Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators To: Joseph P Pettibon II President Officers 2010-2011 President Joseph Pettibon Vice President Shannon Crossland President Elect Harold Whitis Past President Carolyn J Jones Treasurer Tia Clary Becky Wilson (elect) Secretary Iroghama Omere Board Members Stephen Brower Mike Carranza Mari Chapa Laurie Coulter Enrique Garcia Debra LaGrone Melet Leafgreen Dana Mingo Ed Turney From Lynn Barnes, Jr Chair, Early Awareness Committee Date: Jan 14, 2011 Subject: Early Awareness Jan 2011 Report The Early Awareness Committee has been primarily working on the rollout of the National Training for Counselors and Mentors (NT4CM) program throughout the state We have successfully secured at least one program in each TEA region Programs began on Nov 15, 2010 and will conclude Feb 11, 2011 Advertizing included email blasts to counselor listservs as well as targeted email campaigns to school district/school contacts on TEAs website Course Date November 15, 2010 November 19, 2010 December 3, 2010 December 3, 2010 December 6, 2010 December 6, 2010 December 6, 2010 December 8, 2010 December 8, 2010 December 8, 2010 December 8, 2010 December 9, 2010 December 09, 2010 December 10, 2010 Location Lee College Amarillo College Angelo State University Cafe College, San Antonio UTPA, Edinburg AM UTPA, Edinburg PM A&M University - Corpus TAMU - Commerce Lubbock Christian University Texas A&M International University LeTourneau University TSTC Waco Cafe College, San Antonio TCU Course Date December 10, 2010 December 13, 2010 December 13, 2010 December 14, 2010 January 12, 2011 January 17, 2011 January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011 January 26, 2011 February 01, 2011 February 02, 2011 February 04, 2011 February 11, 2011 Location Lamar State College Texas A&M University Regional 9, Witchita Falls St Edwards University Abilene Christian University Howard College, Big Spring Austin College El Paso Community College AM El Paso Community College PM University of Houston-Victoria J Frank Dobie High School-Houston Paris Junior College Dallas Community College University of St Thomas-Houston At the conclusion of all the programs, all CEU credit forms will be forwarded to NACAC for processing and all evaluations will have to be analyzed and forwarded to NT4CM All in all, the feedback from the program has been positive The committee will meet later on in the Spring semester via teleconference call to discuss other activities that we could to raise awareness about the services the TASFAA membership provides and how to further promote the financial aid message to the public