From myrna.cross at wosc.edu Tue Jul 3 15:04:37 2007 From: myrna.cross at wosc.edu (Myrna Cross) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:04:37 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] transcripts Message-ID: <004f01c7bdad$61cc0160$b60a16ac@campus.wosc.edu> Hello, Our Registrar and I were interested in knowing how many schools in Oklahoma show on their transcripts the classes a student is currently enrolled in on the student transcripts with "in progress" etc. listed on them. Just send me a quick email if you have time and let me know. Thanks! Happy 4TH !!!! Myrna Cross Director, Financial Aid/VA Western Oklahoma State College 2801 N. Main Altus, OK 73521 580-477-7712 580-477-7716 fax From myrna.cross at wosc.edu Tue Jul 3 16:24:47 2007 From: myrna.cross at wosc.edu (Myrna Cross) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 16:24:47 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: transcripts Message-ID: <006901c7bdb8$95241330$b60a16ac@campus.wosc.edu> Thanks!! I've had several of you respond and I appreciate your help!!! Myrna Cross Director, Financial Aid/VA Western Oklahoma State College 2801 N. Main Altus, OK 73521 580-477-7712 580-477-7716 fax -----Original Message----- From: oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Myrna Cross Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:05 PM To: OASFAA Subject: [Oasfaa] transcripts Hello, Our Registrar and I were interested in knowing how many schools in Oklahoma show on their transcripts the classes a student is currently enrolled in on the student transcripts with "in progress" etc. listed on them. Just send me a quick email if you have time and let me know. Thanks! Happy 4TH !!!! Myrna Cross Director, Financial Aid/VA Western Oklahoma State College 2801 N. Main Altus, OK 73521 580-477-7712 580-477-7716 fax From pmcconahay at ou.edu Fri Jul 6 07:34:29 2007 From: pmcconahay at ou.edu (Mc Conahay, Pamela K.) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:34:29 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Golf Jokes Message-ID: <13C6AAE71C512F4E9DC7970DF41BCF8E08D54D8A@XMAIL.sooner.net.ou.edu> I don't play, but I know some of you do....enjoy. Pam A gushy reporter told Peter Jacobsen, "You are spectacular, your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?" Jacobsen replied, "The holes are numbered" ---------------------------------------------- A young man and a priest are playing together. At a short par 3 the priest asks, "What are you going to use on this hole my son?" The young man says, "An 8 iron, father. How about you?" The priest says, "I'm going to hit a soft seven and pray." The young man hits his 8 iron and puts the ball on the green. The priest tops his 7 iron and dribbles the ball out a few yards. The young man says, "I don't know about you father, but in my church when we pray, we keep our head down." ---------------------------------------------- Police are called to an apartment and find a woman holding a bloody 5 iron standing over a lifeless man. The detective asks, "Ma'am, is that your husband?" "Yes" says the woman. "Did you hit him with that golf club?" "Yes, yes, I did." The woman begins to sob, drops the club, and puts her, hands on her face. "How many times did you hit him?" "I don't know, five, six, maybe seven times.....just put me down for a five." ---------------------------------------------- A golfer teed up his ball on the first tee, took a mighty swing and hit his ball into a clump of trees. He found his ball and saw an opening between two trees he thought he could hit through. Taking out his 3-wood, he took another mighty swing; the ball hit a tree, bounced back, hit him in the forehead and killed him. As he approached the gates of Heaven, St. Peter saw him coming and asked, "Are you a good golfer"? To which the man replied: "Got here in two, didn't I?" ----------------------------------------------- The bride came down the aisle and when she reached the altar, the groom was standing there with his golf bag and clubs at his side. She said: "What are your golf clubs doing here"? He looked her right in the eye and said, "This isn't going to take all day, is it?" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20070706/8adfe367/attachment.html From mdmccoin at stgregorys.edu Fri Jul 6 14:29:57 2007 From: mdmccoin at stgregorys.edu (Matt D. McCoin) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:29:57 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Financial Aid Counselor Opening Message-ID: Below is the information regarding a current job opening for Financial Aid Counselor at St. Gregory's University-College for Working Adults. This position is located at our campus in Tulsa. If you know of anyone who is interested in the position, please have them contact myself or Dr. Jean Thornbrugh. Her contact information is in the advertisement below. Thanks. Matt McCoin Financial Aid Director St. Gregory's University Financial Aid Counselor St. Gregory's University, College for Working Adults, Tulsa Campus, a private institution of higher education in the Catholic and Benedictine tradition has an immediate opening for a Financial Aid Counselor. Candidates must be able to advise students about financial aid eligibility, application procedures, aid programs and indebtedness while working closely with accounting and student services staff. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and knowledge of computer tracking systems required; financial aid experience preferred. Applicants must be supportive of the university's Catholic and Benedictine identity and mission. Send cover letter, resume and three references to Dr. Jean Thornbrugh, Dean at jlthornbrugh at stgregorys.edu or mail to 5801 E 41st St., Tulsa, OK 74135; FAX: 918-610-1111 From smauck at osrhe.edu Thu Jul 12 09:43:29 2007 From: smauck at osrhe.edu (Mauck, Sheri) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:43:29 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Summer Senior Concurrent Enrollment Reimbursement Form Message-ID: Please find attached the form for submission of high-school senior concurrent enrollment waivers for the summer 2007 term. As a reminder, the policy requires reimbursement waivers may be granted to high-school seniors only, up to six hours per semester. A senior student is one who has completed their junior year of high school in May/June 2007. The waiver should reflect tuition costs only. Please complete your institutional data and return by email to smauck at osrhe.edu by close of business August 15, 2007. We will submit the reimbursement request for State Regents' approval at their September meeting. If you have questions, please let me know. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20070712/56c1e1fd/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 0007SummerForm.xls Type: application/vnd.ms-excel Size: 23552 bytes Desc: 0007SummerForm.xls Url : http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20070712/56c1e1fd/attachment.xls From pmcconahay at ou.edu Mon Jul 16 16:11:02 2007 From: pmcconahay at ou.edu (Mc Conahay, Pamela K.) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:11:02 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] 2 Job Opportunities at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Message-ID: <13C6AAE71C512F4E9DC7970DF41BCF8E08F0B81A@XMAIL.sooner.net.ou.edu> There are currently two open positions in Financial Aid Services at the University of Oklahoma, Norman campus. Both of these are permanent positions that were created in part due to the implementation of Banner software for the student system (Recruitment, Admissions, Enrollment, Academic Records, Financial Aid, Bursar) at the University of Oklahoma. No, Brad Burnett is not leaving. As Executive Director of Financial Aid Services and Scholarships, Financial Aid Services, Scholarships, the Financial Education and Counseling Center and Enrollment Technology Services all report to Brad, so the new director will too. Brad will be very busy as the Functional Project Lead for the Banner implementation for the next 30 months. No, I am not leaving & no, I'm not applying for this job. I will be the Financial Aid Functional Lead for the Banner project for the next 30 months. Where will I be after that? Oh, I'll make myself useful, tidying up, etc. When you use the job search function at http://jobs.ou.edu, be sure to select Financial Aid Services as the department, not Financial Aid, that old Financial Aid departmental descriptor is obsolete. Position: Director, Financial Aid Services Salary: $65,000 to $75,000 Institution: University of Oklahoma at Norman Location: Oklahoma Date posted: 7/9/2007 Application deadline: 8/3/2007 Reports to: Executive Director, Financial Aid Services and Scholarships (Brad Burnett) Financial Aid: Director of Financial Aid Services. The University of Oklahoma Office of Financial Aid Services is currently seeking a high energy applicant to fill the position of director. Successful applicant will be responsible for day-to-day operations and supervision of the Financial Aid Services. This position coordinates activities between Admissions and Records, Bursar, Financial Aid office HSC campus and other areas affecting the delivery of aid to students. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: supervision of Financial Aid Services staff; assisting students and their parents in resolving financial aid issues; coordinating programs and activities with other programs and offices outside the financial aid services office; develop and supervise on-campus informational services; perform outreach to high schools and other groups concerning financial aid issues; serve on and chair various university-wide scholarship, financial aid and enrollment management committees as assigned. The director will insure that departmental policies and procedures are met in compliance with federal, state and university laws, rules and regulations; as well as compliance and knowledge of NCAA and Big 12 rules as they apply to students and staff of the University of Oklahoma. Experience required: Bachelor's degree with preference on advanced degree. 18-36 months of financial aid experience, with preference of five years' experience, or equivalent at the assistant director or higher levels of responsibility. Excellent verbal and written communication with proven record of effective supervision of staff. Demonstrated leadership in a higher education or equivalent setting. Significant experience in reporting, compliance, budget processes, and computing systems related to financial aid operations. Banner experience preferred. For a complete listing of the job responsibilities and application procedures, visit http://jobs.ou.edu . Position: Financial Aid Specialist Salary: $25,000-$28,000 Institution: University of Oklahoma at Norman Location: Oklahoma Date posted: 06/29/2007 Application Deadline: Until Filled Reports to: Assistant Director, Loan Processing (Jehan Parekh) The University of Oklahoma Office of Financial Aid Services is currently seeking an applicant to fill a new position of Financial Aid Specialist in the Loan Processing unit. Successful applicant will be responsible for certifying private and federal education loans, reviewing reports, and resolving loan problems. The Financial Aid Specialist will utilize extensive knowledge of federal and state regulations and institutional policies and procedures to determine eligibility for multiple federal and private loan programs for undergraduate, graduate, and law students.Additional responsibilities include reviewing, interpreting, and analyzing complex reports in compliance with institutional polices and the Department of Education regulations; utilize complex computer technology to process loan applications, corrections, changes, and cancellations. Experience: Bachelors Degree OR equivalent combination of education/job related experience. 12 months experience in University financial aid, accounting or bookkeeping. Moderate to high computer proficiency ideal, including application software, internet use. Experience with Banner student system a plus. Excellent oral and written communication skills a must. For a complete listing of the job responsibilities and application procedures, visit http://jobs.ou.edu . Pam McConahay Assoc. Dir., Compliance, Training & Lender Relations University of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services 1000 Asp Avenue, Room 216 Norman OK 73019-4078 (405) 325-4617 Fax (405) 325-7608 pmcconahay at ou.edu This message, and attachments if any, from the University of Oklahoma may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this information, you are prohibited from reading, disclosing, reproducing, distributing, disseminating, or otherwise using this information. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Laura Coponiti -----Original Message----- From: Jacqueline Lachapelle [mailto:jlachape at lsue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:57 AM To: Cynthia Thornton; John Lewis; Joyce Eldridge; Kathy Bassham; Laura Coponiti; Cindy Perez; Jo Holland; Lee Carrillo; Raul Lerma; Sheila McGill Subject: SWASFAA Elections Good morning, all. Please send an email out to your state list serves reminding them that SWASFAA elections are going on. As of Saturday only 52 people had voted out of all five states in this region. I think you would agree with me that this is a poor showing. Please encourage all members to vote by Friday July 20th midnight. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Jacqueline Lachapelle Director of Financial Aid Louisiana State University - Eunice P.O. Box 1129 Eunice, LA 70535 Voice: (337) 550-1282 Fax: (337) 550-1266 jlachape @ lsue.edu LSUE - WHERE FUTURES BEGIN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We want to fill the position in the very near future, as soon as we find the correct candidate. Please contact Kathy Johnstone, Personnel Director (kjohnstone at okwu.edu), if you have interest or know of someone. Lee Kanakis Director of Student Financial Services Our Mission: As an evangelical Christian university of The Wesleyan Church, Oklahoma Wesleyan University models a way of thought, a way of life, and a way of faith. It is a place of serious study, honest questions, and critical engagement, all in the context of a liberal arts community that honors the primacy of Jesus Christ, the priority of Scripture, the pursuit of Truth, and the practice of Wisdom Student Financial Services Counselor Oklahoma Wesleyan University Job Description Department: Student Financial Services Supervisor's Title: Director of Student Financial Services Education Requirement: Bachelor's or equivalent experience Date Prepared and Reviewed: March 9, 2006 Classification: Exempt/Salaried Function of Job This is currently a Tulsa-based position. An employee in this position performs duties which include handling primarily adult and graduate students' financial information and records while maintaining confidentiality, assisting in the completion of numerous reports, maintaining various files, serving as a Student Financial Services specialist and assisting the Director of Student Financial Services. Supervision Given/Received Work is performed under the general supervision of the Director of Student Financial Services. Performance reviews are given on an annual basis. Supervision may be exercised over one or more student employees, if responsibility may need to include. Examples of work performed [Note] Examples are illustrations only. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. 1. Counsels traditional and non-traditional students and parents with regard to student financial services and financial aid policies, procedures and programs, depending on the segment of the student body which the counselor is assign to work. Instructs students concerning acceptance or declination of aid to enable costs to be paid (all counseling is the counselor's responsibility unless an excess of demands are placed upon the counselor at one time.) Knowledge of all aspects of financial aid and student accounts is required. 2. Assists in determining and building awarding packages based on the financial aid budget for the program of study that the student is pursuing. 3. Utilizes student eligibility determined from filing of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and other financial aid documents and information, and monitors maximum award limits. 4. Updates institutional forms for subsequent award years noting any federal and/or institutional changes in cooperation with the director of student financial services or his or her designee. 5. Assists in administering and monitoring all institutional aid and work programs, and in the explaining of university policies that exist related to a program. 6. Prepares all financial aid letters for their designated students by program. Clears all academic transcript or diploma requests and follows up with students who are not clear due to delinquency, default, or missing document problems. 7. Tracks all outside scholarships and matching grants from monitoring the awarding and receiving of the funds (with assistance from the Business Office's cashiers), tracking thank you letters and monitoring the verification process of their students. 8. Assists in building Adult and Graduate Studies budgets and award letters, and other assigned AGS student financial services responsibilities. 9. Initiates learning, evaluating, recommending and implementing new policies for OWU related to financial aid for the traditional or adult or graduate studies programs. 10. Assists in the completion of entrance interviews for all Stafford loan borrowers, through on-line entrance counseling (as well as exit counseling). 11. Assist in the preparation of student bills, by making sure aid is executed in a timely manner, and the explanation of them as student's request or have questions. It should be noted that the counselor may not and will not accept any monies in payment of the student's account-they refer the student to the Business Office cashiers. 12. Assists in the yearly audit. 13. Performs other tasks as assigned. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Carol Alexander Scholarship Coordinator Oklahoma's Promise - OHLAP Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 phone: 405.225.9160 fax: 405.225.9392 Mailing Address: PO Box 108850 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20070720/42c20749/attachment.html From sjoyner at otag.org Tue Jul 24 16:00:47 2007 From: sjoyner at otag.org (Joyner, Shiela) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:00:47 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] 2007-2008 OTAG Program - Work Copy Pre-Populated Reports Are Available Message-ID: <3B3640988539EC47A50B689936AF65C10B1738@postman2.osrhe.edu> We invite institutions that use "work copy" pre-populated OTAG Award Claim Forms to identify their potential OTAG awardees for 2007-2008 to submit their requests to reports at otag.org at their convenience. Unless your institution is processing early disbursements; however, we ask that any reports issued at this time be used as work copies for your internal office processes only. The OTAG database changes daily as new ISIR records are loaded. Holding a "stale" report for any length of time to complete and submit when you are ready to disburse funds to your students can create data mismatches when we process your completed Award Claim Form, and we are very much interested in avoiding as many mismatches as possible. Please be reminded that pre-populated Award Claim Forms are provided upon request by the institution only, and OTAG does not routinely provide pre-populated Award Claim Forms to all institutions. Excel spreadsheet reports will be created in Excel 2003. If your institution uses Excel 2002 or later, you should be able to benefit from features such as being able to delete entire rows when processing pre-populated Award Claim Forms. As announced earlier, April 30, 2007, is the FAFSA receipt date cutoff for fall 2007 awards. Pre-populated reports will include records for students who met this cutoff and have a 1500 or lower EFC. The FAFSA receipt date cutoff and possibly the EFC cutoff will be re-evaluated for the spring semester after fall disbursement activity has concluded, and we are able to determine funds availability. The statutory requirement for awarding priority to eligible renewal applicants appears to apply to only one institution and one student in 2007-2008. The only "lucky" institution we will be contacting regarding a renewal applicant this year is Cameron University. As a reminder, OTAG policy amendments that were first effective in 2006-2007 include: * Undergraduate students are no longer limited to 10 FTUG disbursements. * Eligibility for undergraduates is limited to students who have not already received their first bachelor's degree. Note: Students who meet the 1500 EFC cutoff and the April 30 FAFSA receipt date cutoff will appear in pre-populated Award Claim Forms, even if they have reported on their FAFSA that they would have their first bachelor's degree by July 1. They will be highlighted in yellow on the Excel Award Claim Form to call your attention to them; if they have indeed received their first bachelor's degree, you should delete them from your report before submitting it to OTAG for awarding and disbursement of funds. * Pro-rated awards have been discontinued. The only remaining difference in OTAG eligibility and Pell eligibility is OTAG's Oklahoma residency requirement. All other Pell and general Title IV eligibility requirements are applicable to OTAG. Of course, OTAG continues to have a lower EFC and receipt date cutoff for awarding purposes due to limited funds availability. We are in the process of updating for 2007-2008 operations the OTAG section of the OSRHE Financial Aid Resources for Institutions site, and will make an announcement when this process has been completed. More information will be forthcoming regarding the 2007-2008 OTAG program. Please contact our office if you have questions or if we can provide more information. *********************** Shiela Joyner, Director Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant Program Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education P. O. Box 108850 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850 Internet: sjoyner at otag.org Voice: (405) 225-9378 Toll Free (877) 662-6231 Fax: (405) 225-9392 From SMcGill at ucok.edu Thu Jul 26 17:27:39 2007 From: SMcGill at ucok.edu (SMcGill at ucok.edu) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:27:39 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Need Information Message-ID: I realized it's late in the day, or early in the day, depending on when you are reading this. I need information from schools that have and "Emergency of Short Term Loan fund. If you have such and care to share, I'd like to know the following: 1. What is the annual amount for the fund? 2. Who's eligible ? 3. How long do the students have to pay back the funds? 4. Who (what office) administers the fund? 5. Are there restrictions as to how the funds are to be used (ie book store only)? 6. Are there processing fees associated with the loan? 7. Do you charge late fees if payments are not made on time? If so, how much? 8. Is the loan available all year? "I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth." Psalms 34 : 1 Sheila McGill, Financial Aid Director Student Financial Services Nigh University Center, Room 141 University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, Oklahoma 73034 Office (405) 974-2300 Fax (405) 974-3895 ----------------------------------------- **CONFIDENTIALITY** -This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. 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