State Updates...
Oregon Update
Sam Collie, OASFAA President
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The Oregon association held its annual conference at Salishan Lodge in Glenenden, Oregon, February 4-6. Conference Chair, Theresa Bosworth, from Blue Mountain Community College and her conference committee did an outstanding job. The conference agenda was well received and the sessions well attended.

We bade farewell to retirees Conney Alexander (Southern Oregon University), Jim Beyer (Director, Grants & Scholarships at the Oregon Student Assistance Commission), and Tom Turner (Director, Special Services at the Oregon Student Assistance Commission). We also said goodbye to outgoing association president, Don Black. Don is now the Director of Financial Aid at Humboldt State University in California.

Our annual Support Staff Worship was held on December 5, 2000 at the George Fox University Portland Center. Our "FA 101" training was so popular we had to provide two sessions - one of January 25 and the other on February 28. Both sessions were held at Linfield College.

Ballots for the 2001-02 OASFAA Executive Council are in the hands of the voting membership. A transition meeting for outgoing and incoming executive council members is planned in April. Sue Gano from Oregon Health Sciences University has agreed to serve as conference chair for the 2002 conference.

While the recent earthquake did little damage in Oregon, members in the Portland and surrounding areas certainly felt the earth rolling underneath - a scary proposition to be sure. Do you have your earthquake emergency kit ready?