| Perspectives
Message
from the Chair
Association News
Committee
Updates
State
Reports
Spotlight Features
Fall
Training Scrapbook
Marilyn
Brown Award
DE
Community Service
Special Features
New
NASFAA President
A
View From the Hill
Time
to Renew!
News
From NASFAA
People &
Places
Office
News
TriState
Scholarship App
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
| Issue |
Due Date |
 |
Fall
|
9/15 |
| Winter |
12/01 |
| Spring |
04/15 |
| Summer |
06/30 |
Submit articles to
Melissa Rakes
|
Time
to Renew!
Submitted
by: Newsletter Committee
Looking for some new and fresh ideas to get your students to renew
their FAFSAs early? Here are a few tricks used by schools across
TriState.
-
Candy bar campaign with a label listing the FAFSA
website.
-
Have school mascot walk around reminding students
to file the FAFSA.
-
Make up posters for hallways, classrooms, etc.
-
Mailing postcards (to home address so parents
see it, too).
-
Send snail mail and emails directly to the student.
-
Include stickers on all correspondence, including
admissions letters, to remind students the 0809 FAFSA will be
available online after Jan. 1. Harford Community College uses
star-shaped stickers!
-
And, D.C. works with D.C. schools to ensure high
school graduates complete both the FAFSA and the DC OneApp Application
Form.
The key is to remember timing is everything and make it fun (students
are more likely to remember to renew).
Thank you to those who gave the Newsletter Committee the material
for this article:
Angie Hovatter, Frostburg State University
Kenneth Howard, DC Higher Education Financial Services
Lynn Lee, Harford Community College
Karen Price, EdAmerica
|
