You just parked your car. You sit for a moment, gathering your resolve to enter the building. It’s the first day of classes and you estimate how many times you will hear, “I start school today,” in the next several hours. You enter your office to...
Having wrapped up our 50th Anniversary Conference in Beautiful Breckenridge – we need to give a shout out to Beth Romba and her Conference Committee for all their hard work in making this conference a special one! The weather was perfect and the backdrop of the...
Words cannot express what an honor it was to receive the CAFAA Hall of Fame Award at this year’s annual conference. I want to thank you, the CAFAA Board, and the entire membership for honoring me this way. I love working in financial aid and am...
We all know that people in financial aid love to eat. At least, that’s been true for the places where I have worked. When I worked at UNC we started with “office Tuesday treat day,” then moved on to potlucks. Once that got old, we...
We’re in the home stretch – less than 60 days to go until CAFAA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and 2017 Annual Conference! The Annual Conference Planning Committee has been hard at work over the last few months, making sure we pay attention to every little detail to...
When a student or family reaches out to the Financial Aid Office to schedule an appointment, or wants to talk with a staff member on how they can take care of the remaining balance due for an upcoming year, we are usually encouraged by their...
Welcome to CAFAA’s new website! I have been hard at work these past few months preparing the new website for its debut with our new web servicer, KeyBridge Web based out of Washington, D.C. We, the CAFAA board and committees, are very excited with the...
The Annual Conference Committee would love to include your insight and expertise in the upcoming 2017 CAFAA Conference! Take this golden opportunity to make the 2017 CAFAA Conference shine with brilliant sessions in celebration of CAFAA’s 50th Anniversary, May 3-5, 2017 in Breckenridge, CO. If you...
Work (noun): the labor, task, or duty that is one's accustomed means of livelihood. Work should be taken seriously. But who says we can’t have fun and be productive at the same time? Studies show that incorporating fun in the workplace can lead to enhanced motivation,...
As we get ready for Thanksgiving, I am reminded of what this holiday is about: being thankful! As we enter into the holiday season we are bogged down with the business of planning, prepping, and cleaning to get ready for the big feast…or maybe just...