BURSAR-L Mail List Archive: bursar-l: PDG SFS & Bursars Conf

From: Jason Beard <jason@prodev.com>
Date: Thu Mar 08 2007 - 10:51:39 EST

Hello All, Just a quick reminder that it's not too late to register for this
annual event. Any questions, please let me know.

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The <http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/ProDevelop> Westin Mission Hills
room block is nearly full!
March 9th is the final day to make reservations under the special rate of
$165/night (plus taxes).

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Over 35 General and Concurrent Sessions and Workshops:

* Department of Education Update on Current Programs and Issues
* Students and Plastic -The New Reality for the College Segment
* Outsourcing Refunds: A Success Story
* Best Practices in Billing Communications
* Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network Updates and NACHA Initiatives

* Prohibitive Inducement - The Challenges of Corporate Incentives in
Higher Education
* Benchmarking for Bursars
* Convenience Fees
* SAS No. 112 and the Affects on Higher Education
* School As Lender Updates and Challenges
* Student Services a Team Approach
* It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your identity is? Education
Institutions and Identity Theft
* A Quick Guide to Converting to Banner A/R
* Short-Term Debt Management
* GLBA Revisited - Is Your School in Compliance?
* Is Your Campus Leaking Money?
* Duct Tape for the Mind: Making Your Ideas Stick
* We've Converted to Banner and I Want to Stay Out of the Funny Farm

* Centralized Student Financial Services in a Multi-Campus Environment

* Credit Balance and Student Refund Process Enhancement
* Title IV and R2T4: A view from the Bursar's Office
* Insuring Success with Vendor Performance Evaluations - Bringing
Success To All
* How to go from 50% in person payments to closing the cashiers office
in person windows
* Marketing and Communications Strategies for Bursars
* Selling Bad Debt
* Payment Systems In 2007 and Beyond
* RFP
* Remote Capture: Understanding Deposit Imaging for Your Campus
* Roundtable: Challenges Facing Today's Bursar
* Roundtable: PCI/DSS
* Making the Cost of College More Affordable
* Bursar Basics Workshop
* Best Practices in Billing and Communications

Keynotes:
Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande . Webster University
Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande is Professor of Business and Management and the
Dean of the School of Business and Technology at Webster University. As the
Chief Academic Officer of the School of Business and Technology, Akande
presides over one of the truly global business schools.

Michael Marx . VISA U.S.A. Research Services
Michael Marx is currently Vice President of Visa U.S.A. Research Services.
In this capacity, Mr. Marx is responsible for consulting and communicating
with Visa Member payment card issuers and accepting merchants on all aspects
of intelligence including market research, market intelligence, competitive
intelligence and consumer trends that are ultimately relevant to the
payments business.

Faculty:
Gayle Callahan ~ Johnson County Community College
Walter Cathie ~ Widener College
Walter Conway ~ Walter Conway, Inc.
Courtney Craig ~ TouchNet
Marty Damian ~ Windham Professionals
Charmaine D. Daniels ~ University of Illinois
Bill Doering ~ University of Cincinnati
Michael Gallanis ~ Treasury Strategies
Chas Gannon ~ Moneris
Barry Greenberg ~ Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Ruth Griggs Fontana ~ RC Communications
Ellen Harris Small ~ Rutgers University
Robert Knight ~ ASTA
Mark Krawczyk ~ CZYK & Associates
Ginny Layton ~ Miami University
Robbyn Lennon ~ University of Arizona
John McElroy ~ TouchNet
Gail McLarnon ~ U.S. Department of Education
Rob Nadler ~ Arrow Financial Services
Jim Nichols ~ (Formerly) The Ohio State University
Patty Presta ~ WESPAY
Philip Schroeder ~ Adams State College
Kathy Woods ~ Texas Women's University