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+ Chronicle: The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has named Philip R. Day as its new president and chief executive.
+ Mr. Day, most recently chancellor of the City College of San Francisco, replaces Dallas Martin, who is retiring after 32 years at the lobbying association, known as NASFAA, which represents more than 12,000 financial-aid professionals nationwide.
+ Before leading City College, Mr. Day served as president of Daytona Beach Community College, Cape Cod Community College, and Dundalk Community College, in Maryland.
+ NASFAA is coming through a year in which it became the target of criticism concerning scandals in the student-loan industry, including complaints that the association fostered an unhealthy relationship between college aid administrators and student-loan companies.
+ You can’t make this up. WRAL: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering the early release of more than 20,000 low-risk prison inmates from the nation’s largest prison system as a way to save money amid a worsening budget crisis.
Scholarship Update
+ To support employees of IDDBA-member companies, IDDBA (International Dairy Deli Bakery Association) is offering academic scholarships. Awards from $250 to $1,000 per semester are available to high school seniors and current or returning college or vocational/technical school students in a food-related field (such as culinary arts, baking/pastry arts, or food science), business, or marketing program. Because funds are budgeted annually, available dollars may be prorated among eligible applicants. If financial resources run low, priority will be given to supermarket dairy, deli, and bakery employees.
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