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Region V PCCS
17th Annual Workshop
“Partnership in Growth”

Workshop Dates
Region V PCCS
Conference dates May 21 & 22, 2012


(CONFERENCES ARE STARTING ON MONDAY AT 8:00AM
ENDING TUESDAY AT 2:00 PM)
 


Indian Lakes Resort
250 W. Schick Road, Bloomingdale, Il. 60108
PHONE (800) 334-3417

Click here for Flyer in PDF printable for handouts at your meetings

CONFERENCE TENTATIVE AGENDA – Dated As of 1-05-2011

Owners Track in RED
Basic Classes in GREEN
USDE TRACK           

MONDAY MAY 21th, 2011

07:00am Registration all day –
Break Sponsored by Deborah John & Associates
       Break Sponsored by Kessler, Orlean, Silver & Co. 

08:00am to 08:05am
TRILLIUM  I
Invocation by Larry Prather the PCCS Ex. Dir
Welcome by Ken Miller – Trumbull Business College
Welcome by Douglas Parrott USDE – FSA – Area Director Region V
Welcome by Bob James USDE – FSA – Liaison for PCCS

08:15am to 09:00am
TRILLIUM  I           
Gainful Employment-Final Regulations & Comments - Panel
By Mary Lyn Hammer – Champion College Services
Moderator: Ken Miller – Trumbull Business College


09:00am to 10:00am
            TRILLIUM  1USDE TRACK   
                        Reducing Delinquency & Default   
                                                            By Mark Walsh - USDE


            TRILLIUM  II – ADVANCED FINANCIAL AID TRACK
                        E-APP, What’s New? by Julie Dipuccio - FAME

            CYPERUS  I BASIC FINANICAL AID TRACK
                        Student Eligibility, 2011/2012
                                                FAFSA, 2011 Tax Returns by Kristi Cole
                                                                        Deborah John & Associates

            CYPERUS  II
                        Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
                                                By Don Grybas – Gemcor Inc.

            CYPERUS  IIIOWNERS TRACK
                        Washington Update-APSCU will provide up-to-the-minute
                        Information on activities from Congress and the USDE that
                        Impact private sector institutions & the students they serve
                                                By Tammy Halligan or Brie Statham - APSCU

            CYPERUS  IV
                        Panel Discussing Audit Findngs
                                    By Kessler, Orlean, Silver & Co. – Wilke & Associates

BREAK SPONSORED BY WILKE & ASSOCIATES – PETER FLEMING
BREAK SPONSORED BY RITZERT & LEYTON, P.A. – PETER LEYTON 



10:30am to 11;30am
            TRILLIUM  IUSDE TRACK
                        Gainful Employment Update by

 
            TRILLIUM  II – ADVANCED FINANCIAL AID TRACK
                        Did You Know? – Q & A’S by Julie DiPuccio - FAME

            CYPERUS  IBASIC FINANCIAL AID TRACK
                        Dependency Overrides and
                                                Professional Judgment by Kristi Cole
                                                                        Deborah John & Associates

            CYPERUS  II
                        Preparing for a US Department of Education Program Review 
                                    By Elaine Neely – Kaplan Higher Education
           
            CYPERUS  IIIOWNERS TRACK
                        Audit Findings, Annual & Compliance
                                                Requirements by Joe Knutte – Knutte & Associates

            CYPERUS  IV
            Attendance Tracking Compliance by Adu Shaharier - ieLink    

11:30am to 01:00pm Lunch in the Exhibitors Area – Sorrel Room
SPONSORED BY
FAME – Rick Rosado & Julie DiPuccio
&
Wright International Student Service – John Beal

01:00pm to 03:00pm             TRILLIUM  I

“Regulations, Compliance & Reauthorization Update

By Dr. Sharon Bob – Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, P.C.

By Ron Holt – Dunn & Davison of Kansas City, LLC

By Peter Leyton – Ritzert & Leyton, P.C.

Moderator: Ken Miller – Trumbull Business College

 

03:00pm to 03:30pm
Break Sponsored by Dunn & Davison of Kansas City, LLC

                                    Break Sponsored by



03:30pm to 04:30pm
            TRILLIUM  IUSDE TRACK – R2T4 Review & Update by

            TRILLIUM  II
            Financial Aid’s Personnel Best Practices to Ensure Compliance
                        By Eileen Keller – Salmon Sims Thomas

            CYPERUS  I
            Washington Update-APSCU will provide up-to-the-minute Information
            On Activities from Congress & USDE that impact Private Sector
            Institutions & the Student they serve by Tammy Halligan or Brie Statham

            CYPERUS  II
            Incentive Comp, Disclosures & Misrepresentation: How to Keep Admissions
            Compliant by Steve Chema & Ben Walker – Ritzert & Leyton, P.C.
   

            CYPERUS  IIIOWNERS TRACK
                        Program Reviews by Retired USDE
                        By Patricia Edelson & Dennis Cariello – DLA Piper LLP (US)


            CYPERUS  IV
                        Cohort Default Rate & Repayment Issues
                          By John Beal – Wright International Student Services


04:30pm to 05:30pm
            TRILLIUM  I USDE TRACK – COD Update by 
       

            TRILLIUM  II
            Consumer Information by Cathy Wetzel-Deborah John & Associates

            CYPERUS  I
            Verification & Where to find Required Data on Tax Returns
                        By Peter Fleming – Wilke & Associates
                                                By Ruth Chrismore – Student Aid Administrators

            CYPERUS  II
                        Return of Unearned Funds (R2T4)
                                   by Don Grybas – Gemcor Inc. 


            CYPERUS  IIIOWNERS TRACK
            Education Deals in Today’s Heightened Regulatory Climate – How Schools
            Are being Valued & Effectively Preparing your School for a Sale
                        By Ron Holt & Megan Banks – Dunn & Davison of Kansas City, LLC
                                    By Todd Gates – Spectra Advisors

            CYPERUS  IV                            
                        Automate Financial Aid Tasks, School & Student Data with the  
                        Flexibility of the Web with FAS’ all new EDGE web Application
                                    By Financial Aid Services

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Hospitality SUITE 602 – Beer, Wine & Snacks
Sponsored by Knutte & Associates – Joe Knutte & Kathy Hays
ALSO SPONSORED BY GEMCOR INC - DON GRYBAS

 


SPONSORED BY MARY LYN HAMMER WITH CHAMPION COLLEGE SERVICES WILL HAVE SPECIAL TRAINING SESSION ON GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT DEBT MANAGEMENT AND DEFAULT PREVENTION AT 7:00PM IN ONE OF THE MEETING ROOMS WITH PIZZA, YOU NEED TO SIGN-UP AT THEIR EXHIBIT DURING THE CONFERENCE.  LIMITED

 
TUESDAY MAY 22nd

07:00am to 08:00am
            Break in the Exhibitors Area Sponsored by


                           
08:00am to 09:00am
            TRILLIUM  I
                        OPEN

            TRILLIUM  II – Solutions to Successful Repayment
                        Guiding Borrowers to Successful Repayment
                         Borrowers Experience & Financial Literacy
                                                By William Lindsey - FedLoan Servicing (PHEAA)
            CYPERUS     I
                        Compliance Issues with Third Party Agreements
                        By Jonathan Tarnow - Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

            CYPERUS  II BASIC FINANCIAL AID TRACK
                        How to Determine Pell Grant Amounts at Non-term Schools
                                    By Ruth Chrismore – Student Aid Administrators

            CYPERUS  IIIOWNERS TRACK
                        USDE FSA session by Bob James

            CYPERUS  IV
                        Out Sourcing Financial Aid
                                    By Steve Queisser – EdFinancial Services

09:00am to 10:00am
            TRILLIUM  IUSDE TRACK                            
                        Clock to Credit Hours Conversion Requirements
                                    By

            TRILLIUM  II
                        Verification 2012-2013: The New Edition of a Classic                       
                                    By Julie DiPuccio - FAME

            CYPERUS  I
                        Disbursement Regulations
                                   by Cathy Wetzel

                                        Deborah John & Associates

            CYPERUS  II
                        Giving Credit Where Credit is Due – The New Title IV Credit Hour
                        Definitions by Jay Vaughan – Dow Lohnes PLLC

            CYPERUS  III
                        Gene Miller

            CYPERUS  IV
                        Program Reviews by Retired USDE Personnel
                         By Patricia Edelson & Dennis Cariello – DLA Piper LLP (US)

10:00am to 10:30am 
Break Sponsored by
Mid Cap Advisors – John Parnell

& Dow Lohnes PLLC – Jay Vaughan

10:30am to 11:30am

            TRILLIUM  I                                  
            Top Breaking Legal Issues in Program Reviews, Audits and
            Investigations by Joel Rudnick – Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, P.C.

            TRILLIUM  II
                        Gainful Employment
                                   by Cathy Wetzel                  

                                   Deborah John & Associates

            CYPERUS  I
                        Determining Cost of Attendance Budgets
                                                By Don Grybas – Gemcor Inc.

            CYPERUS  IIBASIC FINANCIAL AID TRACK
                        How to Determine Loan Amounts at Non-term Schools
                          By Ruth Chrismore – Student Aid Administrator

            CYPERUS  III OWNERS TRACK
                        Mergers & Acquisitions
                        by John Parnell – Mid Cap Advisors

            CYPERUS  IV
            Sail Above the Sharks – How to Navigate through Infested Waters of Default
                        By Janice Krieg & Ben McNabb - Partners Financial Service

11:30am to 12:00pm / check out of the Hotel – Short Break Sponsored by

12:00pm to 12:10pm             TRILLIUM  I
                                                Exhibitors Drawing by Terry Hopkins

12:10pm to 02:00pm             TRILLIUM  I

Region V PCCS Ex. Director Larry Prather
           
USDE – FSA – Title IV Policy – Jeff Baker

Moderator: Bob James  

Thank you all for a great conference, see you next year same place, same month

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