2006 Workshops and Webcasts
December
4
- Default
Prevention workshop - Jackson, MS
How Low Can You Go?
6
- Default
Prevention workshop - Memphis, TN
How Low Can You Go?
7
- Default
Prevention workshop - Baltimore, MD
How Low Can You Go?
November
2
- KASFAA Conference - Wichita, KS
8
- NYSFAA Conference - Lake Placid, NY
October
26
- Default
Prevention workshop - San Juan, PR
How Low Can You Go?
Juan Perez, Regional Vice President, East, presented information on various default prevention topics.
Default Prevention Training
Roles in Default Prevention
Managing Stafford Loans
24
- NYSFAAA - Support Staff
Workshop
Is it You or an Identity Thief?
- Default
Prevention workshop - Kansas City, MO
How Low Can You Go?
Myra Pfannenstiel, Regional Director, presented information on various default prevention topics.
Default Prevention Training
Roles in Default Prevention
Managing Stafford Loans
23
- Default
Prevention workshop - Wichita, KS
How Low Can You Go?
Myra Pfannenstiel, Regional Director, presented information on various default prevention topics.
Default Prevention Training
Roles in Default Prevention
Managing Stafford Loans
19
- SUNYFAP - Long Island,
NY
Create an Award-Winning Money Management Fair
- Default
Prevention workshop - Phoenix, AZ
How Low Can You Go?
Cheryl Kibarian, Regional Director, presented information on various default prevention topics.
Default Prevention Training
Roles in Default Prevention
Managing Stafford Loans
- FASFAA - Pensacola,
FL
Region I Workshop
18
- NeASFAA - Seward, NE
Support Staff Workshop
- SUNYFAP -
Utica, NY
Create an Award-Winning Money Management Fair
13
- Default
Prevention workshop - Long Island, NY
How Low Can You Go?
Anne Barton, Regional Director, presented information on various default prevention topics.
Default Prevention Training
Roles in Default Prevention
Managing Stafford Loans
12
- Default
Prevention workshop - New York City, NY
How Low Can You Go?
Anne Barton, Regional Director, presented information on various default prevention topics.
Default Prevention Training
Roles in Default Prevention
Managing Stafford Loans
8-11
- RMASFAA
Teaching Money Management Skills to Studentws, Parts I & II
September
- Default
Prevention workshop
How Low Can You Go?
Tom Melecki, Vice President of Policy, Research and Education, and representatives from OSI presented information on various default prevention topics.
Default Prevention Training
Roles in Default Prevention
Managing Stafford Loans
August
- CTU Chicago
Your (Credit) Life Story
- NYCOM
Credit/Budget Workshop
- Limestone
College
Is it You or an Identity Thief?
- John Marshall School of
Law
Your (Credit) Life Story; Heads & Tails of Money Management
July
- NASFAA
Your (Credit) Life Story
Sharon Cabeen, Vice President for Financial Literacy, presented information about credit reports—how to get copies, how to read them, and tips about identity protection.
June
- University of Virginia
Your (Credit) Life Story
Mel Stephens presented information about credit reports—how to get copies, how to read them, and tips about identity protection.
- MASFAA
Mark Wiederspan, NSLP Government Relations Representative, provided information on student loan disbursement rules and requirements. Joyce Schaben, FES Client Relations Manager, presented on the fundamentals of leadership.
Disbursements
Leadership
Fundamentals
- Georgia Military College
Mel Stephens presented Heads & Tails of Money Management and Identifying Financially Distressed Students.
May
- Rules of the Student Loan
Road webcast
Tom Melecki, Wendy Olson, and Mark Wiederspan provided information on upcoming changes to FFELP due to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
Watch the webcast
Presentation
- AASFAA
Your Credit Life Story
Sharon Cabeen, Vice President of Financial Literacy, presented information about credit reports -- how to get copies, how to read them, and tips about identity protection.
April
- Federal Update and Loan
Consolidation webcast
Tom Melecki, Vice President of Policy, Research and Education, and Connie Schmidt, Debt Management Director, presented information on loan consolidation and new legislative changes to FFELP.
-
Watch the webcast
Loan Consolidation Made "Simple" - presentation, handouts
Federal Update - presentation
- NCASFAA
The ABC's of NSLDS
Wendy Olson, Senior Policy Analyst for Schools, provided information about NSLDS.
- SCASFAA
A Big Phish Tale - Are You Identity Theft Bait?
Mark Wiederspan, Government Relations Representative, presented information on identity theft and how schools can help their students avoid falling victim.
March
- FFELP Headlines: News You
Need to Know workshops
Tom Melecki and Myra Pfannenstiel presented a variety of topics relevant to financial aid administration in Overland Park and Wichita, Kansas on March 2 & 3.
View the
presentations:
From Our Washington Bureau...
Introduction to NSLP's New Website
Freshman
Financial Literacy: The Inside Story
Introduction to NSLP's Loan Summary
Smart Credit: Choosing Credit Cards Wisely
Introduction
to NSLP's DAAR
Bizarre Stories from the Back Pages
- Money Management
Counseling Website webcast
Connie Schmidt, Debt Management Director, presented information on NSLP's Money Management Counseling website, an interactive online tool that helps students manage their finances and avoid excessive debt.
- Strength in Numbers: Loan Consolidation
and Money Management for Students webcast
Sharon Cabeen and Connie Schmidt presented Heads and Tails of Money Management and Loan Consolidation Made Simple for financial aid professionals in New York.
Heads &
Tails of Money Management
handouts
Loan Consolidation Made Simple handouts
- FFELP Headlines: News You
Need to Know workshops
Diana Oglesby, Kent Wolfe, and Cheryl Kibarian presented a variety of topics relevant to financial aid administration in Phoenix, Arizona on March 16.
View the
presentations:
From Our Washington Bureau...
Introduction to NSLP's New Website
Freshman
Financial Literacy: The Inside Story
Introduction to NSLP's Loan Summary
Smart Credit: Choosing Credit Cards Wisely
Introduction
to NSLP's DAAR
Bizarre Stories from the Back Pages
- Colorado State
University
Wendy Olson, Senior Policy Analyst for Schools, provided several presentations for CSU financial aid staff.
Rules of the Student Loan
Game
Disbursements
FFELP
Highlights of the Deficit Reduction Act
FERPA
ABC's of
NSLDS
- FASFAA Region IV
Workshop
R2T4
Wendy Olson, Senior Policy Analyst for Schools, provided information on Return of Title IV regulations.
February
- FFELP Highlights of the
Deficit Reduction Act
Diana Oglesby, Policy Analyst - Lenders; and Mark Wiederspan, Government Relations Representative, presented how the Deficit Reduction Act affects the student loan industry.
handouts
Download and watch the February 23 webcast.
