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Dear Colleagues and OASFAA Members,</div>
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I hope you are doing well! As we prepare for the upcoming <b>OACRAO Super Conference</b> (<a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-end="365" data-start="329" rel="noopener" title="https://www.oacrao.org" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA85d05456-5947-bbf1-aa49-d5f4ac6461bd" href="https://www.oacrao.org/">oacrao.org</a>),
there’s a great opportunity to highlight the vital work of <b>Financial Aid</b>—not just within our own offices, but across campus partnerships.</div>
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We’re looking for <b>session proposals</b> that can help others better understand, support, and collaborate with financial aid. If you’ve got insights or ideas to share, we’d love for you to submit a session proposal by
<b>this Friday, August 1</b>.</div>
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🔗 <b>Submit your proposal here:</b></div>
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Here are a few session ideas we’d love to see, but feel free to suggest your own (<b>please feel free to reach back out to me with any questions you may have -
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slatorraca@okwu.edu</a>)</b>:</div>
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<div style="margin: 1em 0px;" role="presentation"><b>Professional Judgment</b>: Helping other college departments understand what is possible within the bounds of federal aid.</div>
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<div style="margin: 1em 0px;" role="presentation"><b>SAP Appeals</b>: Balancing compliance with compassion to better serve students.</div>
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<div style="margin: 1em 0px;" role="presentation"><b>Overview of Financial Aid Programs</b>: A foundational walkthrough using tools like NASFAA slides to bring clarity to other departments.</div>
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<div style="margin: 1em 0px;" role="presentation"><b>Creating a Default Prevention Plan with Measurable Outcomes</b>: With loans entering repayment and CDRs around the corner, what are aid offices doing—and how can others join the effort?</div>
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<div style="margin: 1em 0px;" role="presentation"><b>Net Price Calculators & Cost Transparency</b>: Equipping students and families with a clearer understanding of what college really costs.</div>
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Let’s take this opportunity to share what we know, support one another, and help other offices see just how strategic and student-focused our work really is.</div>
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Thanks for considering—and please don’t wait! <b>Proposals are due by Friday, August 1.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 14px; color: black;"><b>SHALA J. LATORRACA, M.MIN.,
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FAAC®</a></b></span></p>
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<b>TRAINING CHAIR for OASFAA for 25-26</b></div>
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Jenzabar Financial Aid Director</a> </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11px;">P: 918.335.6260
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