Key Activities
- Build a strategic plan for scaled Financial Aid.
- Plan avenues to enhance FAFSA completion rates for all students.
- Build a sustainability plan for the free tuition program.
- Integrate scholarships and financial aid into a single system.
- Create a system to standardize and scale current initiatives that accelerate program completion, such as Credit for Prior Learning, or assist with paying for college, such as Earn and Learn opportunities.
Current Work Stage
Phase 1 team- Design work launched September 6, 2024.
Design Team Members
- Karina Hernandez, Associate Dean, Digital Fluency & Innovation/Faculty, Computer Science & IT (Co-Chair)
- Lottia Windham, Regional Director, Financial Aid (Co-Chair)
- Alisha Ard, Manager, College Budgets
- Lani Dame, Career/Workforce Preparation Trainer
- Derrick Gaderson, Senior PMO Project Manager
- Emily Hardegree, Senior Institutional Research Analyst
- Dawn Hatten, Process Analyst, Human Resources
- Erika Jaquez, Process Analyst, Student Affairs
- Trisha Kahan, Area of Study Master Advising Specialist
- Shih-Ting Lee, Manager, Faculty Evaluation
- Devon Miller, Interim Director, High School Programs Academic Success
- Donna Moore, Faculty, Allied Health Sciences
- Yesenia Rivera, Student Engagement Coordinator
- Laura Lucas, Director, Strategic Initiatives
- Joaquin Welch, student
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