Industry News

NSC Acquires Meteor Network

DL Transfer Update

Do You Know?

ED Clarifies Default Definition

NSLDS Enhancements

Perkins Loan Program Authorization

Common Manual Update

Scholarships and Other Aid Opportunities


People News

Tony Lehrling was recently named the Director of Financial Aid at Southeastern Oklahoma State University after serving as interim director. He is an SEOSU graduate and previously served as academic coordinator for Upward Bound math-science in the TRiO program. In that capacity, Lehrling was active in the Oklahoma Division of Student Assistance, serving as state treasurer and public relations coordinator.

Julie Imotichey has been named the Operations Coordinator at SEOSU. She gained her financial aid experience in prior roles at Murray State College and the University of Tulsa. Congratulations, Julie!


Event Calendar

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2010-11 State System Academic Calendar


Weekly
Nelnet's Webinar Wednesday

March 31
OASFAA Support Staff Training
Norman

April 6 - 7
2011 Regulatory Update
Oklahoma City

April 8
2009 Cohort Default Draft Rate Challenge Period Closes

April 13 - 15
OASFAA Conference
Tulsa



NT4CM-ing Across Oklahoma

NT4CM?

Pop quiz: Do you know what NT4CM stands for?

>> NT4CM stands for…



Let's Talk Cohort Default Rates

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OGSLP's Default Prevention Manager, Wayne Sparks and Metro Tech's Financial Aid Director, Rosalind Martin discuss proven techniques for building a custom default management plan and improving cohort default rates.


>> Read more about managing your cohort default rate




It’s FAFSA Time Again – Are You Ready?

FAFSA logoIt’s that time of year again. Yep, we’re talking about FAFSA time.

>> Learn about our new and improved FAFSA workshop tools




OASFAA Rocks!

2011 OASFAA Conference Logo - April 13 to 15, Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa, OKWhat’s more fun in April than submitting your tax return? (Actually, what’s a lot more fun than that?) Attending OASFAA’s Spring Conference!

>> Get the scoop about the rockin' sessions for this year's OASFAA conference




OGSLP’s PUT Loan Processing

We understand the challenges you face when managing PUT loan volume. That’s why our processing system has been enhanced to “unput” loans submitted to ED that didn’t meet their specific criteria.

>> Read more about our PUT loan processing system enhancements and tools




FSA COACH Update

On Feb. 16, ED announced that FSA Coach has been fully updated for the 2010-2011 award year and that courses are available on the IFAP website. FSA Coach for U.S. schools has 37 lessons and more than 40 hours of instruction on federal aid administration.

If you have comments or questions about FSA Coach, contact ED at fsa.coach@ed.gov.