Surviving Satisfactory Academic Progress and Utilizing It to Finance Student's Academic Success (#63)
  • Racial/Ethnic Differences on Federal Student Aid Knowledge and Its Effect on Adult Educational Attainment (#71)
  • Legal Rights and Obligations During a Program Review (#74)
  • Personal Taxes: 1040 and Related Schedules - Part II (#80)
  • FERPA (#81)
  • Campus-based Student Financial Assistance Programs Administered by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration (#88)
  • IPEDS (#95)
  • Academic Year Progression in the ACG and National SMART Grant Programs (#97)


    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)


  • Access Group - Creating Wiser Borrowers - How to Improve Your Students' Financial Literacy
  • American Education Services - Be Prepared.
  • Bank of America - 529 Plans
  • Cology, Inc - Consumer Influence - School Loan Processes - Technology Solutions
  • Graduate Leverage - Demystifying Borrower Benefits
  • Student Loan Xpress - Managing Change: The Next Great Oxymoron

    5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Reception for Past Presidents and National Chairs
    (by invitation)

    Dinner and Evening On Your Own

    Tuesday, July 10, 2007

    8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration and Information Open

    8:00 am - 12:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open

    8:00 am - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast

    9:00 am - 10:15 am Interest Sessions

  • Constructing Student Expense Budgets for Graduate Students (#5)
  • Ethics in the Financial Aid Professional (#11)
  • How Can Your Office Operate When Your Winter Gloves are Older Than Most of Your Staff Members? (#15)
  • Technology Across Generations: Is e-mail Obsolete? Engaging the "Digital Native" Student (#27)
  • Mastering Presentation Skills, Part 1, How to Get Started (#37)
  • Killer Slides: Death by Bullet Points or Graphical Sensations? (#39)
  • Creating a Financial Literacy Program for Students - Students Get Smart Financially (#48)
  • Improving College Access for Students from Low Income Backgrounds - Moving from Policy to Practice (#64)
  • Customer Service Extravaganza (#67)
  • America Reads/America Counts at the University of Illinois: A National Best Practice in FWS Tutoring Programs (#68)
  • Tuition Discounting: Not Just a Private College Practice (#70)
  • Business Taxes: 1065, 1120 and 1120S Plus Related Schedules - Part I (#90)
  • Academic Year Progression in the ACG and National SMART Grant Programs (#97)
  • Where's the Conflict (#117)

    9:00 am - 10:15 am Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)

  • American Student Loan Services - "He's Not What I Expected" - Behavior Styles of People
  • College Loan Corporation - Higher Education and Capitol Hill
  • Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates - Maximum Choice, Minimum Complications
  • OneSimpleLoan® - Successfully Manage Student Loan Debt in a World of Ipods, MySpace and Starbucks
  • Urban Ed Express - College Access: Motivating Students to Achieve
  • Wells Fargo Education Financial Services - Connecting with Students in the Age of Web 2.0

    10:15 am - 10:45 am Break

    10:45 am - 12:00 pm Interest Sessions

  • Constructing Student Expense Budgets for Undergraduate Students (#6)
  • What About Me: Reaching Underserved Populations (#25)
  • Digital Dashboard Redux (#31)
  • Mastering Presentation Skills, Part 2, Discover Skill Sets and Tips on How to be a Presenter (#38)
  • Implementing a Financial Literacy Program on Your Campus: You Can Do it With a Little Help From Your Friends (#47)
  • Student Employment in the Financial Aid Office (#50)
  • R2T4: Implementing the Adjustments Required by HERA (#51)
  • International Students - Assessing Parental Contributions (#57)
  • Consumer Information and Authorizations (#66)
  • FERPA (#81R)
  • Business Taxes: 1065, 1120 and 1120S Plus Related Schedules - Part II (#91)
  • Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) Your Last Chance to Affect ED Policy (#99R1)
  • Use LearnStudent Aid to Keep Your Staff Up to Date on Regulations (#121)

    10:45 am - 12:00 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)

  • Access Group - Creating Wiser Borrowers - How to Improve Your Students' Financial Literacy
  • American Education Services - Be Prepared.
  • Bank of America - 529 Plans
  • Cology, Inc - Consumer Influence - School Loan Processes - Technology Solutions
  • Datatel - The Future of Student Services Will Be Decided by Today's First Graders
  • Graduate Leverage - Demystifying Borrower Benefits
  • Student Loan Xpress - Managing Change: The Next Great Oxymoron

    12:15 pm - 2:15 pm Luncheon with Lee Woodruff

    2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Registration and Information Open

    2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open

    2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Interest Sessions

  • Direct to Consumer Marketing and Educating Your Students (#9)
  • Why Can't We Be Friends: Being Administratively Capable without Making Enemies on Campus (#22)
  • The Legislative Process - Deal or No Deal? (#34)
  • How to Become a Vice President for Enrollment Management (#41)
  • Educational Cost, Debt, Value and Career Expectations (#44)
  • R2T4: Implementing the Adjustments Required by HERA (#51R)
  • Customer Service Extravaganza (#67R)
  • Re-Designing Your Financial Aid Office Website (#69)
  • After Student Loans - Where's the Money? (#73)
  • Policies and Procedures (#83)
  • NPSAS (#94)
  • EFC Formula and HERA Changes (#118)
  • Use LearnStudent Aid to Keep Your Staff Up to Date on Regulations (#121R1)

    2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)

  • Citibank - Helping Students Help Themselves
  • EDFUND - EDSHARE Success
  • ImageNow by Perceptive Software, Inc. - Speed and Simplicity: ImageNow for Financial Aid
  • Nelnet - Personal Finance Reporter Roundtable
  • NextStudent - The Finance Behind Financial Aid
  • Regent - Raising Financial Aid to a Strategic Imperative: Creating the 21st Century Financial Aid Office

    3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Break

    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Interest Sessions

  • Considerations for Your Upper Administration and Potential Campus Agreements (#4)
  • The Changing Face of Federal Loan Consolidation (#7)
  • Customer Service Initiatives Resulting from Self Assessments: A Panel Discussion (#17)
  • Being the Communications Guru on Your Campus (#60)
  • The Role of the Office of Inspector General (#72)
  • Next Steps in Improving College Access and Persistence (#86)
  • Student Aid and Student Service: A Win-Win Opportunity for Colleges and Students (#89)
  • IPEDS (#95)


    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Financial Aid Business Solutions Seminars (FABS)


  • College Board - If you think the College Board's PROFILE Application is not for your students, take a fresh look.

    4:30 pm Exhibit Hall Closes

    Dinner and Evening On Your Own

    Wednesday, July 11, 2007

    9:00 am - 11:00 am Closing Breakfast & Speaker: Congressman Tim Bishop

    Afternoon Optional Hill visits


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