21 May NASFAA Annual Conference
Registration is now open for NASFAA's Annual Conference June 24-27, 2018 in Austin, Texas ...
21 May CAPFAA Annual Business Meeting
CAPFAA's Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Glastonbury Boathouse! Register Now! The theme of this year's meeting will be: Collaboration and Practice: Crossing Boundaries to Build Relationships Between Financial Aid Professionals and Our Communities....
19 Mar Congratulations Yale and SCSU!
Two Connecticut schools (and CAPFAA members!) were recently recognized in LendEDU’s compilation of the “Top 50 Financial Literacy Programs offered at colleges and universities across the United States.” They are: Yale University (#8) Southern Connecticut State University (#29) Read the full article on the LendEDU website: https://lendedu.com/blog/top-50-college-financial-literacy-programs-2018/...
19 Mar Pell and Year Round Pell Eligibility – What Has and Has Not Changed
by Stacey Musulin, Assistant Director, CSCU System Office In June 2017, the Department of Education announced that effective the 2017-2018 award year (which began July 1, 2017), eligible students may receive up to 150% of their Pell Grant Scheduled Awards (or Iraq & Afghanistan Service Grants)...
11 Aug Congratulations to Bonnie on her Retirement!
Bonnie Kraft, long-time Financial Aid Administrator at Northwestern Connecticut Community College has announced her retirement effective September 1st. Good luck Bonnie! ...
10 Aug Retirement on the Horizon for Lou Bristol!
Lou Bristol, Director of Financial Aid at Northwestern CT Community College, recently announced his upcoming retirement. When asked if he would like to convey his plans for the future and any "favorite moments in financial aid administration," Lou offered...
10 Aug Should Financial Literacy be a Financial Aid Office initiative?
By David Johnson, Student Connections Whenever I’m working with faculty and administrators on student success plans, as soon as I bring up financial literacy, everyone turns to the financial aid office for ownership, development and delivery. There are many reasons why. Often, we assume that financial...
10 Aug Helping Students Fund College
By David Johnson, Student Connections Students want to get a college degree but they are not confident they’ll be able to afford getting all the way through. The Ruffalo Noel Levitz 2016 Motivation to Complete College Report found that more than 50 percent of first-year students...
27 Jul EASFAA Honors CAPFAA President
The Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators recently honored our CAPFAA President, Alex Muro, with the 2017 Outstanding State Representative award. This honor is given to a member of the EASFAA Council in recognition of outstanding service to EASFAA by a state representative. ...
24 Apr Happy Retirement!
Barbara Surowiec, Financial Aid Director at Housatonic Community College, has announced her retirement effective June 1, 2017. A financial aid veteran of 17 years, Barbara has been at HCC for over 11 years and was previously employed at Fairfield University. She will be missed! ...