[Oasfaa] OASFAA Fall Decentralized Training Update

Fri Oct 3 16:38:38 CDT 2008

We're definitely looking forward to everyone coming to Norman next week.  In case you're nervous about traffic or parking, remember that we have no classes on Friday, Oct 10  because everyone will be heading to Dallas for the OU-Texas game.     You'll have pretty clear sailing because you'll be coming TO Norman instead of going AWAY from Norman.

One correction---our parking office can't open the lot north of Dale Hall for us without having to get us all visitor parking passes, which is a logistical pain in the proverbial patootie.   So, they've agreed to let us park on levels 2 through 5 of the Elm Avenue Parking Facility, building 16 on the OU map.  This parking garage is on Elm Avenue just south of Boyd Street.  If you come in to Norman on Lindsey Street, turn North at Elm Avenue and go north past the stop sign at Brooks Street.   You'll make a left turn into the parking garage.  If you get to the stop light at Boyd and Elm, you've gone too far north.

There should be plenty of space for you to park and Nielsen Hall is a short walk south on Elm Avenue---we'll be in the new west end addition to Nielsen Hall which you enter off of the east-west pedestrian walk on Brooks Street.    If you're familiar with OU, you might know Nielsen Hall better as the Physics & Astronomy building.

Here's the link to the map if you need it.  And, if you get REALLY lost and need us to 'guide you in', call my cell phone at 405-203-1406.

http://www.ou.edu/discover/discover_home/visit/map.html

Pam McConahay
Associate Director, University of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services
pmcconahay at ou.edu

From: oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Larry Hollingsworth
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 3:51 PM
To: oasfaa at onenet.net
Subject: [Oasfaa] OASFAA Fall Decentralized Training Update

Hello Friends,

One final reminder of our decentralized training which is scheduled for a week from today, Friday, October 10th. If you have not notified me of your plans to attend, please do so ASAP so we can have enough food for lunch. Some people, like Steve Daffer, get kind of cranky if they don't get enough for lunch!

One more thing I forget to mention is you might want to bring a three ring binder for the handout materials. Years ago I was sitting next to Don Matthews who used to the Director at SWOSU when I mentioned to him I was having trouble understanding the concept being presented at the training. He looked over at me and said "where is your three ring binder?" I said "what?" He said "you were supposed to bring a three ring binder for the training materials. I brought my binder and I'm having no trouble understanding the materials." So there you have it. Bring a three ringed binder and you will have no trouble at all understanding the materials!

A special thanks to Pam and OU for hosting us, to OGSLP for providing the training materials and to OLAC for providing lunch!  A quick comment to those not familiar with the OU campus; once you get to the corner of Lindsey (which is one of the exit streets off of I-35) and Elm, you've got it made. For a point of reference, we're only a couple of blocks from the football stadium. The campus map Pam provided is very helpful. For my old eyes, I had to go to the printable version and increase the size, but the streets are marked very clearly.

Have a great weekend everyone and drive safely next Friday. See you in Norman!

Larry

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What: The OASFAA 2008 Fall Training Workshop Series on Aspects of Student Eligibility

When: Friday, October 10, 2008. Registration 8:30 AM, Training 9:00AM - 4:00PM.

Where: Room 170 in Nielsen Hall (the Physics building on the South Oval). See the OU campus map at http://www.visit.ou.edu/HTML/map.htm  Nielsen Hall is Building # 27.  The parking lot is north of Building 38 (Dale Hall Tower), you enter it from Elm Street.

Why: Because one, it's free; because two, the training will be excellent; and three, because you will have a chance to network with your colleagues.

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