| Monday, November 10, 2025 |
| 8:30am-9:00am |
Newcomer Registration Open |
| 9am-12pm |
Exhibitor Set Up |
| 9am - 10am |
Newcomer Breakfast and Presentation |
| 10am - 11am |
Newcomer Orientation |
| 10am -1:00pm |
State Grant Committee (Invitation Only) |
| 11:30 - 3:30pm |
NASFAA Credential - Student Eligibility |
| 11:30 - 3:30pm |
NASFAA Credential - Cash Management |
| 12pm-4pm |
Registration Open |
| 12pm-4:30 pm |
Exhibit Area Open |
| 12:30pm |
Lunches Available |
| 1pm - 2pm |
Interest Sessions |
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Discussing Cost simple strategies to help families embrace your institutions value |
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Director's Round Table |
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The impact of the DEI orders |
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Burnout in the FA office-Recognize, Recharge and Rebuild |
| 2pm - 2:15pm |
Break |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm |
Interest Sessions |
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Financial Aid Data & Dashboards |
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Effective Communication Strategies for Financial Aid Administrators in Leadership Roles |
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FAFSA from the Field - what Counselors and the Data Tell Us |
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Navigating workplace anxiety |
| 3:30pm - 4:30 pm |
Introduction and General Session - Financial Aid Hot Topics |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Associate Member Mixer with Board |
| 5:30pm-7pm |
Dinner-Charity, President's Welcome and Messages from membership |
| 7:30pm-10pm |
Vendor Activity - build your own boat with a twist |
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
| 6:00am-7:00am |
Walking Group |
| 7:30am-12pm |
Registration Open |
| 7:30am-4:30pm |
Exhibitor Area Open |
| 7:00am-8:00am |
Breakfast |
| 8:00am-9:30am |
General Session - Budget Reconciliation and Neg Reg |
| 9:40am-10:40am |
Interest Sessions |
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Navigating Federal Work Study: Charting a Course to Best Practice |
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MASFAP’s Climate Survey: Building an Inclusive Future Together |
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Audit Survival Guide: Mastering the Single Audit with Sanity and Strategy |
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Adjusting the Sails: Using Professional Judgment to Navigate Student Needs |
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Excel Tips and Tricks: Using Functions and Pivot Tables |
| 10:40am-11:15am |
Break |
| 11:15-12:15pm |
Interest Sessions |
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Verification and comment code resolutions |
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Fraud, security, data breach |
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Default prevention |
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Charting the Course: Navigating Change and Building Flexibility in Financial Aid Training |
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Leadership from Every Seat on the Ship |
| 12:15pm-1:20pm |
Lunch, Business/Exchange Meeting |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm |
Interest Sessions |
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Keeping the Ship in Sync: Enrollment Reporting Partnership Between Financial Aid and the Registrar's Office |
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Charting a course for a culture of compliance: Engaging stakeholders and navigating accountability across campus |
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Return to Repayment |
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The Unshaken Leader: 13 Insights They Don’t Tell You About Leadership |
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SAI Needs Analysis and Hand Calcs |
| 2:30pm-3pm |
Break |
| 3pm-4pm |
Interest Sessions |
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Navigating R2T4: Charting a Course for Compliance and Change |
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LDP |
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State Programs |
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Ask a Director |
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Anchored in Service: Navigating the Customer Experience in Financial Aid |
| 4:10pm-5:00pm |
Interest Sessions - |
| 2.5.1 |
Birds of a Feather - Tech/ Trade |
| 2.5.2 |
Birds of a Feather - Community college |
| 2.5.3 |
Birds of a Feather - 4 Year Public |
| 2.5.4 |
Birds of a Feather - 4 Year Private |
| 2.5.5 |
Birds of a Feather - Associate Members |
| 5pm-6pm |
Current and Incoming Board Mixer |
| 6pm-7:30pm |
Dinner - Awards and Recognition |
| 7:45pm-10pm |
Evening Activity - Mystery Box challenge |
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| Wednesday, November 12, 2025 |
| 6:30am-7:30am |
Walking Group |
| 8:00am-8:45am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45am-9:45am |
NASFAA Update |
| 9:45am-10am |
Break |
| 10am-12pm |
State Update, 2026 Board Intro and Scholarship Announcements |
| 10am-12pm |
Brunch |
