Quarterly WASFAA Committee Report
Executive Council Meeting Date
February 29 and March 1, 2012
Executive Council Meeting Location
Suncoast Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Committee Information
Committee Name
Graduate and Professional Issues
Chair(s) (Name, Place of Employment, State)
Mindy Bergeron, Chair, JFK University, Pleasant Hill, CA
Committee Members (Name, Place of
Andy Promsiri, Anderson School of Business, UCLA, CA
Cynthia LaBLue, Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, WA
Jack Edwards, Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA
Josie Melton, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, CA
Kathleen Koch, Seattle University School of Law, WA
Kevin Jensen, College of Western Idaho, ID
LaNae B Herrera, Claremont School of Theology, CA
Lynn Reed, AZ School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine, AZ
Surinder L. Matharu, CSU Northridge, CA
Tami Sato, Southern Calif College of Optometry, Fullerton, CA
Employment, State, note new committee members
with ‘*’)
Committee Goals
Strategic Plan Goals that are being met (check all that apply)
Goal 1: Leader in providing training and professional development
Goal 2: Consolidate and communicate the public policy positions of aid
administrators
Goal 3: Collaborate and coordinate with other organizations and associations
Goal 4: Maintain and enhance the diversity of our membership and Executive
Council
Goal 5: Increase the participation of members in WASFAA activities
Goal 6: Maintain the long-term financial stability of WASFAA
Goal 7: Continually improve methods & processes for communicating with
member’s
Goal 8: Assess & monitor the performance of WASFAA & make strategic
adjustments
1. Contacted volunteers and established GPIC Committee
Specific Committee Goals (include progress
toward goals and measurement of success)
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3.
4.
members from different types of GP areas/disciplines, states
and vendors who work with GP schools and students.
Communicated current issues, proposals, and legislation that
affect GP students through EC reports, listserv messages and
will submit a future newsletter article.
Develop and present sessions at the 2012 WASFAA Annual
Conference that would have a GP Perspective.
Promote needs and issues of GP students and encourage
legislative advocacy for this student population.
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5.
Review and update GPIC resource webpage on WASFAA
website (still need to do)
Summary of Activities
1. Participate in NASFAA GPIC listserv to monitor national concerns
2. Attended GPIC interest sessions at FSA Conference in Las Vegas, NV
3. Sent messages to GPIC Listserve re: current concerns in order to solicit comments &
discussion. Current concerns to monitor –
a. In-school interest subsidies going away on Subsidized DL Loans for GP borrowers
beginning July 1, 2012
b. Verification – how will grad schools handle for students with DL unsubsidized-only
loans?
c. New Gainful Employment Regulations – Has reporting and disclosures had an effect
on graduate certificate programs, if any?
d. Obama’s recent proposals for DL – “special” DL consolidation; Income-Based
Repayment plan
e. Employment Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
4. Will conduct committee conference call within the next week to discuss GP-specific issues.
We have not been able to find the access information (Go-to-Meeting) needed for a
WASFAA conference call.
Budget Information
Approved Budget
-0-
Budget Expenditures to Date
Event Information (complete if applicable per location)
Event Name
Location
Date
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Number
Cost of
Registration
Subtotal
Attendees
Complimentary Registrations (if
applicable – i.e., scholarship recipients)
Add more rows as needed for additional events.
Suggestions for Future Committee
Calendar of Events/Timelines
Date
Committee Member
Responsible (if
Description
applicable)
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