Raise your hand if you find yourself so overwhelmed with life – the start of the semester, disbursement, dealing with multiple award years, reconciliation, personal obligations, family, etc. – that you forget to take care of yourself? I’m notoriously guilty and often find myself wondering...
If you are like me, then you feel yourself becoming more disconnected from the younger generation every year. After all, I was carrying around a flip phone when I was in school and the availability of Facebook had just arrived at most college campuses. A study...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate with strings of lights and tinsel in every corner of your house, proudly brandishing your ugly Christmas sweater, or … avoid all stores with more than 10 cars in the parking lot, throwing your eggnog latte at the...
Crafting student email communications is a common practice in our profession, however it can be quite challenging. How can you condense complex regulations into something digestible for students? How do you craft an email short enough to maintain the student’s attention? How do you get...
Do you ever feel tired or stagnant at work? Or maybe a little sluggish or brain dead? There have been a good number of studies done on taking breaks from work as it relates to your productivity. If you’re like me, you have a typical...
Did you know that CAFAA provides free training opportunities to members through the Professional Development Committee? If you haven’t had a chance to take advantage of these events, you’re missing out! CAFAA’s Professional Development Committee works to identify the training needs of membership, develops programs,...
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...