From imagee at osrhe.edu Wed Nov 6 11:25:00 2013 From: imagee at osrhe.edu (Magee, Irala) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 17:25:00 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Reminder Message-ID: This is a reminder that Tuesday, November 12, is the final deadline for submitting fall 2013 OTAG award claims to our office for payment. This includes new awards, reinstated awards, and supplemental requests for students needing additional funds to complete the full disbursements they are eligible to receive in the fall semester. Attached for your information is a spreadsheet that compares each institution's final 2012-2013 OTAG awards statistics with 2013-2014 to date. We need cooperation from all institutions in wrapping up fall OTAG awarding and disbursement activities as quickly as possible to best position us for making awarding decisions for spring 2014. If your institution needs a pre-populated Award Claim Form or a fall 2013 Reconciliation Report for a final check to ensure that you have claimed awards for all of your eligible students, please send an e-mail request to reports at otag.org. Please contact our office if you have questions or we can be of assistance. 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... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If interested, please submit your resume to shawkins at plattcollege.org. Thanks, Shannon Hawkins Assistant Director of Financial Services for Platt Colleges Platt College - North Campus 2727 W. Memorial Road Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134 (405)749-2433 shawkins at plattcollege.org [Description: Plattseal est 3] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4855 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From imagee at osrhe.edu Tue Nov 12 16:32:50 2013 From: imagee at osrhe.edu (Magee, Irala) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:32:50 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Deadline Extended Message-ID: Due to website access issues this deadline will be extended through tomorrow, November 13th. This is a reminder that Tuesday, November 12, is the final deadline for submitting fall 2013 OTAG award claims to our office for payment. This includes new awards, reinstated awards, and supplemental requests for students needing additional funds to complete the full disbursements they are eligible to receive in the fall semester. Attached for your information is a spreadsheet that compares each institution's final 2012-2013 OTAG awards statistics with 2013-2014 to date. We need cooperation from all institutions in wrapping up fall OTAG awarding and disbursement activities as quickly as possible to best position us for making awarding decisions for spring 2014. If your institution needs a pre-populated Award Claim Form or a fall 2013 Reconciliation Report for a final check to ensure that you have claimed awards for all of your eligible students, please send an e-mail request to reports at otag.org. Please contact our office if you have questions or we can be of assistance. Irala K. Magee Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education P.O. 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The recipients will be announced at the Spring 2014 conference. * Philo Brasher Emerging Leadership Award: This award was established by SWASFAA in honor of Philo Brasher who served many years in the association. The OASFAA Board of Directors selects a member, which is announced at the spring conference. The recipient should be an individual that has served OASFAA and made a contribution to the Association. OASFAA will pay the registration fee to the SWASFAA annual conference on behalf of the Oklahoma award winner. OASFAA will also match the $250 that SWASFAA donates to the general scholarship fund of the recipients' school. * Honorary Membership Award: Honorary Membership in OASFAA is the highest honor that the Association can bestow on a person who is neither a member nor affiliated with a member organization. Since this is the highest award that OASFAA can give, the individual receiving it must have made truly outstanding contributions to the Association and to the profession over a sustained period of time. It is not expected that honorary membership will be granted in recognition of a single accomplishment, but for continued efforts over a period of time. Honorary membership will be conferred only with the approval of the majority of the Board of Directors. Honorary members are extended the same membership privileges as Associate members. * Distinguished Service Award: This award is intended to recognize a practicing student financial aid professional at an institution. He/she should have contributed unique and long lasting efforts to the association, the profession, or the cause of financial aid in Oklahoma. In general, presentation of the awards will occur at the spring conference of the association. * Partner Award The Partner Award may be made by the Association to another individual, not a practicing aid administrator, whose efforts are important to advancing the profession or the needs of students in Oklahoma. The following guidelines should be observed in selecting recipients of the award: 1. A solicitation for nominees for the award should be made to all members through a posting on the OASFAA website and through the listserv. 2. Nominations must be made by active members and must be supported by two other members of the association. 3. Only active members of the association are eligible for nomination. 4. The Advisory Committee shall evaluate nominations for the award and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has the final decision regarding the selection of recipients. 5. No current member of the Advisory Committee or voting member of the Board of Directors is eligible for the award. Please e-mail your nominees for the Philo Brasher, Honorary Membership, Distinguished Service, and Partner Awards, to me with the reasons you believe the person should be chosen to receive the award by Friday, February 14, 2013. Thank you for your continued support of OASFAA. If you have any questions please let me know. Sincerely- Dustin Davidson Financial Aid Coordinator [logo] p: 405-364-5763 ext 7209 f: 405-366-2864 dustin.davidson at mntc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu Tue Nov 26 08:50:19 2013 From: Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu (Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC)) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:50:19 -0600 Subject: [Oasfaa] Loan question In-Reply-To: <1400904116.1538887.1385476340836.JavaMail.root@okbu.edu> References: <1400904116.1538887.1385476340836.JavaMail.root@okbu.edu> Message-ID: In Volume 3, Chapter 1, page 18, check out the ?special rule? in regard to your cohort default rate and the way your academic periods are structured. In that first sentence, it does address what you may do, but again, it depends on the term structure. Even if you can do it, how does she intend to pay for the rest of the year? We all know the ?I?ll figure that out later? response isn?t good enough! I?d be pretty hesitant to allow her to do this too. 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/financialservices/SFA/ [cid:image001.jpg at 01CEEA84.88CE30C0] Become our fan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OUHSCFinancialAid From: oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Jonna Raney Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:32 AM To: oasfaa at lists.onenet.net Subject: [Oasfaa] Loan question I have a student who owes a large fall balance. She has requested to use her full Stafford Elig for fall only. I've explained the ramifications of doing that (no loan elig for remainder of year) but since she is not graduating in December, technically, she can do that, right? We don't do this normally, but if I say no, am I denying her funds for which she has requested and is eligible? Thanks in advance for your help. Come on Thanksgiving break! Jonna -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1049 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From kmolder at okwu.edu Tue Nov 26 09:37:00 2013 From: kmolder at okwu.edu (Kandi Molder) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:37:00 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Loan question In-Reply-To: References: <1400904116.1538887.1385476340836.JavaMail.root@okbu.edu> Message-ID: <15D7F1A53830DE4EBE5D95DEC7AF60BE6B2BBF3B@mailman10.okwu.edu> I was in a Program Integrity Session with Jamie Malone, a training officer for ED, and she made reference to this. We had never done this. So, I wanted to make certain I understood her correctly. I emailed her and this was her response. ?A student may borrow a full annual loan limit in one semester if that semester's cost of attendance is high enough to allow it, when taking into account other aid he receives for the semester.? We have done it a few times since that point but only in unique situations. I have them sign stating that they understand they are using their annual loan limit and are not eligible for any additional loans from any school until after July 1. I hope this helps. [OWU Email Signiture_Financial Aid] Kandi Molder Director of Financial Aid Oklahoma Wesleyan University ___________________________________ 2201 Silver Lake Road Bartlesville OK 74006 Office: 918.335.6237 Fax: 918.335-6811 www.okwu.edu Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/OKWUniv Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/OKWUNiv From: oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC) Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:49 AM To: Jonna Raney; oasfaa at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [Oasfaa] Loan question In Volume 3, Chapter 1, page 18, check out the ?special rule? in regard to your cohort default rate and the way your academic periods are structured. In that first sentence, it does address what you may do, but again, it depends on the term structure. Even if you can do it, how does she intend to pay for the rest of the year? We all know the ?I?ll figure that out later? response isn?t good enough! I?d be pretty hesitant to allow her to do this too. 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/financialservices/SFA/ [f_logo] Become our fan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OUHSCFinancialAid From: oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Jonna Raney Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:32 AM To: oasfaa at lists.onenet.net Subject: [Oasfaa] Loan question I have a student who owes a large fall balance. She has requested to use her full Stafford Elig for fall only. I've explained the ramifications of doing that (no loan elig for remainder of year) but since she is not graduating in December, technically, she can do that, right? We don't do this normally, but if I say no, am I denying her funds for which she has requested and is eligible? Thanks in advance for your help. Come on Thanksgiving break! Jonna Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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