The Minnesota Association
of Financial Aid Administrators
Ruby History
of the
Minnesota Association
of
Financial Aid
Administrators
Sister Anne Elise Tschida
MAFAA 1978-1979 PRESIDENT
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President Bruce Gray
Gustavus Adolphus College
Vietnam War
Established MAFAA
May 3, 1968
College of St. Catherine
Registration/Lunch $1.55
Banking community very
involved at first meeting,
but not given regular
membership as is true
today
MASFAA in Peoria, Illinois
16 from MN attended
Martin Luther King and
Robert Kennedy
assassinated
Violence at Democratic
National Convention
Richard Nixon elected
president
Film : “The Graduate”
Music: “Bookends”
by Simon & Garfunkel
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Robert Matuska
Mankato State College
Richard Nixon sworn in
as president
88 active members representing 60
schools and 23 associate members
Fall Conference
Oct 6-7, Curtis Hotel
580 Minnesota lenders
Average loan $1028
Five MAFAA Committees:
Nominations
Minnesota Bankers Assn. Liaison
High School Relations
Legislative
Research
17 MAFAA members attend
MASFAA
Neil Armstrong became
first person to set foot on
the moon
Film: “Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid”
Music: Woodstock
attended by 500,000+
TV: “Sesame Street”
premiere
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Robert Matuska
Mankato State College
NATIONAL EVENTS
First Earth Day celebrated
No Fall Conference
Apollo 13 Mission
Spring Conference
April 28-29
Ambassador Hotel
St. Louis Park
IBM introduced the floppy disc
89 members attended
representing 69 schools
AVTI’s included
Professional Development
Committee added
Bar codes first used
Film: “M*A*S*H”
“Midnight Cowboy”
Music: Final days of The Beatles
Media” Comic strip
“Doonesbury” began
MAFAA HISTORY
President
David H. Anderson
Moorhead State College
NATIONAL EVENTS
26th Amendment ratified
lowering voting age to 18
Astronauts first drove a
lunar rover on the surface
of the moon
111 members
93 male, 18 female
Deadline for withdrawal
of troops from Vietnam
announced
Dues were $1.00
Balance in treasury:
$277.07
Intel’s first microprocessor
developed
Published first directory
Film: “Dirty Harry”
Music: The Carpenters
TV: “All in the Family”
Walt Disney World opened in
Orlando
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Robert E. Frazey
Bemidji State College
Dept. of Defense began
using Electronic mail
Private Vocational
Schools welcomed
into MAFAA
Spring conference
fee: $7.00
Fall Training $22.00
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Higher Education
Act of 1972
Created the BEOG
and SSIG
Renamed the
National Defense
Student Loan to
National Direct
Student Loan
EOG renamed
Supplemental
Education
Opportunity Grant
Nixon visited China
Atari introduced
“PONG” and other
video games
Film: “The Godfather”
TV: “The Price Is Right”
Music: “I Am Woman”
by Helen Reddy
MAFAA HISTORY
President
James Hausman
Concordia College,
Moorhead
Fall meeting theme was
“The Financial Aid
Administrator: Manager”
Financial Aid Officers
assisted the HECB in
making awards
ACT became need analysis
processor for state awards;
initial program rules had
designated CSS as the
servicer
NATIONAL EVENTS
Film: “The Sting”
Music: Elvis’s concert
in Hawaii,
“Dark Side of the Moon”
by Pink Floyd released
TV: Mary Tyler Moore Show
Sports: Billy Jean King over
Bobby Riggs in “Battle of
the Sexes”
Vietnam peace pacts
signed in Paris
End to military draft
Watergate scandal
dominated media
Vice President Agnew
resigns; Gerald Ford
appointed Vice President
Occupation of
Wounded Knee, SD
by members of the
American Indian
Movement (AIM)
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Thomas Levig
Mesabi Junior College
Spring conference
theme: “Enjoyment as
Well as Gaining
Knowledge”
Spring conference met in
conjunction with high
school counselors
meeting
Planning began for
hosting the first MASFAA
conference in Minnesota
NATIONAL EVENTS
Patty Hearst kidnapped
President Nixon resigned
Gerald R. Ford sworn in as
38th U.S. President
Mia Farrow on the first cover
of “People”
Film: “Blazing Saddles”
Music: “Waterloo” by ABBA
Sports: Vikings second
Superbowl appearance
MAFAA HISTORY
President
John Schullo
Bemidji State College
Minnesota hosted MASFAA
Dick Battig chaired and all
MAFAA past presidents served
on the committee
First audits/visits conducted
by Jo Ferguson, Region V
State Presidents were part of
the Regional Review Panel
in Chicago
Co-sponsored first high school
counselors workshop with
MHECC (Minnesota Higher
Education Coordinating
Commission)
NATIONAL EVENTS
Vietnam War ended with the fall of
Saigon; mass evacuation of
refugees, many of whom will
eventually settle in Minnesota
Jimmy Hoffa disappeared
Microsoft founded by Bill Gates
TV: “Saturday Night Live” began
with George Carlin as first host;
“Wheel of Fortune” also premiered
Music: “I Honestly Love You” by
Olivia Newton-John
Sports: Vikings third Superbowl
appearance (and third loss);
Ali defeats Frazier in the
“Thrilla in Manila”
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Donald L. Johnson
Anoka Ramsey
Junior College
Maximum Pell was 1400
February 1 deadline for
state grant
National Association
formulated ethics
statement
NATIONAL EVENTS
U.S. Bicentennial
Celebration on July 4th
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Higher Education
Amendments of 1976
Reauthorized Title IV
programs
Created student
Certification
consumer information
Education
requirements
Experience
Professional membership
Authorized processing
of need analysis data
by Multiple Data Entry
Processors (MDEs)
Apple Computer company
formed
Jimmy Carter elected
president
Film: “Rocky”
Music: Eagles release
“Hotel California”
Sports: Dorothy Hamill
figure skating gold
medalist in Winter
Olympics
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Jon A. Griepentrog
Willmar AVTI
First test flights of the
space shuttle Enterprise
First MAFAA
budget for a
newsletter
143 members
Applicants must
have valid SER
(Student Eligibility
Report) now SAR
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Technical Amendments
to Higher Education
Act of 1976
Food Stamp Act of 1977
created modern food
stamp program
Successful TCP/IP tests
laid groundwork for the
Internet
Film: “Star Wars”,
“Saturday Night Fever”
TV: Mini-series “Roots”
Music: Fleetwood Mac
released “Rumours”
Sports: Vikings appear in
fourth Superbowl (don’t ask)
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Sister Anne Elise Tschida
College of St. Catherine
First test tube baby born
in Great Britain
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
First winter conference held
at St. Thomas
Spring Conference at
Arrowwood, Alexandria
Gubernatorial
candidates Quie and
Perpich in attendance
Implementation of
certification process for aid
administrators
Middle Income
Student Assistance
Act (MISAA):
Appropriated
additional dollars to
existing aid programs
Expanded BEOG
eligibility to include
middle-and uppermiddle income
families
Removed income
ceiling on the GSL
program
Death of Hubert H.
Humphrey
President Carter
convened meetings with
Israeli and Egyptian
leaders at Camp David
Film: “The Deer Hunter,”
“Superman,” “Grease”
Music: Bee Gees
TV: Dallas
First appearance of the
comic strip “Garfield”
Frank Loncorich
MAFAA 1982-1983 PRESIDENT
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Richard Battig
College of Saint Benedict
MAFAA sponsored National
Institute of Financial Aid
Management for all fifty
states
Symposium for aid
administrators, college
presidents, and legislators
First Spring Conference at
Maddens, Brainerd
MAFAA/MHECB Advisory
Board
NATIONAL EVENTS
Three Mile Island partial meltdown
Iran Hostage Crisis: 90 hostages
including 53 Americans held in
Tehran
Philips demonstrated the Compact
Disc (CD) for the first time
Film: “Apocalypse Now,”
“Kramer vs. Kramer,”
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture”
Music: Michael Jackson’s solo
album “Off The Wall” released
TV: ESPN launched
NATIONAL EVENTS
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Orlo Austin
University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Gov. Quie froze travel
and hiring; many
attended conference
on personal funds
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Higher Education
Reauthorization
Renamed Basic
Educational Opportunity
Grant Program to Pell
Grant
Created PLUS program,
which allowed middleincome parents to
borrow with no income
restrictions (up to $3,000
per year per dependent)
Ronald Reagan elected 40th
U.S. President
Eruption of Mount St. Helens
John Lennon shot and killed
Sports: “Miracle on Ice” U.S.
Hockey team defeats USSR in
winter Olympics;
U.S. boycotts summer
Olympics in Moscow
Music: “Call Me” by Blondie
TV: CNN launched, “Magnum
PI” and “The Jeffersons” top
Nielson ratings
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Gordon J. Trisko
Rochester Community College
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Sandra Day O’Connor
becomes first female
Supreme Court Justice
Concentrated on state
issues; NASFAA can deal
with federal
Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act
(OBRA)
Prince Charles weds Lady
Diana Spencer
42 MAFAA members
officially “certified” last year of certification
NDSL interest rate
increased from
4% to 5%
President’s Award
established
GSL - Need needs test
required for incomes
above $30,000
Film: “Raiders of the Lost
Ark,” “On Golden Pond”
Music: “Sailing”by
Christopher Cross
TV: MTV network
launched
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Frank E. Loncorich
St. Cloud State University
MASFAA Summer
Institute at St. Olaf
$200.00
MASFAA Conference
in St. Paul 514
attended
Paul Aasen received
the “chicken”
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Selective Service
Registration imposed
Pell increased from
$1614 to $1800
PLUS interest dropped
from 14% to 12%
SFA Technical
Amendments
established
independent
eligibility criteria
Commodore 64 home
computer introduced
Film: “E.T.,” “Gandhi,”
“Sophie’s Choice”
TV: “Family Ties,” “Cheers,”
“Late Show with David
Letterman” debut
Music: “Thriller” by Michael
Jackson
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Paul G. Aasen
Gustavus Adolphus College
First Executive Council Retreat
at Gustavus Adolphus
Adopted shared responsibility for
state grant
Major discussions about MHECB’s
delivery system and sector aid
distribution
MAFAA President testified before
education sub committee
By-laws reviewed for a change to
elected officer’s employment
NATIONAL EVENTS
Population: 233,791,994
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $20,885
Space Shuttle Challenger
astronaut Sally Ride became
the first U.S. woman in outer
space
Film: “Terms of Endearment”
Music: “1999” by Prince
TV: “The A Team”
Sports - Wimbledon champs:
Women - Martina Navratilova
Men - John McEnroe
MAFAA HISTORY
President
R. Blake Crosby
University of Minnesota,
Crookston
SELF loan program
originated; $60
million in bonds to
start program;
interest rate was
9.25%
President-elect no
longer responsible
for chairing
conferences
Winter conference
fee: $55
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Validation was
replaced with
verification
Selective Service
verification
$819 million Pell
shortfall
Minnesota’s Walter
Mondale defeated in run
for U.S. presidency
Apple’s Macintosh
introduced
Film: “Amadeus,” “Back to
the Future”
TV: “The Cosby Show,”
“Miami Vice”
Music: “Born in the USA” by
Bruce Springsteen, “Frankie
Goes To Hollywood”
Sports: Los Angeles hosts
the Olympic Games
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Michael R. White
St. John’s University
MAFAA becomes tax
exempt and
incorporated 501c3
MAFAA Lender
committee formed
Established committee
of the year award
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Consolidated
Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act
(COBRA)
Multiple
disbursements
required for GSL
Students in default
not eligible for Title
IV aid
“New Coke” introduced
and failed; “Classic Coke”
created
Film: “Out of Africa”
Music: “What’s Love Got
To Do With It?” by Tina
Turner,
Madonna’s “Like a
Virgin” tour
TV: Discovery Channel
launched
Video: Tetris released
NATIONAL
EVENTS
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Gary Ness
Normandale Community
College
Decentralized delivery
of state grant
Printed 15,000
brochures entitled
“Student Financial Aid
Fact Sheet”
Frank Loncorich was
the sole financial aid
officer on Gov.
Perpich’s Task Force to
look at delivery of funds
MAFAA Constitution
changed establishing
two year terms for
secretary and treasurer
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
January 20 – first observance
of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Higher Education Amendments:
Space shuttle “Challenger”
exploded killing 6
NDSL renamed Perkins
Created Supplemental Loan to
Students (SLS)
Film: “Top Gun”
Music: “We Are The World”
recording for relief in Africa
Credit bureau reporting required
for all lenders and guarantors
Schools required to determine
student’s Pell Grant eligibility
before certifying a GSL application
Guarantors required to ensure
availability of Lender-of-LastResort
Professional Judgment given
Defined guidelines for SAP and
ATB
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Robert I. Misenko
University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
MAFAA logo has names
of sectors on it
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Amendments clarified
30% option for verification
Bob Matuska becomes
Director of HEAF for
Minnesota region
Prozac introduced in U.S.
Bill Gates becomes a
Higher Education Technical billionaire
Professional Judgment
guidelines established by Independent student
definition
MAFAA
MHECB does film
“Nobody’s Default But
Your Own”
Iran-Contra hearings
Professional Judgment
Omnibus Anti-Drug Abuse
Act required certification for
Pell Grant recipients
Film: “Fatal Attraction”
Music: Aretha Franklin is first
woman inducted into Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame
Sports: MN Twins win World
Series!
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Dale Thornton
Concordia College
Child Care grants
transfer from Social
Services to MHECB
MHECB to charge
interest to schools for
late refunds
NASFAA State Award
to Professional
Development
Committee under
leadership of
Dianne Danov
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Guaranteed Student
Loan program
renamed in
honor of Senator
Robert T. Stafford
(R-VT)
George H. W. Bush
elected president
Cost of a first-class
stamp: $0.22
CDs outsell vinyl records
for the first time
Film: “Rain Man”
Music: “Graceland” by
Paul Simon
TV: thirtysomething
Herald Johnson
MAFAA 1990-1991 & 2001-2002
PRESIDENT
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Ronald O. Wiger
Inver Hills
Community College
Formed Student Relations
Committee; held hearings
around the state for student
input
Student Loan Counseling
Taskforce established to
address loan defaults and
high student loan
indebtedness
Reauthorization Taskforce
NATIONAL EVENTS
After 28 years, the Berlin
Wall is open to the West
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Student Loan
Reconciliation
Amendments
Protesters met with
violence in Tiananmen
Square in Beijing, China
Exxon Valdes oil spill in
Alaska
Specified disbursement Film: “Driving Miss Daisy,”
schedule requirements “Born on the Fourth of July,”
including 30-day delay “Field of Dreams”
Music: “Don’t Worry – Be
Happy” by Bobby McFerrin
TV: “The Simpsons” premiere
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Herald Johnson
Augsburg College
HEAF defunct
First newsletter called
“MAFAA Matters”
Vice President position
created
Futures Task
Force established
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
Independently administered
Ability to Benefit Test
Student Right-to-Know and
Campus Security Act:
Received NASFAA award
for High School Counselor Certain graduation and
job-placement rates
Teleconference
Campus security
NASFAA Award to the
policies and campus
Professional Development crime statistics
Committee, Dianne
Americans with Disabilities
Danov, chair
Act signed into law
Nelson Mandela
released from prison
in South Africa after
27 years
Film: “Dances with
Wolves”
Music: Milli Vanilli named
Best New Artist (award
was later revoked)
TV: “Seinfeld” premiere
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Ronald V. Kraft
Bemidji Technical College
NATIONAL EVENTS
NASFAA Celebrates
25th Anniversary
Operation Desert Storm
began (during MAFAA
winter conference!)
162 of 427 members
are male
Collapse of the Soviet
Union
Northstar formed, our own
state guarantee agency
Film: “Beauty and the
Beast,” “The Silence of the
Lambs”
Music: “Losing My
Religion” by R.E.M., “From
a Distance” by Bette Midler
Sports: MN Twins win
second World Series!
MHECB changed definition
of full time for state grant to
15 credits
MAFAA Matters to 10 issues
World Series, Super Bowl,
Final Four, and Special
Olympics and MASFAA all
came to Minnesota
Minnesota’s
Paul Aasen
elected NASFAA
President-elect
NATIONAL EVENTS
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Daniel C. Nelson
Bethel College
Annual Revenues
exceeded $100,000
for first time
Created position of
Vice President
Developed
policymakers guide to
financial aid
Taskforce to look at
shared responsibility
model for state grant
Bill Clinton elected president
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Mall of America opened in
Bloomington, MN
Major fire at Windsor Castle
Higher Education
Amendments:
Film: “Unforgiven,” “Wayne’s
World”
Renamed GSL “Federal
Music: “Unforgettable” by
Natalie and Nat King Cole
Family Education Loan
Program,” or FFELP loans TV: Johnny Carson hosts
“The Tonight Show” for the
Created a Federal
last time, Lawrence Welk
passes away
Unsubsidized Loan
Eliminated PLUS loan
limits
Required development
of common FFELP
application, promissory
notes, and deferment
forms
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Christopher Halling
University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Financial Aid Symposium
for Legislators
Job descriptions written
for elected positions
Concern about MAFAA
support of direct lending
NASFAA Award
Service to Constituents
Policymakers Guide
Jim Schmidt, chair
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Student Loan Reform Act
Higher Education
Technical Amendments
Established Direct Loans
by expanding pilot
program
Made adjustments to
FFEL to create parity
with DL
Added income
contingent repayment
U.S. and other forces
battled warlords in
Mogadishu, Somalia
Mississippi River
Floods: “The Mississippi
River will always have its
own way; no engineering
skill can persuade it to do
otherwise…” Mark Twain
Film: “Schindler’s List”
Music: “Tears in Heaven”
by Eric Clapton
TV: “The X-Files” premiere
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Karen Knighton
Moorhead State University
North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) took effect
MAFAA established a
reserve fund
MAFAA saw membership
growth from associate
members and support staff
Increase in training
opportunities
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Bankruptcy Reform Act
Improving America’s
Schools Act
ED began unannounced
federal program reviews
First MAFAA Leadership
Symposium held at
Augsburg
Renamed the Direct Loan
Program to William D. Ford
Federal Direct Loan
Program
NASFAA Award Leadership
Symposium, Jim Schmidt,
Chair
New disclosures of
athletically related
information
U.S. Senator Tom Daschle of
SD became the U.S. Senate
minority leader
Nicole Brown Simpson and
Ronald Goldman murdered
in Brentwood, CA
Film: “Forrest Gump,”
“Dumb and Dumber”
Music: “I Will Always Love
You” by Whitney Houston,
“All I Wanna Do” by Cheryl Crow
Sports: Major League Baseball
strike, Skater Nancy Kerrigan
assaulted at Winter Olympics
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Jim Schmidt
Riverland Technical College
U.S. rescued Mexico’s
economy with $20 billion
aid program
MAFAA produced child
care video to program
resulting in increased
funding to the
Film: “Toy Story,”
program
168 killed in Oklahoma
City bombing
Leadership
Symposium
DVD media format
introduced
Russian space station Mir
docked with U.S. space
shuttle Atlantis
“Fargo”
TV: “Friends”
NASFAA Award
eBay and Yahoo! founded
Music:
“Gangsta’s
Service to Profession:
Paradise” by Coolio
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Pat Berktold
Hennepin Technical
College
Clinton signs line-item
veto bill
Financial aid awareness
week with phone-a-thon over 1000 calls received
Developed policy on
political involvement of
MAFAA
Sector changes with
merger of some two-year
technical and community
colleges
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Omnibus Consolidated
Rescissions and
Appropriations Act
Prohibited a student from
receiving a Federal Pell
Grant at a school that is
ineligible to participate in the
FFEL or Direct Loan programs
as the result of high cohort
default rates
NASFAA Award:
Maximum Federal Pell Grant
Professional Development
of $2,470 for the 1996-97
Dave Dahlen, chair
award year
Focus on the Future
curriculum in elementary
school
Dolly the Sheep cloned
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $35,492
Population: 5.760 billion
Film: “Braveheart”
Music: Alanis Morissette
Sports: Michael Johnson
fastest man in the world at
Summer Olympics
Katharine Ruby
MAFAA 2008-2009 PRESIDENT
NATIONAL EVENTS
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Cathy Lund-Ziebarth
Cambridge Community
College
MAFAA sponsored bus of
volunteers to assist with
midwest floods
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997:
Debut of Brad Riebel’s
“Living with Passion!”
column
Created the HOPE
Scholarship Tax Credit
First ‘fall’ conference
Lifetime Learning Tax
Credit
Restored the
deductibility for
student loan interest
for 60 months
Created new
Education I.R.A.s
Comet Hale-Bopp is the
closest it will be to Earth
until 4397
Hong Kong returns to
Chinese rule
Madeleine Allbright
becomes first female
Secretary of State
Mother Theresa dies at 87
Diana, Princess of Wales,
killed in auto crash
TV: Teletubbies premiere
Sports: Green Bay Packers
win Super Bowl XXXI
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
David Dahlen
Dakota County Technical
College
FEDERAL
MAFAA Chicken burned at LEGISLATION
spring conference
ISEEK started
5.6 million increase to
State Grant, child care
from $1700 to $2000
New MAFAA logo with
change in sectors
Higher Education
Amendments:
Allowed Financial Aid
Administrators authority to
limit borrowing in specific
majors for years in school
Allowed Financial Aid
Administrators authority to
refuse to certify a loan
for students they believe
have no intention of repaying
Maximum Pell is $3000
Ted Kaczynski, “The
Unabomber” sentenced
Clinton - Lewinsky
scandal dominated
headlines
Europeans agree on
single currency, the Euro
Jesse Ventura elected
governor of Minnesota
Google founded
Film: “Titanic” was highestgrossing movie of all time
Science: The FDA approves
drug Viagra
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Patty Holycross
Itasca Community College
Treasurer-elect position
created
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Archives moved to Office
of Higher Education
Direct Lending
introduced loan
discounts:
- 1% reduction in
origination fees
- 0.25% interest rate
reduction for autodebit
MAFAA Policy and
Procedures manual
developed
NASFAA’s Statement
of Ethical Principles
Adopted
MAFAA “Chicken” takes
on a new look
MAFAA webpage
launched: mafaa.org
Y2K loomed as a ticking
time bomb
The first human hand
transplant is performed
in the U.S.
Shootings at Columbine
The Dow Jones Industrial
Average closed above 11,000
for the first time
Film: “Star Wars - Episode I,”
“The Matrix”
Music: Celine Dion “My Heart
Will Go On”
TV: “SpongeBob SquarePants”
NATIONAL EVENTS
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Susan Neppl
Minneapolis College
of Art and Design
First on line election
of officers
MASFAA in Minneapolis
with Minnesota-style
theme: “UpNorth.edu”
Johnny Holm Band
returns
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Lenders sued Department
of Education to block
ED from offering loan
discounts without offering
similar discounts to FFELP
borrowers
ED countered - would save
students money by
reducing costs;
necessary for parity with
FFELP discounts
Y2K did not eat our
computers!
U.S. Presidential
Election closest in
decades
I LOVE YOU Virus
trashes computers
world wide
Film: “Gladiator”
Music: “Supernatural”
by Santana
Sports: Tiger Woods
becomes the youngest
player to win a Grand
Slam in Golf
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Herald Johnson
Augsburg College
MAFAA has two-day
conference in
January
MAFAA’s Masters
Leadership Program
established
MAFAA Matters goes
on line
Leadership
Symposium expands
to one year
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Bush tax cuts
USA Patriot Act
signed into law
September 11 terror
attacks
Anthrax scare rivets
nation
Artificial heart implanted
in man
Film: “A Beautiful Mind”
Music:"Beautiful Day” by U2
Sports: Dale Earnhardt killed
in crash at the Daytona 500
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Jayne Dinse
South Central
Technical College
“No Child Left Behind
Act” signed into law
Regional Financial
Aid Nights
Early Awareness
Events reach 1230
kids
Associate Member
Taskforce
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Higher Education Relief
Opportunities for
Students Act
Gives Secretary of
Education broad authority
to waive regulatory or
statutory requirements to
respond to the needs of
students, families, and
student loan borrowers in
the aftermath of the
September 11 attacks
Queen Mother dies in UK
at age 101
Senator Paul Wellstone
killed in plane crash
Modern BlackBerry
introduced
Film: “The Hours,” “My Big
Fat Greek Wedding,”
“Spider Man”
Music: Album of the year
“O Brother, Where Art
Thou?” soundtrack
Sports: Winter Olympics in
Salt Lake City
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Jeff Olson
Bethel University
First Associate Member
included in Executive
Council
Established Awards
Committee
MAFAA 35th Celebration
at fall conference with
MN Supreme Court
Justice the Honorable
Alan Page
NASFAA Recognized
MAFAA for Masters in
Leadership Program
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
U.S. and coalition troops
invade Bahgdad
Space Shuttle Columbia
disintegrates during reentry
over Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
upholds Affirmative
Action in University of
Michigan Admissions Apple introduced iTunes
in Grutter v. Bollinger music store
Film: “Chicago,” “Pirates of
the Caribbean”
Music: Norah Jones
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Pam Engebretson
University of
Minnesota, Morris
Minnesota hosted
NASFAA Conference
in July at Minneapolis
Convention Center
and Downtown Hilton
Selected First
Outstanding New
Professional:
Jessica Sidla
NATIONAL EVENTS
Indian Ocean tsunami:
deadliest in history
(magnitude 9.0)
Facebook founded
2004 Olympics in Athens
featured 10,625 athletes
from 201 nations
Film: “Lord of the Rings,”
“Shrek 2”
Music: Coldplay, OutKast
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
John Pogue
Inver Hills
Community College
About 11 million Iraqis turn
out to select their first
permanent Parliament since
the overthrow of Saddam
Hussein
MAFAA moves to
block grant for
sponsorship
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
Higher Education
Reconciliation Act
HERA is a HERO
MAFAA offers
FREE training
Stafford max to $3,500
Grad PLUS
Broadened teacher loan
forgiveness
HERA is no HERO
Historic destruction from
hurricanes Katrina and Rita
YouTube launched
Music: “Genius Loves
Company” by Ray Charles
and guests
Sports: Lance Armstrong
wins 7th straight Tour de
France
MAFAA HISTORY
President
John Pogue
Inver Hills
Community College
College Goal Sunday
comes to Minnesota
through Lumina Grant
NATIONAL EVENTS
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
The Third Higher
Education Extension Act
Jim ‘The Rookie’
Morris at Fall
conference
Academic Competitive
Grant (ACG)
NASFAA Celebrates
40th Anniversary at
National Conference in
Seattle, WA
Increased loan limits for
first and second years:
$2625 to $3500
$3500 to $4500
NASFAA Award to
Early Awareness
Committee, Susan
Prater, Chair
Expanded eligibility for
Simplified Need Test to
those who receive means
tested federal benefits
SMART Grant
North Korea tested its
first nuclear weapon
Dow closes above 12,000
for the first time
Saddam Hussein
executed in Baghdad
Pluto reclassified a
“Dwarf Planet”
Film: “Crash”
Music: U-2 dominates
Grammy awards
NATIONAL EVENTS
MAFAA HISTORY
President
Scott Roelke
Dakota County
Technical College
Developed New Funding
Model for MAFAA
Access and Diversity
Committee implemented
Most Livable Countries 2007:
Iceland, Norway, Australia,
FEDERAL LEGISLATION Canada, Ireland, Sweden,
Switzerland, Japan,
Netherlands, France
College Cost Reduction 35W bridge collapse
and Access Act (CCRA)
Nancy Pelosi became
Dept. of Ed. pulled out first female Speaker of
of NASFAA Conference the House
MN College Goal Sunday Washington, D.C.
iPhone introduced
Spring Conference
Speakers:
Vince Papale
Billy Mills
Film: “No Country for Old Men”
Music: Amy Winehouse
TV: Discovery Channel’s “Planet
Earth” series
Lender Lists, RFP, RFI
Code of Conduct
MAFAA HISTORY
NATIONAL EVENTS
President
Katharine Ruby
St. Olaf College
National mortgage
crisis erupts
FEDERAL
LEGISLATION
MAFAA celebrates its Ensuring Continued Access
RUBY
ANNIVERSARY
to Student Loans Act
Raised Stafford loan limits
Established new optional
at both fall and
repayment terms for Parent
spring conferences! PLUS
Eased credit criteria for
Parent & Grad PLUS loans
Loosened eligibility
restriction on who is eligible
for LLR loans
Oil broke $100 per
barrel barrier; gas
prices exceeded $4.00
per gallon
African American
elected US president
Beijing Olympics
Northwest/Delta merger
Congratulations MAFAA on 40
years of service to students,
financial aid, and training of
colleagues.
Best wishes for many more
years of success and service!
MAFAA 40th Anniversary
Taskforce
Sandy Sundstrom & Dianne Danov, Co-Chairs
Diane Borchardt, Jayne Dinse, Cheryl Dooley, Herald Johnson,
Jeanette Maynard Nelson, Kris Parker, Brad Riebel, Kerri Schmidt, Carol Swenson