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NASFAA webinar: How Florida A&M University is swinging wide the campus gates

By Joyce Kim posted 04-28-2022 03:45 PM

  



Oracle is thrilled to be sponsoring an upcoming webcast for NASFAA (National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators) members on May 3rd at 2-3 PM ET, where Florida A&M University will discuss how Oracle Student Financial Planning is helping the institution swing wide their campus gates.

As the only public HBCU in Florida, the university has an important mission of promoting academic excellence, affordability, and diversity for its students. And with 95% of incoming first-year students receiving financial aid, improving the student experience at each stage of the process -- from determining eligibility through disbursement -- is critical to FAMU's ability to execute this institutional mission.  As part of a larger effort to make student services more effective, FAMU invested in a new financial aid management solution: Oracle Student Financial Planning.

Last month at Alliance, I had the pleasure of hosting a “fireside chat” with Lassandra Brice, Associate Director of Financial Aid at Florida A&M University. She shared that two years into FAMU’s journey with Oracle SFP, they’ve seen some incredible results, including a 47% increase in financial aid awards, a 26% increase in FAFSA completions, and a 42% YOY increase in financial aid disbursements on the first day. Despite these impressive statistics, Lassandra stresses that SFP’s biggest game changer is that it has improved the student experience: “Students and parents have more real-time visibility into the financial aid process and their eligibility, and they have more insight into the impact of borrowing and taking on loans,” she says. “By giving the staff their time back, we have more time to counsel students and provide excellent customer service.”   

“By giving the staff their time back, we have more time to counsel students and provide excellent customer service.”
- Lassandra Brice, Assoc. Director of Financial Aid
Florida A&M University 

For our upcoming NASFAA webinar, Nicole Engelbert, Oracle VP of Higher Education Development will join Lassandra to discuss FAMU’s vision to transform the student experience, and how increased process automation and transparency with Oracle SFP has helped FAMU make progress on its goal to swing wide the campus gates for more students. The session will also include a product demo from Oracle and audience Q&A.

Register here to join us on May 3rd at 2 PM EST, and join us in person for the NASFAA conference in June!

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