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December 24-Christmas Day (observed)
December
31-New Year's Day (observed)
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Wendy
Cox Receives Anne-Marie Miller Service Excellence Award
On November 10, 2004, Wendy
Cox received the fourth annual Anne-Marie
Miller Service Excellence Award at our Employee
Recognition Celebration. In presenting our company’s most
prestigious award, Paul Lombardo, Executive Vice-President of
Campus Partners, cited Wendy’s unflaggin g
cheerfulness and helpful attitude as part of the reason that
she was selected. He also described the flood of complimentary
e-mails and phone calls that we receive from Wendy’s customers
each year as evidence that Wendy knows the true meaning of customer
service excellence. The award was established in 2000 to honor
Anne-Marie Miller’s commitment to customer service excellence
during her 30-year career with our company. Anne-Marie, who
retired from our company as Director of Compliance and Government
Relations in 2000, was on hand when her namesake award was presented
to Wendy. Read more about Wendy and other employees who were
honored during our employee celebration in the “About
Our Award Winning Staff” attachment.
Mark Olson Joins Campus Partners
As announced earlier in the month,
Mark Olson has joined our staff as Executive
Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Many of you may
know Mark from his previous position as Executive Vice President
and Chief Operations Officer of the National Association of College
and University Bursar’s Officers (NACUBO). We are very excited
that Mark has joined our company because his prior campus, corporate,
and association experience will be an invaluable resource to our
company and our customers as Campus Partners continues to develop
business solutions for colleges and universities. You can learn
more about Mark in this month’s “Inside
Campus Partners” feature article.
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President
Bush Signs Bill to Extend HEA Programs
On October 25, 2004, President Bush signed into law H.R. 5185,
the Higher Education Extension Act of 2004, which extends all
Higher Education Act program authority, including the Title IV
federal student assistance programs, through September 30, 2005.
This means that funding levels for all Title IV funds will remain
the same in fiscal year 2005 as they were in fiscal year 2004.
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New Secretary of Education Named
Secretary of Education Rod Paige
submitted his letter of resignation to President Bush on November
5. Paige said part of the reason for resigning his post was his
desire to return to Texas and “devote attention to a personal
project, which I began planning prior to assuming my present responsibilities.”
Bush issued a statement November 15 thanking Paige for his service.
On November 17, President Bush named his domestic policy adviser,
Margaret Spellings, to replace Paige as U.S. Secretary of Education.
Spellings, 46, is one of the primary authors of the landmark K-12
education reform bill No Child Left Behind and a longtime adviser
on education to the president. For more information, go to http://www.nasfaa.org/publications/2004/gbushtapsspellings111804.html.
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Return
of Title IV Aid Guidance Changed
The Department of Education has
published Dear Colleague Letter GEN-04-12 which announces
a change to guidance that was provided in Dear Colleague Letter
GEN-04-03 on the application of the Return of Title IV Aid
requirements for schools that are required to take attendance.
A revised GEN-04-03 has been posted that extends the
one-week time frame to two weeks each time that it appeared in
GEN-04-03. This change has been made in recognition of
the systems that are used to monitor attendance at affected institutions.
For additional information, go to http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0412.html.
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2005-2006
FAFSA Update
ED
has posted electronic files of the final 2005-2006
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA),
which was approved by the Office of Management and Budget on August
11, 2004. To view the final version, visit http://www.ifap.ed.gov/fafsa/attachments/0506FAFSA101204.pdf.
The FAFSA Information Insert is also included in this year’s
FAFSA along with a summary of changes to the form. The colors
of the FAFSA for 2005-2006 are green and purple.
Go
to http://www.ifap.ed.gov/fafsa/attachments/0506FAFSAInsert92404.pdf
to download the insert.
Visit http://www.ifap.ed.gov/fafsa/attachments/0506FAFSAChanges.doc
to view a summary of the changes.
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myReports
myReports,
our new reports-on-demand tool, is a hit with our customers who
have generously agreed to beta test our product. We are using
their suggestions to make the product even more helpful to you.
The product, with its easy to use interface, will allow you to
create customized reports that fit your needs and will be available
to all customers in January 2005. If you are interested in this
product, please contact your Account Representative for more details.
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DocumentDirect
to be Retired
As previously announced, access to DocumentDirect will
end soon. Although we originally planned to curtail access on October
15, we wanted to wait until our remaining DocumentDirect
customers felt comfortable with the transition. Almost all our customers
now use eXpressReports, which is very user friendly.
If you already have a DocumentDirect ID and password, you
can get started using eXpressReports today. Just click on the eXpressReports
icon on the home page of campuspartners.com, and you are ready to
go. A link to eXpressReports documentation also is available
on the eXpressReports log in page. If you have questions
about eXpressReports, please contact our Help Desk at 1-800-458-4492
ext. 2111.
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Teleconference
Schedule
We have one remaining teleconference this year, but a new teleconference
schedule for 2005 will be published in upcoming issues of the
Update and on our Web site. If you want to participate in the
December training session, just e-mail Debra Pitts at dpitts@campuspartners.com
at least three days before the scheduled teleconference to register.
She will notify you via e-mail of the telephone number that
you need to call . It’s free and is well worth your time
if you are a new student loan administrator.
2004
Teleconference Training Schedule
| December 13, 2004 |
2:00 p.m. ET |
| What
are Perkins Loans and How Campus Partners Helps |
Workshops
We have scheduled our popular Student Loans 101 and 202
workshops for the following dates. Please note that we have added
an additional Student Loans 101 workshop next year due to popular
demand.
| Student
Loans 101 |
Student
Loans 202 |
| March
3 and 4, 2005 |
April
7 and 8, 2005 |
| July
14 and 15, 2005 |
October
6 and 7, 2005 |
| November
3 and 4, 2005 |
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Student Loans 101 is designed for novice student loans
administrators who have less than six months experience or are
new to working with Campus Partners. Student Loans 202
is aimed at student loan administrators with at least six-months
experience. The workshops are presented at our office in Winston-Salem.
Each participant will work at their own computer workstation with
experienced Campus Partners staff leading the hands-on training.
Registration forms and other information will be available on
our Web site soon. Look for more details in next month’s
Update.
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Regional
Meetings
Due to their popularity and your requests, we are scheduling additional
Regional Meetings for next year. So far we have tentatively scheduled
workshops in Puerto Rico and Virginia
in February and in Texas
in March. Details about additonal meetings will
be available on our Web site soon.
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Conference
Schedule
Representatives
from Campus Partners will attend the conferences listed below.
COHEAO
will hold its Annual Conference on January 30
- February 2, 2005. The conference will be held at the Ritz-Carlton-Pentagon
City. More information is available at www.coheao.org.
The number for the hotel is 703-415-5000.
NACUBO will hold its Student Financial
Services Conference on March 6-8, 2005 at the Wyndham
Palace Resort and Spa in Tampa, FL. Visit www.nacubo.org
for more information. The number for the hotel is 407-827-2727.
The EARMA Annual Conference will be held on April
5-6 at the National Conference Center in Hightstown, NJ. More
information is available at www.rci.rutgers.edu/~earma/.
PDG will present its 19th National Conference
for College & University Bursars, Cashiers, Treasury Managers,
and Student Financial Services on April 24-27 at the
Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX. The Web address for PDG
is www.prodev.com. The number
for the hotel is 800-648-4462.
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Cutoff
Dates
Cutoff
dates for November and December 2004 and January 2005 are presented
below.
Transaction |
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January 2005 |
| Last day to receive collection payments |
11/19/04 |
12/28/04 |
1/25/05 |
| Last day to receive regular payments |
11/22/04 |
12/29/04 |
1/26/05 |
| Last day for online payments |
11/26/04 |
12/31/04 |
1/28/05 |
| Date final post begins |
11/26/04 |
12/31/04 |
1/28/05 |
| Report date used for final post |
11/30/04 |
12/31/04 |
1/31/05 |
| Last day deposits created for deposit to bank account |
11/26/04 |
12/30/04 |
1/28/05 |
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