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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"><i>A Financial Aid Focus</i></span></p>
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The 2026 Business Processing folders are live and ready in PRD. This means you can start loading 2025/2026 ISIRs!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"><b><i>Did You Know? (Cont'd)</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The <b>
Maintain FA Term page</b> on the <b>Withdrawal Info </b>tab contains withdrawal info to include the Last Day of Attendance (LDA), and how the withdraw was processed. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">CS Enrollment staff runs the
<b>Term Withdrawal </b>process which is linked to the LDA being reported to National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) and National Student Loan Database System (NSLDS). This step is essential for accruate interest calculation on student loans. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">When this process is run, these values appear on the Maintain FA Term page for your R2T4 processing needs. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Is the
<b>Withdrawal Info</b> tab blank for you? If yes, that could mean that your Enrollment Services Dept. may not be running the
<b>Term Withdrawal</b> process. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b><i><u>Please connect with your CS Enrollment colleagues to confirm the Term Withdrawal Process is being run so that LDAs are being reported to NSC and NSLDS.</u></i> </b></span></p>
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An image of what <b>Maintain FA Term</b> <b>>> Withdrawal Info</b> tab displays after Enrollment staff runs the
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">From Molly Groyer's 11/18 email :</span></p>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12pt;">New R2T4 query for Post-Withdrawal Disbursements:
<b>QCS_FA_POST_WITHDRAWN. <-- </b><u>This query replaces </u><b><u>CTC_FA_POST_WITHDRAWN</u></b><u>.</u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"><i>Financial Aid Learning Opportunities</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"><b><i>Calendar invites with web ex log in information already sent out to the ctcLinkfinaid list serv</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);">Session: <b><i>NEW!</i></b> Advanced Fin Aid Training: Processing Negative Disbursement (crnd) Files</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>When: </b>Tuesday, 12/10/2024, 9:00AM – 10:30AM</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Audience:</b> New Financial Aid Staff (and current staff needing a refresher) who are responsible for processing PLUS loans in ctcLink</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Presenters:</b> Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Objectives:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand what crnd Negative Disbursement files are</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); direction: ltr; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand <i>why</i> these files appear in your EdConnect queue</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); direction: ltr; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand how to reduce the occurrence of these files from appearing in your EdConnect queue</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); direction: ltr; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand how to review and read the Manage Pell Payment page when these files are loaded</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in;">
<div style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12pt;">Understand how to process Negative Disbursement (crnd) files in ctcLink</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);">Session:
<b><i> RESCHEDULED!</i></b> Fin Aid Training: PLUS Loan Refresher </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>When: </b>Tuesday,
<i><s>12/03/2024</s></i> <b>01/28/2025</b>, 9:00AM – 10:30AM</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Audience:</b> New Financial Aid Staff (and current staff needing a refresher) who are responsible for processing PLUS loans in ctcLink</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Presenters:</b> Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Objectives:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand awarding the PLUS Loan</span></li><ul style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">performing a credit check</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); direction: ltr; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">brief discussion about using loan request form vs. PLUS Loan application on studentaid.gov </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand how to establish the Parent Record in ctcLink</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); direction: ltr; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand how to establish a student parent relationship</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); direction: ltr; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand how to link the parent record to the PLUS Loan record </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); direction: ltr; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand how to work with PLUS-denied students by awarding addt'l unsub </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Trainings for the remainder of the 2024 calendar year have been planned out and invites sent through the list serv. One rolled over into January 2025. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><i>Did you not receive a calendar invite?</i></b> As a reminder, you can go to the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/calendar" id="OWA4fbe8a3b-d355-be50-e5bc-efe776d8c46b" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.sbctc.edu/calendar" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">SBCTC
Calendar</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> (filter by Calendar ctcLink Learning Opportunities > Financial Aid) to get the information and block out your own calendar for this time.</span></p>
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<b>Monday December 9</b>.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12pt;">Updates to Canvas Training courses and QRGs are ongoing and will be worked up to include screen updates from the 24/25 FAFSA Simplification. Announcements will be made in Canvas when as the courses are completed.
This work is expected through December/early January. </div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Updates to Business Processing Guides will be made as time and resources allows. </div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Trainings are being planned out for 2025. As Aid Year Rollover (AYRO) progresses through February/March, trainings will be held only 1x a month during the AYRO process. Once AYRO is completed for all colleges, new trainings will
be announced in March. Trainings for 2025 will be offered twice a month, on Tuesdays at 9AM.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Today is National Mitten Tree Day!
</b>Celebrate this National Today event to help keep community hands warm 🧤</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Mittens are a great gift for those without warmth nearby, and you can bet your sweet cranberries that I am wearing my fingerless gloves as I type this! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">So, get creative and knit or grab a few extra pairs and distribute to locations who support our community's cold hands during the frosty season.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Source:
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 55, 100);">Kelly Forsberg</span></p>
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