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This week on "Off The Cuff," Megan, Stephen, and Allie dig into the Department of Education's recent and unexpected guidance on financial aid award notifications. The group also discusses two new reports out this week focusing on the two PLUS Loan programs for graduate/professional students and parents. While one argues there's a way to help current struggling borrowers and tighten up standards for future borrowers, the other claims proposals to cap or eliminate the program aren't necessary. Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, a group of Democratic senators introduced a bill last week to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, while others wrote to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asking for tweaks to the Temporary Expanded PSLF program. Plus, be sure to tune into the beginning of the episode to hear which political celebrity Megan ran into recently in her travels across the country.

Please join us in congratulating Carrie Short, who will start a new position as the director of financial services at Lorain County Community College, Theodore Malone, who was awarded the Lifetime Membership Award by WASFAA at the 50th WASFAA Conference in June, and Ashley Richardson, who was promoted from financial aid advisor to assistant director of financial aid at St. Louis College of Health Careers. Learn more about other colleagues' accomplishments, recognitions, and achievements, and submit your own, on our Movers and Shakers page.

If you were unable to join us for the April 10, 2019, live webcast of our Removing Barriers to Financial Aid for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth webinar, you can now order and watch the on-demand version. You’ll have full access to the webinar archive and handout. If you attended the live event, you can still use your registration link to access the on-demand event. Access to this on-demand event is free to both members and non-members, but you must register. Order today.

Congratulations—you are a new financial aid director! New leaders have a lot to tackle in the first few months on the job. Take it from new directors at Clarkson College and University of Western States, having a NASFAA peer review can help take months of time off evaluating the office’s operations, and give you an action plan to successfully implement changes. Are you a new director who would like help? Fill out a no-obligation information request about having a peer review.

As our members you are the lifeblood of our association, we're eager to know more about you. Please log in to your myNASFAA account and click the Demographic Information tab to update the general, professional, institutional, and additional information sections of your myNASFAA profile. Don't forget to hit "Save" at the bottom. NASFAA members who have their birthdate listed will be automatically entered into a raffle each month to win a great NASFAA prize. A new winner will be announced in Today's News during the first week of each new month. This month's raffle prize is a complementary registration to the 2019 NASFAA National Conference. Log in to your myNASFAA profile now to update your information.

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