University Committee Year-End Communication

Committee Name

Scholarship and Financial Aid

Academic Year

2006-2007

Number of Meetings

As needed

Committee Members (available at http://www.umt.edu/committees/) ¯

EXECUTIVE OFFICER OVERSIGHT AND CHAIR
	Teresa Branch, Vice President for Student Affairs
FACULTY (Four; Four-year terms)
	Coby Johnson, Mansfield Library	2007
	Margaret Baldridge, Department of Music	2008
	Linda Frey, Department of History	2009
	Nikolaus Vonessen, Department of Mathematical Sciences	2010
STUDENT (Three; One-year terms)
	Cedric Jacobsen, ASUM Vice President	2007
	Svein Newman, ASUM Senator	2007
	Katie Undem	2007
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
	Administration
	James McKusick, Dean, Davidson Honors College
	Teresa Branch, Vice President for Student Affairs
	Ex-Officio (Non-voting)
	Terri Gruba, Scholarship Coordinator, Enrollment Services
	Mick Hanson, Director, Financial Aid
	Vickie Mikelsons, UM Foundation

Please describe your experience on the committee (What information would you share with a faculty member who is considering service on this committee?)

This committee primarily reviews applications for extension of federal financial aid beyond the recommended credit level. It’s a committee that directly affects the lives of students, particularly those who have changed majors frequently, transferred schools frequently, or had serious emotional, physical, or life-changing problems. It is both a very rewarding committee because of the opportunity to provide guidance to some struggling students enabling them to finally graduate and a very discouraging committee because we tend to see applications from students who are at the lowest level of academic achievement.

Topics Addressed (agenda items)¯

Besides reviewing the applications, we frequently see evidence of and discuss the problems with advising students on this campus.

Actions Taken (resolutions, proposals, recommendations)¯

Decisions on the applications

Unresolved Issues ¯

The advising problems and an outstanding question regarding the number of students approved for extended financial aid who actually graduate on the proposed schedule they have presented us.