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NASFAA on Wednesday signed onto a letter calling on Congress to consider specific proposals that would improve the financial aid system by strengthening the FAFSA process and ensure that implementation of these provisions do not cause future FAFSA delays.

NASFAA has updated its comment codes crosswalk on the FAFSA Simplification Web Center to reflect changes made by the Department of Education on May 22.

The NASFAA office will be closed on Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day federal holiday. NASFAA's Today's News will not be sent and AskRegs and technical and membership support will not be available until the office reopens on Tuesday, May 28.

The 2024 Conference Mentor Task Force has been hard at work developing events for first-time attendees, with Katy Weisenburger from the University of Wisconsin-Madison serving as the task force chair. If you will be attending the NASFAA conference for the first time in Milwaukee, and would like to have a mentor help you navigate the conference and make professional contacts, fill out this short online response form by Friday, May 31. If you have attended a NASFAA National Conference in the past and would like to help by being a mentor, please review the Conference Mentor Task Force Charter and complete the online volunteer form by Friday, May 31. 

More financial aid professionals recently joined hundreds of financial aid professionals across the country who now hold the FAAC^® designation. Check the Registry to see if any of your colleagues have been certified and congratulate them for this achievement! Certified by the Certified Financial Aid Administrator^® Commission, these individuals now qualify to receive a multitude of benefits. Would you like to become certified, too? The next testing window opens on the 1st -- or take advantage of any of the upcoming testing windows. Start by exploring your eligibility today using our free interactive eligibility tool.

Please join us in congratulating Aisha Hill, formerly the assistant director of financial aid at William Paterson University, who is now the director of financial aid at Mercer County Community College, and Keri Gilbert, FAAC®, who was promoted from director of financial aid to associate vice president of financial aid analytics and compliance at Stephens College. Russell Jeffrey, currently the director of student financial services at Concordia University Texas, and Kathy Bialk, FAAC®, currently the executive director of student financial aid and scholarships at the University of Kentucky, have announced their retirements. Celebrate your own career developments by completing the "Movers and Shakers" form to share the news with your colleagues.

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