As part of the Association News Committee for RMASFAA, we are highlighting our current committee chairs and state presidents. In each “RMASFAA Exchange” we will invite four or five of them to be “In the Spotlight” and give you the opportunity to better know these dedicated and hard-working volunteers.

Hello, my name is Laurie “Reh” Jaskolski. I am the RMASFAA 2005 Conference chair. I am the Assistant Director of Outreach in the Financial Aid Office for the University of Wyoming. My primary job is to assist the students that are off campus, online or dually enrolled. I first stepped foot on the University of Wyoming’s steps as a student in August 1987. I received my bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology in 1994. I then took a year off because I was tired of being a poor, broke college student. I was accepted into the University of Wisconsin, Madison. So, I moved to Wisconsin in August 1995. Everything that could go wrong did. I moved back in December 1995. I have been in Laramie ever since.

I started in financial aid in 1994 working for Wyoming Technical Institute. I was a loan processor for a year. When I returned to Wyo Tech, I went into Perkins Loan Default prevention as a loan collector. Fun job, huh? I was at Wyo Tech for 6 years. Then I moved over to the University of Wyoming in August 2000. So, I have been in the financial aid business for 11 years – is there a degree for that?

I am married to husband Mike and have 2 beautiful children, Ryan Marie, age 12 and Michael, 9 months. A new baby – what a change that has been, but definitely for the better! My daughter has been a huge help since my son was born and I don’t know what I would have done without her after my husband’s car accident in November. He will be able to work soon, so our lives can get back to some kind of normal. I never knew how truly lucky I am.