[Oasfaa] FW: [swasfaaL] NASFAA Conference Mentor Task Force

Fri May 13 12:52:21 CDT 2016

Even more specifically, a strong OKLAHOMA contingent of mentors would be welcomed!

Happy Friday!

Mendy Schmerer, M.Ed.
Assistant Director
Office of Student Financial Aid
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1106 N. Stonewall, Rm 301
Oklahoma City, OK  73117
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Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu 
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From: SwasfaaL [mailto:swasfaal-bounces at swasfaa.org] On Behalf Of swasfaal at swasfaa.org
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:31 PM
To: swasfaal at swasfaa.org
Subject: [swasfaaL] NASFAA Conference Mentor Task Force

Subject:  NASFAA Conference Mentor Task Force 
List:  swasfaaL 
Date:  May 13, 2016 
From:  Mendy Schmerer 
       mendy-schmerer at ouhsc.edu 

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Are you attending the NASFAA Conference in DC in July?  Well, you ought to!  If you are, in addition to the wealth of amazing things we learn at the conference itself, there is another great opportunity for you.

I am privileged to say that I am serving as the Chair of the Conference Mentor Task Force for the 2016 conference in DC.  Conference alum, do you remember attending the NASFAA conference  the first time?  We get comfortable with the faces we see and know at our state events and the SWASFAA conference, but do you remember feeling like a fish out of water that first NASFAA conference?  Even if you'd been an aid administrator for some time?  There were just so many people you didn't know, so many more sessions to attend!

You can help mitigate that feeling for first-time attendees!  This Task Force is looking for volunteers for the steering committee and for "mentors" while at the conference.  Our job is to create opportunities for first-timers to network with one another and with mentors with whom we have paired them.  Not only do we want fellow first-timers to have a chance to meet one another, but also connect with conference veterans, both with the goal that these opportunities create post-conference relationships.  

We all know how valuable we are to one another, that we are our own best resources.  Why not enlarge your network?  Can you know too many people who work at similar schools?  And I know you never run out of questions related to your financial aid management system.  While there is only room on the Steering Committee for one SWASFAA representative, for those of you who want to be involved, a strong SWASFAA contingent of mentors would be amazing.  Taina Savoit, Chair of the National Conference, and Andrew Hammontree, Co-Chair of the National Conference, are proud SWASFAA members.  Let's further strengthen the SWASFAA presence at the NASFAA conference.  You have until next Wednesday, May 18th, to submit your volunteer form.

https://www.nasfaa.org/volunteer_opportunities?##mentor  

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