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Financial Aid Advisory Committee Meeting

September 12, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 2:30 pm

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Agenda-09-12-2024

  1. Welcome, Introductions and Overview of Meeting Etiquette – Cecelia Jones, Chair
  2. Consideration of Approval of Minutes from June 6, 2024, FAAC meeting – Cecelia Jones, Chair
  3. Update: New FAAC Members-Cecelia Jones, Chair
  4. Update: Prior FAAC Business-Leah Smalley, Senior Policy Director, THECB
  5. Update: External Relations – John Wyatt, Senior Director, THECB
  6. Discussion: Financial Aid Priority Application Date-Charles Contero-Puls, Assistant Commissioner, THECB
  7. Presentation: Loan Repayment Programs- Maria Serna, Manager II Loan Repayment Programs, THECB
  8. Update: Texas Association for State Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA) – Denise Welch, TASFAA President
  9. Update: Financial Aid Operations Subcommittee – Beth Tolan, Data Collection Subcommittee Chair
  10. Update: High School District – Lisa Schoenbrun, El Paso ISD, Erica Ramos, Pharr- San Juan-Alamo ISD, and Sandra Moore, Amarillo ISD
  11. Presentation: The Psychology of Borrowing-Melet Leafgreen, Past Chair and Lindsay Partridge, Sr. Debt Management Advisor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
  12. Update: TASFA Subcommittee – Heather Fountain, TASFA Subcommittee Chair
  13. Update: Legislative Subcommittee – Scott Lapinski, Legislative Subcommittee Chair
  14. Presentation: Bringing Trauma-Informed Practices to Financial Aid Office-Christina Tangalakis, Interim Director, Wake Forest University
  15. Update: Office of Student Financial Aid Programs – DeChà Reid, Director III, THECB and Leah Smalley, Senior Policy Director, THECB
  16. Discussion Topic: Bridge the GAPS (Goals, Achievements, Progress and Solutions)- Committee Members
  17. Future Meetings/Reminders/Topic Recommendations for future meetings – Cecelia Jones, Chair
  18. Adjournment – Cecelia Jones, Chair

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Meeting Minutes

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Date:
September 12, 2024
Time:
9:30 am - 2:30 pm
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Virtual