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University of Wyoming

SFA Office Staff


SFA Departments (listed alphabetically).
Administration Outreach
Pell Grants / Verification / Veterans benefits Loans / Work Study
Scholarships Office Support
Technical Support

Administration

 

Director David Gruen (766-2118)
David provides direction and coordination of all Student Financial Aid programs and operations, decides on financial and athletic aid appeals, and constructs annual budgets.

Associate Director -- Federal Programs: Kathleen (Kathy) Bobbitt (766-2997)
Kathy provides leadership for Federal Work-Study, Federal SEOG, BIA, Federal Perkins and Federal Loan programs, monitors bi-weekly packaging processes, and updates packaging parameters.

Associate Director -- Scholarships: Sally Schuman (766-2411)
Sally provides leadership for scholarship administration, including the development and awarding of scholarships, and coordinates Richardson scholarships.

 


Loans / Work-Study


Financial Aid Specialist - Loans::  Corina Trujillo (766-3886)
Corina processes Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS, and alternative loan applications, and advises loan applicants.

Financial Aid Specialist - Loans:  Sara Muhsman (766-3827)
Sara processes Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS, and alternative loan applications, and advises loan applicants.

Financial Aid Specialist – Work Study: Virginia Arthur (766-2317)
Virginia processes Federal Work-Study forms and payroll, provides advise on Work-Study processes, records receipt of BIA funds, and processes forms as requested by the Department of Family Services.

 

Office Support

 

Office Associate, Senior: Winter Hansen (766-2118)
Winter provides secretarial support to the Director, coordinates budget, personnel, and supply activities, and coordinates reasonable academic progress appeals.

Office Assistant, Senior: Daniel Strong (766-2833)
Daniel provides clerical support for the Associate Directors and assists in coordinating scholarship programs.


Outreach

 

Assistant Director - Outreach: Laurie Jaskolski (766-6727)
Laurie provides financial aid advice and coordinates aid to off-campus students, coordinates presentations, decides on reasonable academic progress appeals, and coordinates aid refunds.

Office Assistant, Senior: Erin Schreinert (766-3790)
Erin acts as receptionist, provides information to students, refers students to appropriate office staff, coordinates mail, and manages the front counter area.


Pell Grants/Verification/Veterans Benefits


Assistant Director - Pell/Veterans/Verification: Mary Candelaria (766-3015)
Mary coordinates Federal Pell Grants and veterans/national guard educational benefits programs, provides financial aid advice, oversees verification, and resolves immigration, Social Security, dependency, and Selective Service status questions.

Financial Aid Specialist - Pell Grant: Susan Beliaj  (766-2525)
Susan reviews federal aid application data, processes corrections and updates, requests missing data, advises Federal Pell Grant applicants, and records award acceptances/rejections.

Financial Aid Specialist - Verification: Linda Voigt (766-2424)
Linda verifies and documents student application data, reviews tax returns, and provides advice on the verification process.

Financial Aid Specialist - Veterans: Denise Jairell (766-3016)
Denise is in charge of processing veterans/national guard education benefits certifications, and advising Federal Pell Grant applicants and veterans.


Scholarships


Assistant Director -- Scholarships: Tammy Mack (766-2412)
Tammy coordinates scholarship programs, such as WUE, Nebraska Good Neighbor, athletic aid fellowships and special scholarship events, advises scholarship applicants, and edits the scholarship book.

Financial Aid Specialist: Laura Cowles (766-3650)
Laura assists in coordinating scholarships programs, Western Heritage packages, WUE, and Nebraska Good Neighbor programs, and advises scholarship applicants.

Financial Aid Specialist: Christy Nordmann(766-3674)
Christy assists in coordinating scholarship programs, honor scholarships, graduate assistantships, Ameri-corps and Vietnam Veteran awards, and advises scholarship applicants.

Financial Aid Specialist: Veronica Sherwood (766-2117)
Veronica assists in coordinating scholarship programs, such as Superior Student in Education, Sundin, Vocation Rehabilitation, employee waivers, and advises scholarship applicants.

Financial Aid Specialist: Lucy Wagner (766-3393)
Lucy assists in coordinating scholarship programs, such as Hathaway/ACG/SMART and advises scholarship applicants.

Financial Aid Specialist: Pamela K. Shuster (766-6101)
Pam assists in coordinating scholarship and financial aid programs for student athletes.


Technical Support

 

Business Analyst, Executive: Carrie Behrens (766-3506)
Carrie is Responsible for facilitating divisional business process teams in conducting operational and process analysis. Generate recommendations for technical solutions for division-wide business process. And serves on both the SIS Technical Team and Student Affairs Staff Development Team.

Computer Support Specialist, Senior: Brian "Chris" Hutton (766-3716)
Chris provides computer support, provides computer training, provides recommendations for technical solutions for Financial Aid process and systems, recommends hardware and software changes.

Information Specialist: Susan (Susie) Candelaria (766-3017)
Susan provides technical support, creates and develops reports, schedules computer processes and projects, prepares statistical reports, and handles the accounting for federal, state, and local financial aid accounts, monitors loan defaults, prepares the scholarship book for publication, and counsels students on financial aid history.