From Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu Thu Jun 2 15:38:21 2011 From: Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu (Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC)) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:38:21 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Mel Riley Message-ID: >From our colleague, Mel Riley, at Oklahoma Panhandle State University: To All my new and OLD friends at OASFAA I just wanted to say thank you for all the help I have received from the OASFAA Organization while I have been Director of Financial Aid at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Answers to never ending questions, advice, encouragement and even shoulders to lean on have been greatly appreciated. I will miss seeing you all at conferences and meetings. I plan to retire June 30. I've been at this business for over 30 years and I think it has been long enough. I have no plans beyond not thinking about program integrity, satisfactory progress, verification etc.,etc.,etc. Thanks for everything! Mel Riley OPSU Mendy Schmerer Assistant Director Office of Student Financial Aid University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 1106 N. Stonewall, Rm 301 Oklahoma City, OK 73117 (405) 271-2118, x 48817 (p) (405) 271-5446 (f) Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu http://www.ouhsc.edu/sfs/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20110602/358cf868/attachment.html From imagee at osrhe.edu Fri Jun 3 09:41:21 2011 From: imagee at osrhe.edu (Magee, Irala) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:41:21 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG 2011-2012 Message-ID: <3B3640988539EC47A50B689936AF65C159CB31@postman2.osrhe.edu> The Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG) Award Payment Schedule for 2011-2012 is attached for your information. The State Regents approved this schedule at their meeting held on May 27. Eligible students meeting the awarding criteria listed below can be claimed for payment of their OTAG awards upon the institution?s submission of a successful and timely award claim: ? EFC 1700 or lower ? FAFSA receipt date March 15, 2011 or earlier The Award Payment Schedule reflects 5273 as the maximum eligible EFC, which is consistent with Pell in 2011-2012. The maximum EFC primarily serves as a means to identify the total number of eligible students who could be awarded if sufficient funds were provided. Also attached is a list of institutions that participate in the OTAG program and their flat-rate award amounts for 2011-2012 (one amount for full-time undergraduates and one amount for part-time undergraduates). The amounts shown are for the full award year, and one-half can be paid to eligible students in each of the fall and spring disbursements cycles. Important dates/deadlines that institutions and the State Regents? office must meet are listed in the attached Timelines and Procedures for 2011-2012. These have been established in an effort to maximize the efficiency of the administration of the OTAG program to best benefit students statewide. All institutions are expected to adhere to the schedule, and everyone?s cooperation is appreciated. These documents are being added to the OTAG information section of the Financial Aid Resources for Institutions website http://www.okhighered.org/admin-fac/FinAidResources/ . We are currently awaiting 2011-2012 OTAG data base and reporting system start up. Based on the latest information provided by our IT department, we anticipate that pre-populated OTAG Award Claim Forms for use by campus financial aid staff as ?work copies only? will be available in mid-June. We will make an announcement when institutions can submit requests for these work copy reports. The actual Award Claim Form process for fall semester disbursements will begin closer to the beginning of the fall semester, and more information in this regard will be forthcoming. Important Reminders: * OTAG does not send award notices to students. We are relying on institutions to include OTAG award information in their student award notices. Please realize that if institutions do not include OTAG awards in their student award notification process, the students will receive no confirmation that they are receiving an OTAG award. We?re counting on institutions to be the messengers. * Other than OTAG?s Oklahoma residency requirement and the statutory limitations on the types of institutions that are eligible to participate, student eligibility requirements for OTAG are the same as student eligibility requirements for Pell. If you cannot award Pell funds to a student, you cannot award OTAG funds to the student. * Remember the Regent?s residency policy change regarding military personnel will be in effect for all schools for 2011-2012. There is immediate in-state status for all full-time active duty military personnel, spouse and dependent children stationed in Oklahoma. This makes these students eligible for OTAG if all other requirements are met. If these students have listed a state other than Oklahoma on the FAFSA, they will not automatically appear on your pre-populated claim forms. Please be sure to add these students to your claim. As always we appreciate your assistance in delivering OTAG funds to Oklahoma?s students. If you have questions regarding the OTAG program or the attached documents, please contact our office. Irala K. 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Langston at llangston at osrhe.edu by June 30, 2011 to verify your attendance at this training opportunity. Also, if you know of a colleague who may benefit from this training please forward this information to them or have them contact LaTreece L. Langston at the e-mail address above to be added to the distribution list for this training. Agenda 9:00-10:00 General Session The day will begin with an opportunity for you to hear the latest information regarding Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant, Oklahoma's Promise, Academic Scholars, and other available State Regents' programs. Presenters: Irala Magee, Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration, Carol Alexander, Scholarship Coordinator, Oklahoma's Promise, and LaTreece Langston, Scholarship Programs Coordinator 10:15-11:30 (Breakout Sessions) Academic Scholars Program (ASP) This session will dive into the details of processing certification forms, rules for leave of absence, transfer, and summer award policies. This session will also include a panel discussion of how several schools are handling their program. Presenters: LaTreece Langston, Scholarship Programs Coordinator, Pam Hicks, University of Oklahoma, Nancy Moats, University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma, Dean Fisher, Rose State College, and Elizabeth Rector, The University of Tulsa Oklahoma's Promise (OKPromise) This session will swim through the specifics of completing an OKPromise claim form. We will also cover supplemental claims, refunds, as well as adjusted awards and will answer any questions you may have. We will also touch on the recent legislative changes to the program and how that will affect claim processing. Presenter: Carol Alexander, Scholarship Coordinator, Oklahoma's Promise 11:30-1:00 Lunch (On Your Own) 1:00-2:15 (Breakout Sessions) Oklahoma's Promise (OKPromise) This session will swim through the specifics of completing an OKPromise claim form. We will also cover supplemental claims, refunds, as well as adjusted awards and will answer any questions you may have. We will also touch on the recent legislative changes to the program and how that will affect claim processing. Presenter: Carol Alexander, Scholarship Coordinator, Oklahoma's Promise Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG) This "nuts and bolts" session will focus on eligibility requirements and issues, updates for 2011-2012 and beyond, current claims and disbursement report processing and a discussion of possible changes. We will highlight the differences in the various program claims process requirements as well as the reasons for those differences. We will also discuss the long term outlook for the state's main need-based grant. Please come prepared to share your "best practices" as well as your thoughts and ideas. Presenter: Irala Magee, Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration, Shipra Sinha, Scholarships & Grants Specialist II 2:30-3:45 (Breakout Sessions) Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG) This "nuts and bolts" session will focus on eligibility requirements and issues, updates for 2011-2012 and beyond, current claims and disbursement report processing and a discussion of possible changes. We will highlight the differences in the various program claims process requirements as well as the reasons for those differences. We will also discuss the long term outlook for the state's main need-based grant. Please come prepared to share your "best practices" as well as your thoughts and ideas. Presenter: Irala Magee, Director of Scholarship & Grant Administration, Shipra Sinha, Scholarships & Grants Specialist II Academic Scholars Program (ASP) This session will dive into the details of processing certification forms, rules for leave of absence, transfer, and summer award policies. This session will also include a panel discussion of how several schools are handling their program. Presenters: LaTreece Langston, Scholarship Programs Coordinator, Pam Hicks, University of Oklahoma, Nancy Moats, University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma, Dean Fisher, Rose State College, and Elizabeth Rector, The University of Tulsa 3:45-4:00 Wrap-up and Evaluation For the most current Grant and Scholarships Information, access our web resources at: http://www.okhighered.org/admin-fac/FinAidResources/ LaTreece L. Langston Scholarship Programs Coordinator Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: 405.225.9131 Fax: 405.225.9230 E-mail: llangston at osrhe.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20110603/067863ea/attachment.html From bfair at osrhe.edu Tue Jun 7 16:41:18 2011 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:41:18 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Final State Legislative Update Message-ID: <3B3640988539EC47A50B689936AF65C130BB15@postman2.osrhe.edu> Following is a summary of the final legislative actions related to our state financial aid programs. Further below is the final overall legislative update provided by the State Regents' legislative liaison. Oklahoma's Promise: * College GPA Requirements - SB 610 delays (but does not repeal) the unique statutory OKPromise college GPA requirements until the entering freshmen class of 2012. The requirements will apply only to students entering college in 2012 and thereafter; they will not apply to OKPromise students already enrolled in college prior to 2012. The GPA requirements include a cumulative 2.0 for courses taken by the end of the student's sophomore year and a 2.5 GPA only for courses taken as a junior and above. Data indicates that the about 18% of OKPromise college juniors could lose the award based on the requirements. (Sen. John Ford, R - Bartlesville and Rep. Todd Thomsen, R - Ada) Final bill text: https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/legislation/53rd/2011/1R/SB/610.pdf * Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirement - Beginning in 2012-13, HB 1421 will require all OKPromise students receiving the award in college (not just entering freshmen) to meet federal satisfactory academic progress (SAP) standards. This requirement is in addition to the statutory GPA requirement discussed above and will apply to all OKPromise award recipients whether or not they are also receiving federal aid. Based on a survey of institutions earlier this year, it is estimated that about 500 OKPromise students (out of about 20,000) could potentially lose their eligibility for the award. As originally introduced, the bill would have required OKPromise college students to repay awards for courses from which the student withdrew after the add/drop deadline or if the student received a failing grade, but this language was removed in the committee process and replaced by the SAP requirement. (Rep. Dennis Casey, R - Morrison and Sen. Jim Halligan, R - Stillwater) Final bill text: https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/legislation/53rd/2011/1R/HB/1421.pdf * Definition of Income for Second Income Check - SB 610 also changes the definition of income counted toward the $100,000 2nd income limit applied at the time the OKPromise student begins college from all "taxable and nontaxable" income to "federal adjusted gross income." The second income check becomes effective for 2012 OKPromise high school graduates and each graduating class thereafter. The definition of income used for the student's initial application to the program in the 8th, 9th, or 10th grade remains as all "taxable and nontaxable" income. (Sen. John Ford, R - Bartlesville and Rep. Todd Thomsen, R - Ada) Final bill text: https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/legislation/53rd/2011/1R/SB/610.pdf Children of Military Personnel Killed in the Line of Duty * HB 1343 provides eligibility for an Oklahoma's Promise award for the children of any person in the U.S. Armed Forces killed in the line of duty after January 1, 2000. To be eligible, the student must be a resident of Oklahoma, the parent killed must have filed an Oklahoma income tax return for the year prior to their death, and the student must enroll in college prior to reaching age 21. Eligible students are exempt from the OKPromise high school requirements and family income limits. (Rep. Eric Proctor, D - Tulsa and Sen. Tom Ivester, D - Elk City) Final bill text: https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/legislation/53rd/2011/1R/HB/1343.pdf Undocumented Immigrants Students * Although several bills that would have repealed the eligibility of certain undocumented immigrant students for resident tuition moved part-way through the legislative process, none were eventually passed. Therefore, there is no change in state law or policy regarding these students. Final Update Appropriations HB 2170// Representative Earl Sears and Senator David Myers// The legislation is the general appropriation bill. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 24, 2011. SB 972// Representative Earl Sears and Senator David Myers// The legislation is the supplemental appropriation bill in which higher education will receive $10 million. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 24, 2011. CIO HB 1304// Representative David Derby and Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation is currently a shell bill related to the Chief Information Officer. Representative Derby offered a committee substitute that consolidates all state agency IT under the Information Services Division of the Office of State Finance and the Chief Information Officer. The State Regents, OneNet, and the colleges and universities are exempt from the legislation. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 24, 2011. SB867 // Senator Anthony Sykes and Representative Jason Murphey // The legislation would not allow for any state agency to own, lease, or lease-purchase any telecommunications fiber networks used for conveying electronic communication or information systems data to multiple physical locations. The State Regents, OneNet, and the colleges and universities are exempt from the provisions. The legislation requires the Chief Information Office to conduct a technology consolidation cost savings survey each year and any state agency not experiencing cost savings may have their assets deconsolidated upon approval of the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board. The Information Services Division of the Office of State Finance shall maintain or increase security standards. The bill also provides for a website to be created to that the public may monitor the status of every information technology project resulting in expenditure in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars. UPDATE: The legislation failed to get out of conference. OKPromise HB1421// Representative Dennis Casey and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation would require OKPromise students to repay awards for courses from which the student withdraws or receives a failing grade in the course. Representative Casey amended his bill to eliminate the language requiring students to repay for failed or withdrawn courses. The language now requires the student to maintain satisfactory academic progress UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on April 21, 2011. SB 610// Senator John Ford and Representative Todd Thomsen// The bill states the federal adjusted gross income should be used to verify the student's income does not exceed $100,000 at the time they enter college. The legislation also delays additional GPA requirements. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 20, 2011. HB 1343 // Representative Eric Proctor and Senator Tom Ivester// The legislation states that a student shall be eligible to participate in the OKPromise program if they are the child of any person killed after January 1,2000, in the line of duty in any branch of the United States Armed Forces. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 20, 2011. Tuition Waivers SB 251// Senator Steve Russell and Representative Paul Wesselhoft// The bill requires the State Regents to adopt a policy for members of the United States Armed Forces who serve in the State of Oklahoma, whether on active duty, guard or reserve status shall be charged tuition at a rate not to exceed the rate charged to state residents, regardless of the service member's resident status. UPDATE: The legislation failed to get out of conference. Appointments No pending legislation at this time. Agency Lobbying No pending legislation at this time. Undocumented Student Issues HB 1446 // Representative George Faught and Senator Ron Justice// This measure repeals resident tuition eligibility for undocumented immigrant students. Update: The House failed to adopt the conference committee report on May 17, 2011. Remediation No pending legislation at this time. Other HB 1854// Representative Jabar Shumate and Senator Gary Stanislawski// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy for each higher education institution to provide equal access to statewide professional associations. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin May 20, 2011. HB 1227// Representative Pat Ownbey and Senator Frank Simpson// The legislation directs all interests in real property, facilities, equipment and appurtenances, state-appropriated monies and all duties, obligations and liabilities of the Ardmore Higher Education Program and any and all obligations of the Board of Trustees of the Ardmore Higher Education Program are transferred to the Regional University System of Oklahoma. The Ardmore Higher Ed center should serve as the branch campus in Ardmore of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The RUSO board may provide resources to the branch campus in Ardmore of Southeastern Oklahoma State University to maintain its facilities. Murray State College shall have the exclusive authority to offer all lower division courses and programs at the branch campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University at Ardmore. The current Board of Trustees for the Ardmore Higher Education Center shall serve as an advisory board to the president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Courses offered at Southeastern Oklahoma State University at Ardmore shall not duplicate nursing program courses offered at East Central University campus at Ardmore. The consolidation of Ardmore Higher Education Center and Southeastern Oklahoma State University shall protect the continuing and historic relationships which exist between Ardmore Higher Education Center, Murray State College, and East Central University. Southeastern Oklahoma State University shall assume all the duties and powers provided for in this act by July 1, 2014. No additional appropriated dollars shall be used in the consolidation of the Ardmore Higher Education Center into Southeastern Oklahoma State University, nor shall appropriated dollars be used in the expansion of the existing campus or for the construction of a new campus in Ardmore. UPDATE: Governor Fallin vetoed the bill on May 2, 2011. HB 1586// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Brian Bingman// The legislation creates the Uniform Athlete Agents Act. The bill modifies prohibited conduct of agents and strengthens the criminal penalty and increases the fine if an agent is in violation of the act. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 11, 2011. SB 206// Senator John Ford and Representative Ann Coody// The bill creates a task force to study the feasibility of a P-20 council. The task force will consist of 9 members including the Chancellor of Higher Education or his designee. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 9, 2011. Legal Services HB 1223// Representative Mark McCullough and Senator Anthony Sykes// The legislation outlines new procedures for state agencies needing to retain private attorneys. A state agency needing to obtain outside legal services that will exceed $20,000 must use the RFP (request for proposal) process before hiring the outside counsel. UPDATE: The House did not adopt Senate amendments on May 10, 2011. Representative McCullough laid the bill over after the amendments were not adopted. The House voted to table a motion to concur with Senate amendments on May 18, 2011 with a vote of 51-35. Tax Credits No pending legislation at this time. English as Official Language No pending legislation at this time. Workforce and Training No pending legislation at this time. Agency Efficiency/ Consolidation HB2140// Representative Kris Steele and Senator Brian Bingman// The legislation creates the State Government Administrative Process Consolidation and Reorganization Act of 2011. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 24, 2011. HB 1207// Representative Jason Murphey and Senator Anthony Sykes// The bill directs state agencies to use the Trip Optimizer for trips that exceed 100 miles. Additionally, the bill directs the Office of State Finance to perform an assessment of state agencies financial services. Those agencies ranking in the bottom 10% of the performance assessment will enter into a contract with OSF for the provision of financial services. The State Regents and the institutions are exempt from this section of the bill. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 26, 2011. HB 1086// Representative Jason Murphey and Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation creates the "Oklahoma Government 2.0 Act of 2011." The legislation provides for numerous electronic mechanisms to be put in place by the Chief Information Officer. The legislation relates to payment of claims and payrolls. The legislation would require disbursement through electronic payments mechanism. Additionally, the bill directs the Chief Information Officer to develop and maintain three new websites. The first would be an online web presence at the web address "documents.ok.gov". It would require state agencies and boards to submit to the site all publications otherwise required by law to be submitted to either the Publications Clearinghouse of the Department of Libraries, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Senate. The procedures shall require the electronic documents to be provided in an indexed format which enables the document to be searched by specific term. The Chief Information Officer shall also develop and maintain an online web presence at the web address "forms.ok.gov". The Chief Information Officer shall promulgate procedures by which each state agency, board, commission, and public trust having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary to submit a searchable electronic version of each form to the "forms.ok.gov" website. The procedures shall require the forms to be provided in an indexed format which enables the form to be searched by specific term. Finally, to develop a website named "Oklahoma State Government IT Project Monitoring and Transparency Initiative". The Chief Information Officer shall develop and maintain an online web presence at the web address "projects.ok.gov". The site shall allow the public to monitor the status of every information technology project resulting in expenditures in excess of $100,000.00. A report of each project subject to the terms of this initiative shall be updated regularly and provide the public with updates as to the status of the project's estimated completion time, deliverables and cost. Projects shall be judged against clear metrics which shall be articulated on the website prior to the commencement of each project. The effective date of section 2 to has been changed to July 1, 2012. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 24, 2011. SB 541// Senator Anthony Sykes and Representative Jason Murphey// The bill directs state agencies to use the Trip Optimizer for trips that exceed 100 miles. Additionally, the bill directs the Office of State Finance to perform an assessment of state agencies financial services. Those agencies ranking in the bottom 10% of the performance assessment will enter into a contract with OSF for the provision of financial services. The State Regents and the institutions are exempt from this section of the bill. The legislation to not allow state agencies to expend funds on computers, software, telecom, information hardware, firmware or information technology services before July 1, 2011. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 16, 2011. Concealed Weapons// Open Carry SB 856// Senator Steve Russell and Representative Paul Wesselhoft// The legislation makes certain conduct between individuals and licensed dealers or private sellers unlawful. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on April 7, 2011. HB1652// Representative John Enns and Senator Steve Russell// The legislation allows concealed handgun license holders to carry a concealed handgun on certain technology center school property. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by the Governor on May 25, 2011. HB 1255// Representative Wade Rousselot and Senator Kim David// The legislation allows any US Attorney or Assistant Attorney to carry a firearm anywhere in Oklahoma if they have completed the specified training course. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on April 19, 2011. Tuition No pending legislation at this time. Academics HB 1456// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation requires the State Department of Education to prepare an annual report on school achievement. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 4, 2011. SB 264// Senator Clark Jolley and Representative Jason Nelson// The legislation creates the Quality Assessment and Accountability Task Force. The Oklahoma State Regents shall provide support and information as requested by the task force. UPDATE: The legislation failed to get out of conference. Retirement/Pensions/Benefits SB 891//Senator Mike Mazzei and Representative Randy McDaniel// This measure changes benefit calculation for TRS for members who first join the System after June 30, 2011. The calculation shall mean the average of the salaries for the last five years on which contribution to the Teachers' Retirement System was paid. Only salary on which required contributions have been made may be used in computing average salary. The measure also changes normal retirement age for members who join after June 30, 2011 from 62 to 65. Individuals who become a member after June 30, 2011 shall be employed by public school or state colleges or universities for a minimum of eight and be a contributing member for 8 years to qualify for monthly benefits for TRS. The legislation now states any retiree participating in the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System will be eligible for part-time employment at a college or university within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, subject to the limitations of part-time employment of the college or university. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 18, 2011. SB 377// Senator Mike Mazzei and Representative Randy McDaniel // The legislation relates to teachers retirement. The bill eliminates the Rule of 90 and sets the minimum retirement age at 65 for new OTRS members joining after Nov. 1, 2011. Update: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin May 10, 2011. HB 2132 // Representative Kris Steele and Senator Brian Bingman// The legislation removes provisions allowing a cost-of-living adjustment to be used in a non-fiscal retirement bill. UPDATE: The legislation was signed by Governor Fallin on May 10, 2011. Bryce Fair Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships & Grants Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Phone: 405-225-9162 Fax: 405-225-9392 e-mail: bfair at osrhe.edu Mailing address: P.O. Box 108850 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850 Street address: 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20110607/f9cfdaac/attachment.html From Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu Fri Jun 10 16:13:17 2011 From: Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu (Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC)) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:13:17 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] OASFAA awards Message-ID: All, I hope you are finding some way to stay cool in this wonderful Oklahoma weather! The OASFAA Board is doing some polishing to our Policies and Procedures. Included in this is an addition that will list a history of OASFAA awardees. To ensure that the list is as comprehensive as possible, if you, or someone you know, has been awarded the: Philo Brasher Award Distinguished Service Award Partner Award Can you let me know? Also, I will need to know what year it was that you received the award(s). Thanks, and have a great weekend! Mendy Schmerer Assistant Director Office of Student Financial Aid University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 1106 N. Stonewall, Rm 301 Oklahoma City, OK 73117 (405) 271-2118, x 48817 (p) (405) 271-5446 (f) Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu http://www.ouhsc.edu/sfs/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20110610/7ef25f89/attachment.html From srmcgill at lunet.edu Tue Jun 14 08:24:42 2011 From: srmcgill at lunet.edu (Sheila R. McGill) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:24:42 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Position opening at Langston Message-ID: Langston University would like to invite interested professionals to apply for the Financial Aid Counselor position currently posted on our website through June 23. If you are interested, you can see the announcement using the search engine under jobs at http://www.langston.edu/. Sheila McGill, Director Office of Financial Aid Langston University, Langston Ok Office (405)466-3357 Fax (405)466-2986 srmcgill at lunet.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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June 2011 highlights: * State Budget Cuts Impact Funding for Colleges, Universities * OCCC Named to Presidential Honor Roll * UCO to Purchase Oklahoma Hardware Building for UCM at UCO Expansion * iPad Study Released by Oklahoma State University * Brandon Whitten Institute at ECU Helping in Fight Against Substance Abuse, Addictions * USAO's Miller Legacy: Understanding History * And more... visit www.okhighered.org/newsletter. To receive future e-mail notices of new issues of the Campus E-Clips online newsletter directly, subscribe to the Campus E-Clips listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/campus-news/. Sharon Bourbeau Communications Specialist II Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3603 405.225.9182 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20110617/674fe353/attachment.html From imagee at osrhe.edu Thu Jun 30 12:13:02 2011 From: imagee at osrhe.edu (Magee, Irala) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:13:02 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Job Opening-Scholarship Programs Coordinator Message-ID: <3B3640988539EC47A50B689936AF65C159CB86@postman2.osrhe.edu> There is an opening at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in the Scholarship and Grant office for a Scholarship Programs Coordinator. To view a job description, please visit http://www.okhighered.org/job-opportunities/#100010 . Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume with references as soon as possible. Irala K. Magee Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education P.O. Box 108850 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850 (405) 225-9378 Fax (405) 225-9392 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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