The WASFAA News
       June/July 2002 Online Publication       



Let your state representative know if there are topics that you feel we should explore and present.

WASFAA Happenings ...
Ethnic Diversity Action Committee
by Tami Sato, Representative-at-Large

The WASFAA Ethnic Diversity Action Committee would like to announce the recipients of the WASFAA Ethnic Diversity Scholarships to the 19th Annual WASFAA Summer Institute. As one winner stated in her essay: "Attending the Summer Institute will expand my knowledge of financial aid, create a supportive and knowledgeable network of my peers and allow me to bring the information back to my office and share it with my co-workers."

Congratulations to the following WASFAA members who will be going to Reno, Nevada.
Jackie Alleyne-McCants, University of Alaska Anchorage (AK)
Hector Delgado, Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
Mona Halcomb, Everett Community College (WA)
Yolanda Simmons, Bates Technical College (WA)


Here is a listing of your 2002 Ethnic Diversity Action Committee members:
Tami Sato, Southern CA College of Optometry (Chair)
Jacqueline Brathwaite, Boise State University, ID
Connie Dennis, University of Alaska Anchorage, AK
Sean Garnes, Pacific Lutheran University,WA
Germaine Graham, Claremont McKenna College, CA
Farron Lomakema, Hope Tribe Grants & Scholarship Prog., AZ
Julie McBride, Northstar, T.H.E.
Renee McCloud, University of Nevada, NV
Carol Monroe, Oregon Student Assistance Commission, OR
Jannine Oyama, Honolulu, Community College, HI
Besides making scholarship selections we hope to bring up issues and topics to executive council and provide sessions at the state conferences and annual WASFAA Conference. Let your state representative know if there are topics that you feel we should explore and present. Peace through hope, respect and understanding.
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