[ctcLinkfinaidsupport] FA Weeklyish Bulletin 11/01/2024

Fri Nov 1 14:55:06 PDT 2024

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A Financial Aid Focus
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In Case You Missed It . . .
Dept of Ed's GEN-24-125 guidance provides resources to assist with the 25/26 FAFSA cycle:  Resources to Assist with Preparation for the 2025-26 FAFSA Cycle | Knowledge Center<https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2024-10-30/resources-assist-preparation-2025-26-fafsa-cycle>

  *   Including:
     *   FAFSA 25/26 Preview Presentation
     *   25/26 FAFSA Roadmap
     *   Federal Student Aid Estimator Using SAI
     *   Who's the Parent on the FAFSA Form?
     *   . . . and more
Too soon?
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Query Corner
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The following queries have been updated to have the Enrollment Intensity fields added:

  *   CTC_FA_PRE_REQ_PLANS
  *   CTC_FA_REPACKAGE_COMPARE_LOAD
  *   CTC_FA_COLLEGEBOUND_ELIG
  *   CTC_FA913
  *   QCS_FA913_WITH_ERROR_COUNT

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Financial Aid Learning Opportunities
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Calendar invites with web ex log in information already sent out to the ctcLinkfinaid list serv

Session:  Advanced Fin Aid Training:  Pell & Loan Message Log Review
When:  Tuesday, 11/05/2024, 9:00AM - 10:00AM
Audience:  Financial Aid staff responsible for Pell & Direct Loan processing and troubleshooting
Presenters:  Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer
Objectives:

  *   Understand how to download the Message Log detail
  *   Understand how to search in the Message Log detail
  *   Understand how to determine what needs further review in the MDLA and Manage Pell Payment pages

Session:  Intermediate Fin Aid Training:  (Multiple Record Reporting) MRR Process Refresher
When:  Tuesday, 11/19/2024, 9:00AM - 10:30AM
Audience:  New Financial Aid Staff (and current staff needing a refresher) who are responsible for managing awards and Pell payment
Presenters:  Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer
Objectives:

  *   Understand and work the steps in the Pell MRR Process
     *   Upload/Download Files
     *   Import Federal Data Files
     *   Import Pell Phase-In Data
     *   Run Pell MRR Batch Report

Action Required:  Prior to the session, please ensure you are receiving the PGMR message class file in your SAIG mailbox (EdConnect).  You may have to contact COD to request this file type if you do not already see this file in your inbox.  You should be getting these files in your SAIG mailbox as POP (Pell Over-Payment) students are identified in your Pell Processing.

Session:  Fin Aid Training:  PLUS Loan Refresher
When:  Tuesday, 12/03/2024, 9:00AM - 10:30AM
Audience:  New Financial Aid Staff (and current staff needing a refresher) who are responsible for processing PLUS loans in ctcLink
Presenters:  Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer
Objectives:

  *   Understand awarding the PLUS Loan
     *   performing a credit check
     *   brief discussion about using loan request form vs. PLUS Loan application on studentaid.gov
  *   Understand how to establish the Parent Record in ctcLink
  *   Understand how to establish a student parent relationship
  *   Understand how to link the parent record to the PLUS Loan record
  *   Understand how to work with PLUS-denied students by awarding addt'l unsub

Session:  NEW! Advanced Fin Aid Training:  Processing Negative Disbursement (crnd) Files
When:  Tuesday, 12/10/2024, 9:00AM - 10:30AM
Audience:  Financial Aid staff responsible for Pell processing and troubleshooting
Presenters:  Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer
Objectives:

  *   Understand what crnd Negative Disbursement files are
  *   Understand why these files appear in your EdConnect queue
  *   Understand how to reduce the occurrence of these files from appearing in your EdConnect queue
  *   Understand how to review and read the Manage Pell Payment page when these files are loaded
  *   Understand how to process Negative Disbursement (crnd) files in ctcLink

Trainings for the remainder of the 2024 calendar year have been planned out and invites sent through the list serv.

Did you not receive an invite?  As a reminder, you can go to the SBCTC Calendar<https://www.sbctc.edu/calendar> (filter by Calendar ctcLink Learning Opportunities > Financial Aid) to get the information and block out your own calendar for this time.

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Team Updates
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FA Support Team

  *   The PRD Environment will be down from 6AM - 1PM on Saturday November 2.
     *   SBCTC will be performing maintenance on ctcLink to deploy CS Image 32.

  *   The Campus Solutions (CS) pillar will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
  *   The Portal, Finance (FSCM), and Human Capital Management (HCM) pillars will remain online during the maintenance period.
  *   Admissions (OAAP), HighPoint HCX mobile pages, and Campus CE integration will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
  *   Canvas will not be impacted.

  *   The next PCD data refresh will be Monday November 4.

Training Team

  *   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.  Updates to Business Processing Guides will be made as time and resources allows.

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Just for Fun!
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AI-generated factoids about rain:

  *   Speed: Raindrops fall at an average speed of 14 miles per hour, but larger raindrops can fall as fast as 20 miles per hour. The smallest raindrops can take up to seven minutes to fall.
  *   Shape: Raindrops aren't teardrop-shaped but are flat at the bottom and shaped like a pebble due to air resistance.
  *   Evaporation: Rain doesn't always reach the ground because it can evaporate or sublimate as it falls.
  *   Composition: Rainwater is often the purest form of water, but it can still contain impurities.
  *   Rain on other planets: Rain on other planets, like Venus, is made of sulfuric acid or methane.
  *   Wettest place: Mawsynram in India is the wettest place in the world, receiving an average of 11,971 mm of rainfall each year.
  *   Smell: Rain has a unique smell.
  *   Climate change: Precipitation patterns are changing due to climate change.

TGIF,

FA Support & Training

[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]
Kelly Forsberg
ctcLink Functional Trainer | Financial Aid
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
kforsberg at sbctc.edu<mailto:kforsberg at sbctc.edu> * o: 360-704-1066
sbctc.edu<https://www.sbctc.edu/> * Twitter: @SBCTCWashington<https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington> * Facebook: @WASBCTC<https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/>

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