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The Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. A Brief History of The Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. The States Represented At the 1 st Meeting: * Colorado *Idaho *Montana *Utah *Wyoming RMASFAA Was Organized To:
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The Rocky Mountain Association ofStudent Financial Aid Administrators
A Brief History ofThe Rocky Mountain Association ofStudent Financial Aid Administrators The States Represented At the 1st Meeting: *Colorado *Idaho *Montana *Utah *Wyoming RMASFAA Was Organized To: 1. Promote and facilitate the coordination of student financial aid programs. 2. Advise and assist in the promotion and development of effective programs of student financial aid. 3. Promote and facilitate communication between higher education institutions and the sponsors of student aid funds. 4. Foster and promote high standards of professional preparation of financial aid administrators and counselors in institutions of higher education and other public and private agencies.
Clark J. Wold President Education Assistance Corporation
PRESIDENT’S PLAQUE 1968-69 Oscar R. "Jack" Hendrix University of Wyoming 1969-70 James Sanderson University of Utah 1970-71 Harry E. Collins University of Northern Colorado 1971-72 Richard Winder College of Idaho at Caldwell 1972-73 James Craig Montana State University 1973-74 Wayne Tesmer North Dakota State University 1974-75 Donald Scott Augustana College 1975 Mark Heffron University of Colorado-Boulder 1975-76 Sylvia Webster University of Northern Colorado 1976-77 James Bishop Northern State College 1977-78 James Gordon Colorado State College
1968 RMASFAA HISTORY Date incorporated and charter states. RMASFAA Origination Colorado Idaho Montana Utah Wyoming Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy assassinated. • Richard Nixon elected president. • “The Graduate” Simon & Garfunkel album NATIONAL EVENTS
1969 NATIONAL EVENTS • Neil Armstrong became 1st person to set foot on the moon. • Woodstock attended by 500,000+ World Series NY Mets d. Baltimore (4-1)
1970 RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: NATIONAL EVENTS • Movie-M*A*S*H • Midnight Cowboy- Best Picture Oscar • First Earth Day celebrated • IBM introduces the floppy disc, bar codes first used
1971 • RMASFAA HISTORY • Conference Site: Montana NATIONAL EVENTS • Sports – Nebraska NCAA football champions (13-0-0) • Intel develops the microprocessor • June 30, 26th Amendment ratified lowering voting age to 18.
1972 NATIONAL EVENTS • New – Electronic mail started • Video games – RMASFAA HISTORYHigher Ed ReauthorizationCreated:Basic Opportunity GrantFirst federal need analysis methodology
1973 NATIONAL EVENTS • New – TCIP/IP designed • Vietnam peace pacts signed in Paris • Movies – The Godfather RMASFAAHISTORY • Conference Site: Wyoming • Idaho leaves RMASFAA • North & South Dakota join RMASFAA
1974 RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: Utah NATIONAL EVENTS * • President Nixon resigned and Gerald R. Ford sworn in as 38th U.S. President. • People with Mia Farrow on the first cover of People.
1975 NATIONAL EVENTS • T.V. – Saturday Night Live premieres-George Carlin first host • Music – “I Honestly Love You” Olivia Newton-John RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: Colorado
1976 NATIONAL EVENTS • July 4, U.S. celebrated 200th Anniversary of Independence Day • Sports – Dorothy Hamill figure skating gold medalist in Winter Olympics • Movies – “Rocky” RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: South Dakota FEDERAL LEGISLATION Higher Education Amendments of 1976*Reauthorized Title IV programs*Created student consumer information requirements*Authorized processing of need analysis data by Multiple Data Entry Processors(MDEs)
1977 NATIONAL EVENTS RMASFAA HISTORY • Movies- "Star Wars” & “Saturday Night Fever” FEDERAL LEGISLATIONHigher Education Amendments *Reauthorized Title IV programs*Created student consumer information requirements*Authorized processing of need analysis data by Multiple Data Entry Processors (MDE’s) New – Space Shuttle
Michael Johnson Policy & Training Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority
PRESIDENT’S PLAQUE 1978-79 William Jones South Dakota School of Mines 1979-80 Michael Johnson Utah Technical College 1980-81 Donald Mullen University of Montana 1981-82 Robert Pike University of Nebraska 1982-83 Mary Lou Hildebrandt Northern State College 1983-84 Gary Schultz Colby Community College 1984-85 Bruce Anderson North Dakota State University 1985-86 Richard "Dick" Koontz Bethel College 1986-87 Craig Walker Colorado State College 1987-88 Dan Klock Wyoming Technical Institute
1978 RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: North Dakota NATIONAL EVENTS • First test tube baby born in Great Britain • Movies –The Deer Hunter, Superman, Grease • TV Shows – The Mary Tyler Moore Show FEDERAL LEGISLATIONMiddle Income Student Assistance Act (MISAA)additional dollars to *Appropriated existing aid programs.*Expanded BEOG eligibility to include middle-and upper-middle income families.
1979 • Larry Bird (Indiana State) NCAA Basketball Championship Game • RMASFAA HISTORY • Conference Site: Montana NATIONAL EVENTS • Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown
1980 NATIONAL EVENTS • Ronald Reagan becomes 40th US President • Music – Call Me - Blondie • Sports – Miracle on Ice US Hockey Team wins Olympics over USSR • TV Shows – Magnum PI RMASFAA HISTORY Nebraska joins RMASFAA • Conference Site: Salt Lake City, UT FEDERAL LEGISLATION Higher Ed ReauthorizationWhat new loan program was created by the 1980 Higher Ed Amendments?PLUS Program Allowed Middle-incomeparents to borrowNo restrictions on income$3,000 per year per dependent
1981 NATIONAL EVENTS • Movies – Raiders of the Lost Ark • Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer Wed RMASFAA HISTORY Kansas joins RMASFAA • Conference Site: Snow King Resort Jackson Hole, WY Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)NEED was reintroduced as a condition for eligibility for guaranteed loans. FEDERAL LEGISLATION
1982 RMASFAA HISTORY Articles of Incorporation are filed in North Dakota 1st Summer Institute held at University of Colorado – Boulder, CO Conference Site: Red Lion Hotel Omaha, NE NATIONAL EVENTS Movies – E.T. • T.V. Shows – Cheers Music – Eye of the Tiger – Survivor Defense Authorization ActsStudent Financial Assistance Technical Amendments FEDERAL LEGISLATION
1983 RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: Vail Manor Vail, CO NATIONAL EVENTS • Population: 233,791,994 • Median Household Income(current dollars): $20,885 • Wimbledon Women: Martina Navratilova d. A. Jaeger (6-0 6-3)Men: John McEnroe d. C. Lewis (6-2 6-2 6-2)
1984 RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: Holiday Inn Rapid City, SD NATIONAL EVENTS • Sports – Los Angeles hosts the Olympic Games • Movies – Back to the Future • TV Shows – Miami Vice
RMASFAA HISTORY The Initial Year of the Distinguished Service Award Mary Heidrick Keith Ninemire Gary Schultz Glenn ‘Skip’ Sharp Larry Viterna The Initial Year of the RMASFAA Hall of Fame AWARD Jim Gordon, Colorado State University Conference Site: Crown Plaza Hotel Wichita, KS 1985 NATIONAL EVENTS • "What's Love Got to Do With It," by Tina Turner “New Coke” introduced and fails. FEDERAL LEGISLATION Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
1986 RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: Holiday Inn Bismarck, ND NATIONAL EVENTS • January 20, First officially observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • Space shuttle “Challenger” exploded killing 6. FEDERAL LEGISLATIONConsolidated OmnibusBudget Reconciliation Act*Credit bureau reporting required for all lenders and guarantors*Schools required to determine student’s Pell Grant eligibility before certifying a GSL application*Guarantors required to ensure a Lender-of-Last-Resort program be available
1987 NATIONAL EVENTS • Bill Gates becomes a Billionaire • Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. RMASFAA HISTORY • Conference Site: Holiday Inn Billings, MT
Janet Dodson Vice President, Policy, Research and Education National Student Loan Program
PRESIDENT’S PLAQUE 1988-89Karen Webber Regis College 1989-90 Glenn "Skip" Sharp Northwest Kansas AVTS 1990-91 Robert Walker Creighton University 1991-92 John Gritts Black Hills State University 1992-93 Dale Gehring Minot State University 1993-94 Dean Obenauer Northwest College 1994-95 Larry Moeder Kansas State University 1995-96 Roger Koester Colorado School of the Mines 1996-97 Janet Dodson Doane College 1997-98 Sandy Calhoun Colorado State University
1988 NATIONAL EVENTS • Movie-“Rain Man” won an Oscar for the best movie. • Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.22 CDs outsell vinyl records for the first time. RMASFAA HISTORY President’s Special Award Dan Lau, US Department of Education, Washington DC Paul Tone Department of Education, Region VIII Conference Site: Cornhusker Hotel Lincoln, NE FEDERAL LEGISLATION GSL renamed StaffordSenator Robert T. Stafford(R-VT) honored by renaming GSL program the “Stafford Loan”
1989 RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Bruce Anderson, North Dakota State University Conference Site: Hitching Post Inn Cheyenne, WY NATIONAL EVENTS • After 28 years the Berlin Wall is open to the West. • Movies: Born on the Fourth ofJuly, Field of Dreams FEDERAL LEGISLATIONStudent Loan Reconciliation Amendments of 1989.
1990 NATIONAL EVENTS T.V.-Seinfeld debuts • Movie-Dances withWolves RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Mike Johnson Utah Valley State College Conference Site: Prospector Square Park City, UT FEDERAL LEGISLATION Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act *Required institutions to disclose:*Certain graduation and job-placement rates.*Campus security policies and campus crime statistics.
1991 NATIONAL EVENTS RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Dick Koontz Bethel College (KS) Conference Site: Westin Inn Vail, CO • Movie-Beauty & the Beast Top 100 Hits of 1991: Everything I Do I Do It For You Bryan Adams From A Distance, Bette Midler Losing My Religion, R.E.M. Play That Funky Music, Vanilla Ice Perfect Game in Baseball
NATIONAL EVENTS • Lawrence Welk passes away. • Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Don Siemsen Manhattan Area Technical College Conference Site: Howard Johnson Hotel Sioux Falls, SD 1992 FEDERAL LEGISLATIONHigher Education Reauthorization*Renamed GSL Program to “Federal Family Education Loan Program,” or FFELP loans.*Created a Federal Unsubsidized Loan.*Eliminated PLUS loan limits.*Required development of common FFELP application, promissory not, & deferment forms.
1993 RMASFAA HISTORY Committee of the Year Professional Development NASFAA Leadership Award Rita Bayless St. Mary’s of the Plains (KS) Conference Site: DoubleTree Hotel Overland Park, KS RMASFAA 25th Anniversary NATIONAL EVENTS • Mississippi River Flood • Mark Twain-“The Mississippi River will always have its own way, no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise…” “Unforgiven” Clint Eastwood’s movie wins the Oscar. FEDERAL LEGISLATION Student Loan Reform Act
NATIONAL EVENTS • January 1, North American Free Trade Agreement took effect • U.S. Senator Tom Daschle of SD became the U.S. Senate minority leader • Cheryl Crow Tops charts with “All I wanna do” 1994 RMASFAA HISTORY The Initial Year of the Oscar R. ‘Jack’ Hendrix Award (Rookie of the Year) Deb Riding, University of Utah NASFAA Leadership Award John Gritts, Black Hills State University Conference Site: Holiday Inn Fargo, ND FEDERAL LEGISLATIONBankruptcy Reform Act of 1994Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994Ed began unannounced federal program reviews.
1995 NATIONAL EVENTS U.S.rescues Mexico’s economy with $20-billion aid program. Russian space station Mir greets first Americans and docks with U.S. shuttle. Toy Story tops the movie charts RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Glenn ‘Skip’ Sharp,Northwest Kansas Technical School Conference Site: Grouse Mountain Lodge Whitefish, MT
NATIONAL EVENTS • Music-Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio • Median Household Income(current dollars): $35,492 • Population: 5.760 billion • Clinton signs line-item veto bill • Michael Johnson fastest man in the world RMASFAA HISTORY Summer Institute moves to Colorado College – Colorado Springs, CO NASFAA Leadership Award Robert Walker, Creighton University (NE) Conference Site: Red Lion Hotel Omaha, NE First sightings of Corn Cob Man 1996 FEDERAL LEGISLATIONOmnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996*For the 1996-97 award year, establishedmaximum Federal Pell Grant of $2,470 for 1996-97*Prohibited a student from receiving a Federal PellGrant at a school that is ineligible to participate in the FFEL or Direct Loan programs as the result of high cohort default rates MACARENA
NATIONAL EVENTS • Comet Hale-Bopp is the closest it will be to Earth until 4397. US spacecraft begins exploration of Mars • Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule . • Mother Theresa dies at 87. 1997 RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Donna Johnson, Norwest Banks President’s Special Award Gary Schultz Target Marketing, Inc. Conference Site: Holiday Inn Sheridan, WY FEDERAL LEGISLATIONTax Relief Act of 1997:*Created the HOPE Credit *Life Time learning Tax Credit*Restored the deductibility for student loan interest for 60 months*Created new Education I.R.A.’s
Curt Martin Director of Financial Aid Mesa State College
PRESIDENT’S PLAQUE 1998-99 Sue Weinreis Montana State University 1999-00 Joan Zanders Northeast Community College 2000-01 Wilma Kasnic Emporia State University 2001-02 Darry Voigt Casper College 2002-03 Jim Swanson University of Nebraska 2003-04 Mary Sommers University of Nebraska 2004-05 Peg Mason Colorado School of Mines 2005-06 Sally Schuman University of Wyoming 2006-07 Cristi Easton Millard
RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Larry Moeder, Kansas State University Conference Site: DoubleTree World Arena Colorado Springs, CO NATIONAL EVENTS • Movies: Titanic becomes the highest-grossing film of all time • Science: The FDA approves the male impotence drug Viagra. • Europeans agree on single currency, the euro. 1998 FEDERAL LEGISLATIONHigher Ed ReauthorizationAllowed Financial Aid Administrators authority to limit borrowingIn specific majorsFor years in schoolAllowed Financial Aid Administrators authority to refuse to certify a loan For students they believe have no intention of repaying
RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership NASFAA Leadership Award Roger Koester Colorado School of Mines Conference Site: Dixie Center St. George, UT 1999 NATIONAL EVENTS The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon. The first human hand transplant is performed in the U.S. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time FEDERAL LEGISLATIONDirect Lending introduced loan discounts:*1% reduction in origination fees*0.25% interest rate reduction for auto debitWhy did DL introduce these discounts?*Y2K loomed as a ticking time bomb.
2000 NATIONAL EVENTS • U.S. Presidential Election closest in decades. Florida recounts take months. • I LOVEYOU Virus trashes computers world wide • Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win a Grand Slam in Golf RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Dean Obenauer, Creighton University (NE) • Conference Site: Holiday Inn Rapid City, SD FEDERAL LEGISLATIONLenders sued Department of Education*To block ED from offering loan discounts without offering similar discounts to FFELP borrowersED countered*Would save students money by reducing costs*Necessary for parity with FFELP discounts
2001 RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Phil Van Horn Wyoming Student Loan Corporation Conference Site: Hyatt Regency Wichita, KS NATIONAL EVENTS • Anthrax scare rivets nation, as letters are sent to various media and government officials. • Artificial heart implanted in man. • Record of the Year: "Beautiful Day,“ U2 FEDERAL LEGISLATIONThe Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act*Increased contribution level for Education IRAs*Qualified Tuition Programexpanded*Student loan interest deduction 60-month limit repealed and increased the income phase-out for useof the deduction
NATIONAL EVENTS • Movies- Spider Man, Lord of the Rings • Queen Elizabeth dies in UK RMASFAA HISTORY Initial Year for the Ron Smout Award for Teaching and Mentoring Larry Viterna, USA Funds Services NASFAA Leadership Award Bob Neas, North Dakota State University Conference Site: Radisson Inn Bismarck, ND 2002 FEDERAL LEGISLATIONHigher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act *Gives Secretary of Education broad authority to waive regulatory or statutoryrequirements to respond to the needs of students, families, and student loan borrowers in the aftermathof the September 11 attack.
NATIONAL EVENTS • Deaths *John Ritter *Bob Hope *Fred Rogers • Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean • Apple Computer introduces iTune Music Store RMASFAA HISTORY Summer Institute held at Regis University, Denver, CO NASFAA Leadership Award Sue Weinreis, Montana State University - Billings Conference Site: Big Sky Resort Big Sky, MT 2003 FEDERAL LEGISLATIONSupreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action in University Admissions
RMASFAA HISTORY Summer Institute relocated to Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO NASFAA Leadership Award Sandy Calhoun, Colorado State University Conference Site: Embassy Suites Omaha, NE NATIONAL EVENTS • Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Deadliest in History Magnitude=9.0 • 2004 Olympics in Athens * 201 nations *10,625 athletes • Movies-Shrek 2 2004
2005 RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Joan Zanders, Northeast Community College (NE) President’s Special Award Roger Koester Colorado School of Mines Conference Site: Snow King Resort Jackson Hole, WY NATIONAL EVENTS • Worldwide aid pours in to help the eleven Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami. • About 11 million Iraqis turn out to select their first permanent Parliament since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. • Record of the Year: "Here We Go Again," Ray Charles & Norah Jones FEDERAL LEGISLATIONHigher Education Reconciliation Act HERA is a HERO* Stafford max to $3,500*Grad PLUS*Broadened teacher loan forgivenessHERA is no HERO Katrina- Historic destruction
2006 RMASFAA HISTORY NASFAA Leadership Award Jim Swanson Colorado College President’s Special Award Brett Lief NCHELP Conference Site: Sheraton City Centre Hotel Salt Lake City, UT NATIONAL EVENTS • Spacecraft “New Horizons” launched for nine-year journey to study Pluto • Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 12,000 for the 1st time • Academy Award, Best Picture:Crash • Korea tests its first Nuclear weapon FEDERAL LEGISLATION*ACGGrant *SMART Grant
2007 RMASFAA HISTORY Conference Site: Beaver Run Resort Breckenridge, CO NATIONAL EVENTS Most Livable Countries 2007 1.Iceland 2.Norway 3.Australia 4.Canada 5.Ireland 6.Sweden 7.Switzerland 8.Japan 9.Netherlands 10.France *Published annually by the UN. Criteria for calculating rankings include: life expectancy, adult literacy, school enrollment, educational attainment, and adjusted real income. FEDERAL LEGISLATIONCollege Cost Reduction & Access Act (CCRA)