KASFAA Election Results!

From Nathan Buche

Attention!!

We have the results and this was a great group of candidates and I would like to announce the winners of the elections.

President-Elect: Darcy Johnson, Emporia State
Vice President: Ashley Jost, Johnson County Community College
Secretary: Julie Scott, Wichita State University
Treasurer-Elect: Tammy Higgins, Pittsburg State University
Associate Member: Teresa Axton

Congratulations to all candidates who ran and big thank you to all of the institutions for allowing your staff to run and serve KASFAA for the upcoming year.

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Conference Ideas Welcome!

Calling all KASFAA members!

It is time to put your thinking caps on and submit those session proposals for the upcoming KASFAA Spring 2019 Conference.

We are trying out a new submission process this year and here is how you do it:

Go to KASFAA.org

On the home page there is a link at the bottom of the page to “Submit Your 2019 Conference Session Proposal”

Make sure you have your login information handy so that you can access the proposal page.

You can submit the topic you want presented with a brief description of what you would like to be covered; you can even go as far as recommending a presenter!

The more proposals we get the better!

Thanks for your support in making the KASFAA Spring 2019 Conference the best one yet!

KASFAA Spring 2019 Conference Program Committee

Last Day to Register for PDT at Allen County!

Hey everyone!

Today is the last day to register for the Verification PDT training that will be held at Allen Community College in Iola on Thursday, October 11th.
https://kasfaa.org/docs/forms/2018_FallProDev.html

Additional Verification trainings will be held on Octber 18th and November 1st in Garden City and Hays, respectively.

Voting Open Now!

Greetings!

Just a reminder that elections are now open for the 19-20 officers if you have not voted yet please make sure you do.

https://www.kasfaa.org/Vote/memGenElectIntro.html

KASFAA Fall Board Meeting

From Sara Vancil

The Board of Directors just had our fall board meeting.  I wanted to provide some key updates to the entire membership.  Our various committees have been working diligently to fulfill their missions as well as the goals laid out for them in our three-year Strategic Long Range Plan.

• When we decided to stop having our on-site fall training, we convened an ad-hoc task force to look at “drive-in” trainings. This fall we are offering two NASFAA U credential trainings at five different sites.  We have over 80 KASFAA members registered!  At the winter board meeting, the board will be discussing if we should move from an ad-hoc task force to a permanent Professional Development committee, which would hold trainings of various types throughout the year separate from the spring conference.

 

• Our Corporate Support committee along with our Associate Member representative have been meeting to discuss how we can make membership and conference attendance most impactful for our vendors. The consensus has been to not move toward a tiered sponsorship plan but rather to focus on equal exposure for all our associate members.  They will be looking for a la carte options to go along with the traditional sponsorship available during spring conference.  A big thank you to all of our associate members who help support KASFAA!

Registration Deadline!

Hey everyone!

The deadline for registering to the Consumer Information Training on September 27th at Washburn University is tomorrow 9/20/18! Get in now before it’s too late, you won’t want to miss it!

https://kasfaa.org/docs/toc_training.html  <<<<  Register Here

Wichita is full and there are only 9 spots left in Topeka. These are the only two Consumer Information training sites this fall!

All Verification sites have spaces available at this point in time!

Details:

• $20 per attendee, per training
• Lunch provided
• Space is limited to 20 per site (if you aren’t one of the first 20, email djohns23@emporia.edu to get put on a waitlist!)
• Check in at 8:30 for each site. Training will be 9:00- approx. 3:00

Sites:

Verification:

• Allen Community College (Iola) October 11^th
• Garden City Community College (Garden City) October 18^th
• Fort Hays State University (Hays) November 1^st

Consumer Information:

• Washburn University (Topeka) September 27^th
• Wichita State University (Wichita) October 25^th FULL

JON SNOW KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THE FAFSA

DON’T BE LIKE JON SNOW……

 

Attend the FAFSA & Financial Aid Training Workshops

Sponsored by KASFAA

The KASFAA Outreach Training Committee is pleased to announce the dates for our annual financial aid training workshops for 2018.  We would like to extend an invitation for any new (or old) financial aid administrators who would like to attend to learn about common FAFSA issues such as working with dependent vs. independent students, undocumented students, special circumstances/professional judgment, FAFSA updates, state aid programs, and much more.  The dates and training locations are:

 

Tuesday, September 25^th

Salina, Kansas Wesleyan

Topeka, Washburn Institute of Technology

Wednesday, September 26^th

Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Technical Center

Pittsburg, Pittsburg State

Thursday, September 27^th

Wichita, Wichita State University

Garden City, Garden City Community College

Hays, Fort Hays State University

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Check-in begins at each site at 8:00 am with the workshops beginning at 8:30 am and ending at 12 noon.

The workshop is free of charge.

For registration information go to this link on the KASFAA website:

https://www.kasfaa.org/docs/forms/HSTraining_2018.html

For questions contact Diane Lindeman, dlindeman@ksbor.org or 785-430-4254.