From sstrunk at casc.cc.ok.us Mon Oct 21 16:11:38 2002 From: sstrunk at casc.cc.ok.us (Sharlene Strunk) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:00 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] Re: OASFAA digest, Vol 1 #293 - 1 msg References: <200210191701.g9JH11m03292@lists.onenet.net> Message-ID: <3DB46D8A.5963C4A2@casc.cc.ok.us> Larry, We just hate to miss the NASFAA workshop this year, but due to recent Budget Cuts, we will be lucky to attend the Fall and Spring OASFAA meetings, I wish you had scheduled this during the fall conference. Is there any way Robin or I could get some of the printed material from this conference. We have ordered the Video for our campus, so we at least will not miss that. Sharlene Strunk oasfaa-request@lists.onenet.net wrote: > Send OASFAA mailing list submissions to > oasfaa@lists.onenet.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/oasfaa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > oasfaa-request@lists.onenet.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > oasfaa-admin@lists.onenet.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OASFAA digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Upcomig Decentralized Training (Larry Hollingsworth) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 19:17:17 -0500 > From: Larry Hollingsworth > To: oasfaa@onenet.net > Subject: [Oasfaa] Upcomig Decentralized Training > > Hi Folks, > > As I prepare for the training workshop, I wanted to touch base with you to see if any of you have any questions ahead of time related to the topic of Treatment of Resources and Packaging Considerations which you like for me to address at the workshop? If so, please reply and I'll see what I can find out. > > I'm looking forward to the workshop and believe you will find the material very helpful. See you Thursday. > > Larry > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > OASFAA mailing list > OASFAA@lists.onenet.net > http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/oasfaa > > End of OASFAA Digest From sjoyner at otag.org Mon Oct 21 17:01:15 2002 From: sjoyner at otag.org (Joyner, Shiela) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:00 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Funds Availability Situation / Timely OTAG Reporting Message-ID: Good Afternoon, You should be aware that at this time all funds available for 2002-2003 OTAG awards are committed, and our ability to process additional new awards in the fall semester is dependent on the volume of additional award cancellations. Unless a significant number of award cancellations are reported, you should expect additional awarding to be very limited -- possibly limited to just transfers and reinstatements of awards already approved. The timeliness of schools completing and submitting their Confirmation Reports, identifying students who should receive their scheduled disbursements and those whose awards should be cancelled as well as completing and submitting their disbursement reporting will determine the timeliness of OTAG's ability to make any additional funding decisions. When you receive a Confirmation Report, complete and return the report as quickly as possible, and at this point in the semester, you must address each student included in your report. When you receive an OTAG Disbursement Report and funds, please mark your calendar for the due date that is included in the information sent by OTAG and make every effort to meet or, if you can, beat that deadline. Schools are allowed up to 30 days to complete the disbursement of OTAG funds and submit their completed Disbursement Report along with all unissued funds. We need to have knowledge of all funds available for recommitment without delay, and we are asking for your assistance in completing your disbursement reporting and returning unissued funds as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance for your assistance and cooperation in submitting timely OTAG reporting. *********************** 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@otag.org Voice: (405) 225-9456 Toll Free (877) 662-6231 Fax: (405) 225-9392 From pmcconahay at ou.edu Tue Oct 22 10:54:48 2002 From: pmcconahay at ou.edu (Mc Conahay, Pamela K) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:00 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] A Reminder about the 10/24 Training & Video Message-ID: <5E578181F9B1D61198920002B35B373233F011@mail1.oulan.ou.edu> Just a few reminders about the 10/24 event: REGISTRATION IS CLOSED!!! No mas, no mas!! It will be a tight fit to squeeze in everybody who's registered, so we can't accept any more bodies. If you want to attend the videoconference elsewhere, check with Sheila Fugett at UCO (sfugett@ucok.edu) or Myrna Cross (myrna.cross@wosc.edu) to see if you can fit in at their sites. a) You need to bring a 1 inch 3-ring binder for the workshop materials. b) Workshop registration starts at 8:30 and the training begins at 9:00 c) If you're coming to just the videoconference, please be there by 11:30. We'll be breaking from the training and serving lunch at 11:30. The video starts at 12:00 and the satellite waits for no-one, so don't be late! d) We WILL have some additional sets of materials available for purchase. If you didn't get to come to the training and want to buy a set of the materials, they are $35 per set. Send your check (payable to OASFAA) and request to Laura Coponiti, OASFAA Treasurer, USAO Financial Aid, 1727 West Alabama, Chickasha, OK 73018 and we'll pop a set of materials to you in the mail. e) Directions: Directions to Moore Norman Technology Center: FROM THE NORTH: *Take I-35 South to US-77 South, left exit #113 *Merge onto US-77 *Turn left (east) onto W Franklin Road FROM THE SOUTH: *Take I-35 North to the Tecumseh Road exit *Turn left onto Tecumseh Road *Turn left onto US 77(Flood) *Turn right (east) onto W Franklin Road Enter the Technology Center campus through Gate 1 on Franklin Road and proceed to the Health Education Center (on the east side of the campus). Our event is being held in Rooms H202-203 on the middle level of the Health Education Center. Maps are available on-line at www.mntechnology.com under "Information Center". Pam McConahay Asst. Director, Compliance & Support Services University of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services 731 Elm, Rm 125 Norman OK 73019-2111 (405) 325-4617 Fax (405) 325-7608 pmcconahay@ou.edu From pmcconahay at ou.edu Wed Oct 23 13:11:36 2002 From: pmcconahay at ou.edu (Mc Conahay, Pamela K) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:00 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] Important Message Message-ID: <5E578181F9B1D61198920002B35B373233F02D@mail1.oulan.ou.edu> I forgot to do something earlier this week and I don't want another day to go by: WAY TO GO, COWBOYS!!!!!! BEAT THOSE HUSKERS LIKE THEY OWE YOU MONEY!!!!! Now, would somebody in the OSU circle tell me what the words are on the OSU vs Nebraska victory t-shirt? I can read "THE UPSET 24-21" but I can't read the smaller type and I'm sure it's something pithy. No, my spell-checker works just fine. I said "pithy" which means "Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment". If you want to check out the cool OSU vs. Nebraska victory t-shirt, you can see it at: http://store.fansonly.com/marketplace/store.cfm?&store_id=84&dept_id=1061&pr oduct_id=25736 Pam McConahay Asst. Director, Compliance & Support Services University of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services 731 Elm, Rm 125 Norman OK 73019-2111 (405) 325-4617 Fax (405) 325-7608 pmcconahay@ou.edu From sjoyner at otag.org Wed Oct 23 15:07:38 2002 From: sjoyner at otag.org (Joyner, Shiela) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:01 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Fax Numbers Message-ID: The OTAG office is in the process of discontinuing the use of several fax numbers which have been serving primarily as back-up numbers. Please delete the following fax numbers from your OTAG contact information: 405.234.4575 405.234.4576 405.234.4577 Our current fax number 405.225.9392 remains operational. *********************** 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@otag.org Voice: (405) 225-9456 Toll Free (877) 662-6231 Fax: (405) 225-9392 From calexander at osrhe.edu Wed Oct 23 16:56:05 2002 From: calexander at osrhe.edu (Alexander, Carol) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:01 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] OHLAP Eligibility Lists Message-ID: <7725DB4F7F856E4C9E4F8B70E77E2776010B8B@ms.osrhe.edu> The new OHLAP Elgibility lists have been posted to the FTP server. As before, there is an additional list of those students who have been added since the last eligibility list was posted. (I have tried to notify you prior to this message if I was aware of the institution the student was attending.) This should be the last update I post this fall, but as always if there are major changes, I will notify you. If you have already submitted a claim form for the fall semester and find a student on this eligibility list who you have not billed for previously, please submit a supplemental claim to the OHLAP office. If you have any questions, please let me know. Carol Alexander Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (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 From gbrooks at ou.edu Wed Oct 23 16:50:49 2002 From: gbrooks at ou.edu (Brooks, Gwineth F) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:01 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Funds Availability Situation / Timely OTAG Repo rting Message-ID: <5E578181F9B1D61198920002B35B373264FC7F@mail1.oulan.ou.edu> Hi Sheila, I am surprised to hear of the cutoff for this year. We have some folks that have had verification completed since our last Eligibility Status Roster was returned and we are scheduled to receive one more ESR on Nov. 15th. Have you withheld funds for people that may be on that roster? If OTAG is not going to continue the awarding process through the period of the last ESR, we need to cutoff the receipt of those rosters up front. -----Original Message----- From: Joyner, Shiela [mailto:sjoyner@otag.org] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:01 PM To: oasfaa@onenet.net Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Funds Availability Situation / Timely OTAG Reporting Good Afternoon, You should be aware that at this time all funds available for 2002-2003 OTAG awards are committed, and our ability to process additional new awards in the fall semester is dependent on the volume of additional award cancellations. Unless a significant number of award cancellations are reported, you should expect additional awarding to be very limited -- possibly limited to just transfers and reinstatements of awards already approved. The timeliness of schools completing and submitting their Confirmation Reports, identifying students who should receive their scheduled disbursements and those whose awards should be cancelled as well as completing and submitting their disbursement reporting will determine the timeliness of OTAG's ability to make any additional funding decisions. When you receive a Confirmation Report, complete and return the report as quickly as possible, and at this point in the semester, you must address each student included in your report. When you receive an OTAG Disbursement Report and funds, please mark your calendar for the due date that is included in the information sent by OTAG and make every effort to meet or, if you can, beat that deadline. Schools are allowed up to 30 days to complete the disbursement of OTAG funds and submit their completed Disbursement Report along with all unissued funds. We need to have knowledge of all funds available for recommitment without delay, and we are asking for your assistance in completing your disbursement reporting and returning unissued funds as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance for your assistance and cooperation in submitting timely OTAG reporting. *********************** 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@otag.org Voice: (405) 225-9456 Toll Free (877) 662-6231 Fax: (405) 225-9392 _______________________________________________ OASFAA mailing list OASFAA@lists.onenet.net http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/oasfaa From sjoyner at otag.org Thu Oct 24 09:26:25 2002 From: sjoyner at otag.org (Joyner, Shiela) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:01 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Funds Availability Situation / Timely OTAG Reporting Message-ID: What you are experiencing is OTAG working as intended with available funds being committed and awarded students notified as early as possible. Otag has never operated by saving funds for the sole purpose of awarding students completing the verification process late. It has simply worked out that funds remained available late in the semester in the past couple of years, and we continued to process additional awards. Schools need to be mindful that OTAG does not have access to unlimited funds -- we have a set amount of funds available for the year and when those funds are expended, there are no more. We make our best estimate to predict the behavior of schools and students when determining our initial cutoff. This year we initially started with a cautious May 15 cutoff. We provided reports on two occasions displaying a comparison of 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 award statistics, asked schools to review their statistics and to submit any additional updates they needed to report to OTAG. We processed additional awards based on the updates we received, reviewed the funding situation and, having heard from no schools that they had significant numbers of updates remaining to submit, we determined that it was safe to move the cutoff date to May 20 (same cutoff as in 2001-2002). After the cutoff date was moved, we received a landslide of additional updates from a number of schools which have now consumed all available funds. The only way funds will become available for additional award commitments at this point is through significant award cancellations. And, we need input by way of completed Confirmation Reports and Disbursement Reports from the schools as soon as possible in order to be able to identify award cancellations. -----Original Message----- From: Brooks, Gwineth F [mailto:gbrooks@ou.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:51 PM To: Joyner, Shiela; oasfaa@onenet.net Subject: RE: [Oasfaa] OTAG Funds Availability Situation / Timely OTAG Reporting Hi Sheila, I am surprised to hear of the cutoff for this year. We have some folks that have had verification completed since our last Eligibility Status Roster was returned and we are scheduled to receive one more ESR on Nov. 15th. Have you withheld funds for people that may be on that roster? If OTAG is not going to continue the awarding process through the period of the last ESR, we need to cutoff the receipt of those rosters up front. -----Original Message----- From: Joyner, Shiela [mailto:sjoyner@otag.org] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:01 PM To: oasfaa@onenet.net Subject: [Oasfaa] OTAG Funds Availability Situation / Timely OTAG Reporting Good Afternoon, You should be aware that at this time all funds available for 2002-2003 OTAG awards are committed, and our ability to process additional new awards in the fall semester is dependent on the volume of additional award cancellations. Unless a significant number of award cancellations are reported, you should expect additional awarding to be very limited -- possibly limited to just transfers and reinstatements of awards already approved. The timeliness of schools completing and submitting their Confirmation Reports, identifying students who should receive their scheduled disbursements and those whose awards should be cancelled as well as completing and submitting their disbursement reporting will determine the timeliness of OTAG's ability to make any additional funding decisions. When you receive a Confirmation Report, complete and return the report as quickly as possible, and at this point in the semester, you must address each student included in your report. When you receive an OTAG Disbursement Report and funds, please mark your calendar for the due date that is included in the information sent by OTAG and make every effort to meet or, if you can, beat that deadline. Schools are allowed up to 30 days to complete the disbursement of OTAG funds and submit their completed Disbursement Report along with all unissued funds. We need to have knowledge of all funds available for recommitment without delay, and we are asking for your assistance in completing your disbursement reporting and returning unissued funds as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance for your assistance and cooperation in submitting timely OTAG reporting. *********************** 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@otag.org Voice: (405) 225-9456 Toll Free (877) 662-6231 Fax: (405) 225-9392 _______________________________________________ OASFAA mailing list OASFAA@lists.onenet.net http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/oasfaa From kmmiller at okwu.edu Thu Oct 24 09:50:38 2002 From: kmmiller at okwu.edu (kevin miller) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:01 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] Minor Student Question Message-ID: <3DB808BE.78281313@okwu.edu> we have just been confronted with a scenario from last year of a student who turned 18 on 8/29/01, our registration day for classes was 8/27/01. she signed her registration contract (promise to pay her account) during our june 2001 registration day, so she was 17 at the time, and she also would have been 17 on our registration day. long story short, she withdrew at some point during the semester without official notification, so per return of title IV requirements we withdrew her at the 50% mark of the semester and adjusted her aid accordingly, pell and seog only. the student did not take any loans. she of course was, and still is, upset that she now has a $4,000 balance with us and has refused to pay. we just recently received a letter from her attorneys stating that since she was a minor at the time of the signing of her registration contract (june 2001) she was therefore unable to legally enter in to any contract agreement. again, she would have been a minor on our school's official registration day, as well. this is the first time we have encountered anything like this that anyone here can remember, and while this may not directly be spoken to in the financial aid regs (in regards to a school's registration contract), we thought many of you would have some advice or direction on how best we can resolve this. it just can't be that "easy" to get out of it for the student. this issue of course would have been just as important had she signed her perkins promissory note or MPN. does it need to be a practice that for those students who don't turn 18 till late, that they either must wait to sign promissory notes (loans included) until after they are 18, or require a parent signature if it is done before the student's birthday? we would be interested in any and all info on this, we're sure larger schools deal with issues like this on a more regular basis. thanks for your time... kevin miller Oklahoma Wesleyan University From sjoyner at otag.org Thu Oct 24 15:25:09 2002 From: sjoyner at otag.org (Joyner, Shiela) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:01 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] FOTW Skip Logic Message-ID: Regarding the skip logic mentioned in today's USDE videoconference for 2003-2004 FAFSA On The Web applicants qualifying for the Auto Zero EFC, be advised that applicants indicating Oklahoma as their state of legal residence will NOT be prompted to skip the questions mentioned. USDE worked with state grant agencies to ensure their needs could be met with this change, and we confirmed that Oklahoma's grant agency needs the income data from Worksheets A and B for all applicants. While this income information is not needed to determine OTAG eligibility for a student with a 0 EFC, we do need the data in order to fulfill LEAP/SLEAP and other reporting requirements. Please contact me if you should have questions. *********************** 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@otag.org Voice: (405) 225-9456 Toll Free (877) 662-6231 Fax: (405) 225-9392 From pmcconahay at ou.edu Fri Oct 25 09:58:28 2002 From: pmcconahay at ou.edu (Mc Conahay, Pamela K) Date: Tue Mar 23 20:22:01 2004 Subject: [Oasfaa] The Answer to the OSU T-shirt Question Message-ID: <5E578181F9B1D61198920002B35B373233F040@mail1.oulan.ou.edu> Kevin Gerfen from OSU Financial Aid was kind enough to provide the answer to what is on the OSU vs Nebraska victory t-shirt. Thanks, Kevin! 24-21 Forty One Years in the Making The Upset October 19, 2002 Now that you know what it says, take another look at the shirt (and maybe buy one?) at: http://store.fansonly.com/marketplace/store.cfm? &store_id=84&dept_id=1061&product_id=25736 When the OSU-Nebraska final score was announced during the OU-Iowa State game, there was loud approval from the crowd on OSU's win. My brother's grandson asked why everyone was cheering for OSU & he answered "We only root against them on ONE day during the football season. All the rest of the games, we want them to win because they're an Oklahoma team and deserve our support." Amen, brother. GO COWBOYS!!!!! Pam McConahay Asst. Director, Compliance & Support Services University of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services 731 Elm, Rm 125 Norman OK 73019-2111 (405) 325-4617 Fax (405) 325-7608 pmcconahay@ou.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/oasfaa/attachments/20021025/e78aa379/attachment.htm