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2005 NDASFAA Board
President Robin Holden, University of North Dakota
President-Elect Don Flaherty, Trinity Bible College
Past President Bob Parisien, United Tribes Technical College
Secretary Kristie Paulson, North Dakota State University
Treasurer Ruth Gress, Dickinson State University
Associate at Large MaryAnne Whitman, Education Assistance Corporation

Training
Lake Region State College hosted Fall Decentralized Training and Federal Update Session November 8-9, 2004. Topics focused on student loan issues.

Minot State University is hosting a Department of Education training session March 30, 2005. This year’s topic is FSA Workshop Audits and Program Reviews: Paths for Success.

NDASFAA is sponsoring three board members to the NASFAA Leadership Conference in Washington DC, March 6-8, 2005. Attending from NDASFAA are Robin Holden, President, Don Flaherty, President-Elect, and Kristie Paulson, Secretary.

NDASFAA Conference
Join the Financial Aid Castaways at NDASFAA Island! Minot State University is hosting the 2005 NDASFAA Conference March 31-April 1, 2005.

A “member’s choice” location has been selected for the 2006 NDASFAA Conference. The conference will be hosted by Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Ft. Totten, ND.

Financial Aid Information Sessions
NDASFAA sponsored the second annual “Financial Aid Saturday” events, hosted by several colleges throughout the state during the months of January and February. In addition to these “live” information sessions for students and families, NDSU and UND have produced web-streamed information sessions which are hosted on their websites. There is on-going discussion whether to continue the “live” financial aid sessions or move to web-based information sessions exclusively.

College Goal Sunday
NDASFAA is also actively discussing the possibility of North Dakota becoming a host state for College Goal Sunday.


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