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2006
National PowerFAIDS User Conference Sessions
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Algorithms for the
Beginner
Location: 4th Floor Grand Level, Fifth Avenue Room (map)
Want to
know what algorithms are about and how you can use them?
Come to this session to learn about the different types of
algorithms, how you can use them, and why you should be
using this fantastic PowerFAIDS feature. To get the most out
of this session, be sure to bring an idea or two about algos
you would like to write in your database (examples include
coding an SEOG award for half of a student’s Pell award,
creating scholarship ranges based on a student’s GPA range,
or multiplying the tuition rate times the student’s number
of credits). This will help you begin to see how this
feature can change how you use PowerFAIDS.
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Presenter:
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Valerie Mockus, PowerFAIDS Consultant, Apple Pi Consulting
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Presenter:
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Myra Smith, Executive Director,
Financial Aid Services,
The
College Board
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Presenter:
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William A. Cox, Deputy Director for
Grants, Outreach, and
Training, North
Carolina State Education Assistance
Authority
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Presenter:
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Department of Education Staff
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Everyone Needs a Whack on the Side of the Head
Location: 4th Floor Grand Level, Fifth Avenue Room (map)
When faced with a problem at work, how do you find creative
solutions? In this session you’ll get a “whack on the side
of the head” in an effort to generate new approaches. Using
Roger van Oech’s “Creative Whack Pack” as a jumping-off
point, we will examine your real life work dilemmas. Bring
an example of a thorny problem you are having at work, and
together let’s look at it creatively.
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Presenter:
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Daniel Barkowitz, Director of Financial
Aid, Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
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Presenter:
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Myra Smith, Executive Director,
Financial Aid Services,
The
College Board
Anne Sturtevant, Director, Financial
Aid Services, The College
Board
Linda Peckham, PROFILE Training and
User Support, The College Board
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Exporting Custom Reports to External Systems
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
Custom Reports can be used to export data to external
systems where you can make your reports fancy, manipulate
the data, share information with other offices, or even
import newly-configured information back into PowerFAIDS.
This session will demonstrate ways you can utilize the
export function in Report Writer.
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Presenter:
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William A. Cox, Deputy Director for
Grants, Outreach, and
Training, North
Carolina State Education Assistance
Authority
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Financial Aid Services Update (IDOC, PROFILE, FAST)
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade I Ballroom (map)
During the Financial Aid Services update we will review
planned enhancements to PROFILE, Noncustodial PROFILE (NCP),
and IDOC for the 2007-2008 academic year. This session will
provide detailed information about the enhanced
customization of the PROFILE effective October and how this
new adaptive PROFILE will function with PowerFAIDS. We will
review the data received thus far from the INAS options
survey and discuss new options for 2007-08. We will review
the outcome of the electronic notification feature in IDOC,
update you on IDOC usage, and introduce several new IDOC
features.
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Presenter:
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Myra Smith, Executive Director,
Financial Aid Services,
The
College Board
Susan McCrackin, Director of Financial
Aid Services
Requirements,
The College Board
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Going with the Flows: Preparing for your Transition to New
PowerFAIDS
Location: 4th Floor Grand Level, Fifth Avenue Room (map)
Come learn about the steps your institution needs to take to
make your transition to New PowerFAIDS a success. From
defining security groups to preparing your letters to
planning training, this session will show how you can start
your transition well in advance of your actual planned
conversion date. The first part of this session will focus
on planning for implementation and what you can do in your
Classic database to make the process a smooth one. The
second part of this session will focus on the conversion of
your database and what to expect in the new environment, and
how to keep staff moving forward using the New PowerFAIDS.
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Presenter:
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Michael J. Bennett, Financial Aid
Director, Brookdale Community
College
Nick Zinser, Associate Director for
Financial Services Systems,
Northeastern University
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Help! I have a question
Location: Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
Ever wonder where to go to get information quickly? In
this session, you will discover all of the PowerFAIDS
resources available to you. Come find where to go to answer
to your questions. Learn how to navigate the website, read
and search the user guide, and what to communicate when you
call for technical support.
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Presenter:
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Julia Brand, Documentation Specialist
The College Board
Jane Truxess, Senior Digital Media
Specialist,
The College Board
Jessica Findley, User Support
Specialist,
The College Board
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Hints, Tips, Shortcuts, and Tricks
Location: 4th Floor Grand Level, Fifth Avenue Room (map)
You know where it was, but where is it now? Do you ever
wonder if there was a way to do things more efficiently?
Discover the easier navigation of the new screen layouts and
new keystroke and mouse shortcuts. Join us for this
interactive session to learn these and other tips on using
New PowerFAIDS faster and more effectively.
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Presenter:
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Kelly Buszinski, Training and
Development Specialist,
The
College Board
Barbara Weber, Senior Software
Training and Professional
Services Specialist,
The College Board
Carri DiOnne, Software Products
Analyst,
The College Board
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How PowerFAIDS Net Partner Can Help You and Your Students
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
This session covers the issues you need to consider when
setting up PowerFAIDS Net Partner. There will be suggestions
on how to efficiently setup Net Partner to enhance the
services you provide to your students. This session will
also cover recent updates to Net Partner that you may want
to consider implementing.
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Presenter:
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Carey Hunter, Assistant Director, Administrative Systems, Berry
College
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How to Install and Activate the New PowerFAIDS
Scheduler Service for Information Technology Staff
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
The PowerFAIDS Scheduler module is a great tool you can use
to automate campus data delivery into and reporting out of
PowerFAIDS. Attend this session to learn about the system
requirements, installation and activation of the Scheduler
service. We will cover all the technical aspects of set up
and configuration that will interest IT staff.
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Presenter:
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Dana Mikelson, Director, Technical Strategy and Professional
Services,
The College Board
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Identifying Low-income Families - Going Beyond the AGI
Location: Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Are you having difficulty identifying truly low income
students in order to award your institutional financial aid
funds equitably? When you review parents' tax returns, are
you surprised about hidden family resources that aren't
apparent on the student's FAFSA? This session will explore
tools that can be used to better identify low income
students earlier in the application cycle. We will look at
the data collected on the College Board's PROFILE
Application, review how PROFILE fee waivers are awarded,
discuss why you might want to collect data from noncustodial
parents , and review on-going efforts to simplify the aid
application for the lowest-income students.
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Presenter:
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Myra Baas Smith, Executive Director, Financial Aid Services,
The College Board
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Introduction to Communications
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade I Ballroom (map)
Thanks to an enhanced integration with Microsoft Word, you
can customize your student communications, generate e-mail
and print from within PowerFAIDS. This introductory session
covers the terminology, parameter set ups, template creation
and editing, and how to create single and batch
communications to your students. In this session, you’ll get
everything you need to begin crafting elegant letters and
effective emails in New
PowerFAIDS.
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Presenter:
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Barbara Weber, Senior Software
Training and Professional
Services Specialist,
The College Board
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Jenzabar Update
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade I Ballroom (map)
This session will provide an update on Jenzabar
activities related to financial aid, and an opportunity for
users to meet and discuss common issues and experiences with
PowerFAIDS. Jenzabar associates will be on hand to answer
your questions.
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Presenter:
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Jenzabar Staff
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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep Those Terms a Rolling...
Additional handout
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade I Ballroom (map)
As more schools adopt accelerated and modular programs, BBAY
is becoming the norm. Learn how non–traditional institutions
manage their workflow in an environment where academic years
overlap. Discover ways to track and process when multiple
start dates exist, discuss creative student budget solutions
to minimize over awards and set loan disbursement rules when
one semester exists in two PowerFAIDS years.
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Presenter:
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Teresa Drzewiecki, Director of
Financial
Aid, Walden University
Anita Gaskin, Financial Aid Computer Specialist, Thomas M. Cooley Law
School
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Presenter:
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Nick Zinser, Associate Director for
Financial Services Systems,
Northeastern University
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Security in New PowerFAIDS for the
Financial Aid Administrator
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade I Ballroom (map)
Security in New PowerFAIDS allows you to better control
access to features of the software for your staff, and makes
it easier for the them to be grouped together by access
level. This session will show you how to take a list of your
staff from Classic PowerFAIDS and translate that into
security groups in New PowerFAIDS. We will cover initial
setup, maintenance, and how to use the Permission Matrix to
audit different security groups.
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Presenter:
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Nick Zinser, Associate Director for
Financial Services Systems,
Northeastern University
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Selection Set
Savvy
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
Come to this session to learn more about selection sets and
how they work. We will discuss a few guiding principles
which will make sure all of your selection sets are the best
they can be!
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Presenter:
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Valerie Mockus, PowerFAIDS Consultant, Apple Pi Consulting
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SunGard/SCT Update
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
This session provides an update on PowerCAMPUS
activities related to financial aid, and an opportunity for
you to meet other users and discuss common issues and
experiences with PowerFAIDS. PowerCAMPUS associates will be
on hand to answer your questions.
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Presenter:
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SunGard/SCT Staff
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Technical Session - Understanding the Architecture of the
New PowerFAIDS
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
Attend this session to learn about the underlying technology
behind New PowerFAIDS. We will discuss changes to the
database to support the new product, cover the transition
process, and provide information about specific topics such
as Golden User, Security, technical requirements for the
Scheduler module and other features.
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Presenter:
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Dana Mikelson, Director, Technical
Strategy and Professional
Services,
The College Board
Edward Murphy, Senior Technical
Specialist, Financial Aid
Products,
The College Board
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Tips and Tricks with Communications
Location: 4th Floor Grand Level, Fifth Avenue Room (map)
Tired of boring award letters? Bored with tired missing item
letters? Want more options for communicating with students?
This session is for you. Come learn how to use PowerFAIDS
and the advanced features of Microsoft Word to create custom
communications. We’ll also review communication basics. For
those who have already made their communications slick
through Word, please join us and bring along some examples
to share.
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Presenter:
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Anthony Erwin, Associate Director,
Student Aid and Finance,
Stonehill College
Carri DiOnne, Software Products
Analyst,
The College Board
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Tracking Work Study and Scholarships in PowerFAIDS
Location: 2nd Floor Mezzanine Level, Cascade II Ballroom
(map)
Third party modules are a great way to capture more value
from your PowerFAIDS software. Is scholarship administration
a burden on the office? PowerFAIDS users will reveal how the
ScholarX software module can move application processing,
committee reading, and scholarship matching online. If your
student employment program is draining administrative
resources, let fellow PowerFAIDS users show you how they
streamlined their student employment programs through the
integration of JobX and TimesheetX software modules with
PowerFAIDS.
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Presenter:
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Chad Billmyer, Nelnet, JobX /
TimesheetX / ScholarX
Tony Erwin, Associate Director of
Student Aid and Finance,
Stonehill College
Michael Szkotak, Director of Financial
Aid, California Institute of Integral
Studies
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Trends in Student Aid
Location: Washington State Convention & Trade Center
This session will examine findings from the College
Board's most recent "Trends in Student Aid" and review the
current patterns of funding for students. After looking at
the research findings, choices for financing the unmet needs
of students will be explored, including new alternative loan
options.
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Presenter:
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Kathleen Little, Senior Executive
Director, Financial Aid
Programs and Services,
The College Board
Cynthia Bailey, Executive Director,
Education Finance Services,
The College Board |
Dates - July
3-4, 2006