Report from the SCASFAA President
Keith Reeves

Support Staff Symposium
SCASFAA will provide a one-day support staff symposium on March 3 at the Embassy Suites in Columbia. Presenters were Ron White, Columbia College, Dan Brent, Citibank, Neal Kiker, Educaid and Tom Geddens, SC Student Loan Corporation. This symposium, designed for administrative and clerical level staff, provided a mini-workshop covering stress management, time management, team building, etc.

FAFSA Day
SCASFAA, in conjunction with the SC Student Loan Corporation, held "FAFSA Day" workshops at three locations around the state (The University Center in Greenville, Midlands Technical College in Columbia and Trident Technical College in Charleston) on February 28. These workshops were designed to help first time students (and parents) complete the FAFSA.

Nominations and Elections
The Nominations and Elections Committee, chaired by Anita Elliott (Columbia College) is pleased to announce the following slate of candidates for 2004-2005 offices:

President Elect	Nancy Garmroth, Spartanburg Technical College Kim Jenerette, USC-Spartanburg
Vice President	Hank Fuller, The Citadel Elizabeth Lomas, Clemson University
Secretary	Martin Carney, Furman University Tamy Garafano, USC-Columbia
Member-at-Large	Jeff Holliday, Anderson College Tabatha McAllister, York Technical College

Elections will be held at the annual spring conference in Myrtle Beach.

Spring Conference
Embracing Change - Swimming in the Sea of Opportunity! SCASFAA will certainly be embracing change for its Spring Conference when after 25-plus years, we change the venue for the conference from Springmaid Beach Resort to a new site! SCASFAA's Spring Conference will be held April 18 - 21, 2004 at Ocean Dunes Resort & Villas in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The conference committee, chaired by Cheryl Hughes (SC Student Loan Corp), is hard at work developing a conference to inform and enhance professional development. Sessions for the conference will include the Federal and State Updates, a Reauthorization Update, Resolving Conflicts in Determining Eligibility, Diversity, NSLDS for Dummies, Electronic Student Communication - Getting Rid of Snail Mail, Coping with Change, Leadership, COD/XML, and Effective Publications - Getting the Word Out. To date - guest speakers include Yolanda Adams from the Department of Education, Larry Zaglaniczy from NASFAA, Ron Day - SASFAA President, Bonnie Wallace from Citibank and Byron Wiley from the Office of Access & Equity at Clemson University.

In addition to the quality sessions noted above, conference attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy team building during the SCASFAA Olympics, embracing a fun evening of talent and networking with colleagues!