Advancing Collegiate Financial Wellness as an Essential Ingredient for Student Success

Virtual Symposium 2.0
July 26, 2022

with support from

MCCFW’s Annual Virtual Symposium is the signature event for Maryland’s campus-based professionals and community partners to convene for learning, sharing, and growing collegiate financial wellness initiatives as a part of larger efforts to increase student success.

Guests of the 2022 Symposium explored:

  • The state of the financial aid profession: Financial aid administrators (FAA) are partners and leaders in campus-based financial education efforts. As FAAs face the simultaneous challenges of increased regulatory pressures and unprecedented staffing shortages, a panel will discuss national and statewide conditions and effects on student and institutional success.

  • The Limited PSLF Waiver: Unpacking the dynamics of a temporary opportunity that can bring borrowers closer to achieving loan forgiveness and help institutions engage multiple stakeholders for mutual benefit.

  • Basic needs and emergency funding: Temporary federal provisions offered a gateway to resilience for students experiencing financial hardship. We will hear lessons from one institution’s application of HEERF funds, including changes that will outlast the pandemic.

Breakout sessions offered insight on:

  • coalition-building and strategic planning to bolster campus-based financial education ecosystems and

  • an innovative pilot program using peer-to-peer coaching to address the service gap in student loan repayment advising.

Sessions and Speakers

Opening Remarks
Dr. Tisa Silver Canady, Founder and Director, Maryland Center for Collegiate Financial Wellness
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Assistant Secretary Emily A.A. Dow, PhD, Maryland Higher Education Commission

General Session
Promoting Financial Aid as a Mission-Driven Profession to Support Student and Institutional Success
Dana Kelly, VP of Professional Development and Institutional Compliance, NASFAA
Sarah Mariner, Director, Hood College
Nasim Reich, Assistant Director, Community College of Baltimore County
Kiana Smith, Financial Aid Counselor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

General Session
Basic Needs After HEERF: Lessons Learned, Lasting Change
Robin McKinney, Co-Founder and CEO, CASH Campaign of Maryland
Dr. Brandon Vinson, Associate VP of Enrollment Management, Bowie State University
Tracee Rhodes, Assistant Director, Bowie State University
Nneka Chukwudozie, Financial Literacy Coordinator, Bowie State University

Breakout Sessions
Coalition-Building and Strategic Planning for Financial Education
Emily A.A. Dow, PhD, Assistant Secretary of Academic Affairs, MHEC
Julie Weaver, Executive Director, Maryland Council on Economic Education

UMSSW Student Group Coaching Pilot Program
Henriette Taylor, LMSW, Assistant Dean for Student Services, UM School of Social Work
Dr. Tisa Silver Canady, Founder and Director, Maryland Center for Collegiate Financial Wellness

General Session
The Limited PSLF Waiver: Increasing Access to an Elusive Benefit
Dr. Tisa Silver Canady, Founder and Director, Maryland Center for Collegiate Financial Wellness

Closing Remarks
Dr. Tisa Silver Canady, Founder and Director, Maryland Center for Collegiate Financial Wellness

General Session Videos

 

“Financial education helps students not just navigate loans and repayment options but actually maximize existing resources and seize financial opportunities.”

Dr. Jay A. Perman, MD
Chancellor, University System of Maryland