What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?

Dana and Dennis didn't have a bunch of preset topics for the day, but we did talk about...

• Our first email from a listener!  We will talk about Guided Pathways and equity in future shows (hopefully with some colleagues who are leading the way on both of these fronts).  Dennis mentioned the book Redesigning America's Community Colleges during this segment.

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Dana and Dennis discussed that today was Day #2 of the CCCCO FARR/CCCSFAAA EB meeting.  That's the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) Financial Aid Regional Representative (FARR) / California Community Colleges Student Financial Aid Administrators Association (CCCSFAAA) Executive Board (EB) meeting.  Day #1 is the FARR meeting, where we get updates from CCCCO staff in the financial aid area, then Day #2 is the association's quarterly meeting.

We remind people to register for the CASFAA conference - October 26-30.  And, registration just opened for the 2020 virtual Federal Student Aid (FSA) Training Conference - December 1-4.

Dennis had recommendations for two books:  Filing the FAFSA (by Mark Kantrowitz and David Levy) and How to Appeal for More College Aid (by Mark Kantrowitz).

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Have feedback for Dennis and Dana?  Got a topic you want us to discuss?  Email us at [email protected].

"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Dana and Dennis roamed the countryside of PodcastLand today, covering few financial aid topics and many non-financial aid topics.

• New emergency aid fund for AB540 students (more on this once we figure it out - and get the $$$).

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"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Dana and Dennis ran down their weekends, including a Financial Aid workshop (via Zoom) with a local high school.  There were challenges, but the turnout was great and we reached a lot of high school seniors and their parents (kudos to Dara from our office helping out).

The news (links and quick cuts):

• TICAS webinar on October 14 - contact Laura Szabo-Kubitz

And big SHOUT OUTS to Greg Ryan (CCCSFAAA Communications Committee chair) and David Shook (CCCSFAAA Webmaster) for getting out some emails to our CCCSFAAA peeps about happenings in the association.

Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.

Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.

Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts.  Find us also in Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcasts app, and on Spotify.

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"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Dana and Dennis were graced with the presence of Michael Dear, 2020-2021 CCCSFAAA Past President and current Financial Aid Director at MiraCosta College.  We covered Mike's start in financial aid, his rise through CASFAA and CCCSFAAA, and how things are going at MiraCosta for him and his staff.

Mike offered up two "I Dare You To Read" selections - books that are being read by him and fellow faculty and staff at MiraCosta.  The two books are How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi, and So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.

Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.

Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.

Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts.  Find us also in Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcasts app, and on Spotify.

Have feedback for Dennis and Dana?  Got a topic you want us to discuss?  Email us at [email protected].

"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Dana and Dennis started the show by talking about Dana's busy day ahead, which led into talking about Email Etiquette training offered recently at LA Mission College.  In particular, we talked about how email etiquette is even more important now as most of us continue to work from home.

The training session was based on the book SEND: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home (2007), updated in 2010 and retitled as SEND: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do it Better - by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe.  Two other books offered inspiration for the training: The Tyranny of Email by John Freeman and Unsubscribe by Jocelyn Glei.

We wrapped the show with Dana's "I Dare You To Watch" The Social Dilemma on Netflix.  We'll go deeper into this topic in future shows.

Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.

Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.

Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts.  Find us also in Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcasts app, and on Spotify.

Have feedback for Dennis and Dana?  Got a topic you want us to discuss?  Email us at [email protected].

"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Dana and Dennis were graced today with our third interviewee - CCCSFAAA President-Elect Jana Cox from Santa Rosa Junior College!  The interview took the whole show - including Jana's "I Dare You To Watch" selection of "The Masked Singer" on TV.  Somewhat of a guilty pleasure - but a good release from day-to-day work and distractions.

Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.

Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.

Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts.  Find us also in Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcasts app, and on Spotify.

Have feedback for Dennis and Dana?  Got a topic you want us to discuss?  Email us at [email protected].

"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

We talked about our observations regarding changes to the FAFSA and application process, the Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshops (once known as the High School Counselor Workshops), NASFAA looking for authors for their revised book You're The Director, virtual Financial Aid Nights for high schools, and email etiquette (two books - SEND and Unsubscribe).

Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.

Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.

Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts.  Find us also in Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcasts app, and on Spotify.

Have feedback for Dennis and Dana?  Got a topic you want us to discuss?  Email us at [email protected].

"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Dana and Dennis were graced with the presence (while maintaining proper social distancing) of CCCSFAAA Past-Past President (and current VP of State Issues) Tammera Shinar from Butte College.  Our interview covered a lot of ground, including an "I Dare You To Listen To" selection from Tammera.  We hope to have her back on the show as 30 minutes was not enough time!

Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.

Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.

Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts.  Find us also in Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcasts app, and on Spotify.

"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Dana and Dennis talked of many things, going over some news items:

• WASFAA is offering scholarships for the Jerry R Sims Management and Leadership Institute

Dennis's "I Dare You To Listen To..." selection was the new CD from Ghost of Paul Revere, Good At Losing Everything.

Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.

Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.

Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts.  Find us also in Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcasts app, and on Spotify.

"What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.