[Oasfaa] FW: [swasfaaL] Happy New Year, SWASFAA!

Tue Jan 2 15:32:10 CST 2018

And happy New Year, OASFAA! 

Have you let your SWASFAA membership lapse? If so, 2018 is the year you need to rethink that. The SWASFAA Board has been hard at work in continuing to find ways to remain relevant and beneficial to its members, and I am confident that Shannon, SWASFAA's 2018 President, is going to continue that momentum. Personally speaking, I can vouch for the enormous positive impact my SWASFAA involvement has had.

Hope your year is already off to a great start!

Mendy Schmerer, M.Ed.
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/ 

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From: SwasfaaL [mailto:swasfaal-bounces at swasfaa.org] On Behalf Of swasfaal at swasfaa.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 7:50 AM
To: swasfaal at swasfaa.org
Subject: [swasfaaL] Happy New Year, SWASFAA!

Subject:  Happy New Year, SWASFAA! 
List:  swasfaaL
Date:  January 2, 2018
From:  Shannon Crossland 
       shannon.crossland at ttu.edu 

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SWASFAA Friends,

Happy New Year!  

As I started planning for the journey to Little Rock, while trying to go through each state, I had in my mind that I had to start in Lubbock, TX.  With the help of some colleagues questioning why I was not starting in New Mexico and heading east, it occurred to me that the starting place would be Las Cruces, NM.  

Why Las Cruces, you wonder?  New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces was the first university I visited as a young girl.  I was born in Roy, NM, and my sister went to NMSU.  It was 1974 - I remember being so excited to go see my big sister at college.  Compared to Roy, Las Cruces was the size of New York City.  I was in the big city at a big university and bonus  I got to spend the night in the dorm with my big sister and her suitemates.  They put my hair in curlers, covered me in make-up and perfume and let me play dress-up in their college clothes.  This was the life!  I remember thinking  I need to grow my hair long so I can roll it up in coke cans like the girls did in the dorms.  

I never did roll my hair with coke cans, but I was determined that I would go to college.  Where did your journey begin?  

SWASFAA Journey to Little Rock  Path to Relevance
1,370 miles through the five states that are the make-up of SWASFAA New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas Run, Walk, Bike, Dance, Shake, Rattle or Roll Please join me on this fun journey.  Track your miles/steps/activities. 
 Along our journey, we will incorporate Quick Talks  an opportunity for membership to let us know what is going on in their states and at their schools.

Your SWASFAA Board, committee chairs, and volunteers are getting organized and setting goals for the next year. I look forward to working with each and every one of them this coming year.

I personally invite each of you to volunteer. People volunteer for various reasons  learning a new skill, stepping out of their comfort zones, or making a difference in someones life. Volunteerism also creates memories and lifelong friendships. Complete this online form, located on the SWASFAA webpage, and let SWASFAA know your interests.

The mission of SWASFAA is to enhance the professional development of financial aid administrators within the five state region of the southwest, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The SWASFAA Board will work closely with the SWASFAA committees and membership encouraging member participation and promoting volunteerism.

SWASFAA will focus on our future while maintaining the traditions and values SWASFAA was formed on  professional growth and development, collaboration, inclusiveness, advocacy, integrity, ethics, leadership, access and equity. SWASFAA will focus on relevance - who we are, why we were formed, assess our strengths, and address our weaknesses.

Our conference and boot camp will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas November 5-9, 2018, at the Doubletree Little Rock. We will also be celebrating SWASFAAs 55th year!

Thank you for the honor to serve as President of SWASFAA. Thank you to my family and my Texas Tech University Financial Aid & Scholarships family for their love and tremendous support. I love SWASFAA, I believe in SWASFAA, and will do my best to represent the SWASFAA membership.

Stay tuned to blog updates about our journey.  

Sincerely,

Shannon L. Crossland
2018 SWASFAA President
Texas Tech University

Click the link to view the attachment 

Attachment 1:  Journey to Little Rock Map https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.swasfaa.org_ListLock_JVDXTx4t7Lgn678J.jpg&d=DwIBaQ&c=VjzId-SM5S6aVB_cCGQ0d3uo9UfKByQ3sI6Audoy6dY&r=Jq3xh6v4hctMZ8-WfGI7l1KQkk2y_HMT2GFL5zfHaho&m=PYvUbnTiCXS0iblddHGj16WMvSkp7QZ78DQd8kpCfyA&s=yrAOYAIXiIlbUiI0YdQnjthjl0Z2EsINNJ-WY6alcoM&e= 

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