Office of Scholarship
& Financial Aid

Carolyn Zehren Director of Financial Aid	Responsibilities: Plan, implement and evaluate policies and procedures to facilitate delivery of more than $54M financial aid annually. Perform professional judgment for student circumstances outside the norm. Present information sessions for current and prospective students and their families.
Donna Hartmann-Turner Assistant Director of Financial Aid	Responsibilities: Satisfactory Academic Progress, Seamless enrollment, and on/off campus student employment programs (Job Shop). Advise and counsel current and prospective students and parents, conduct financial aid presentations.
Linda Tegtmeier Assistant Director of Financial Aid	Responsibilities: Pell Grant program, Federal Direct Loan and Alternative Loan programs, Domestic and Study Abroad travel programs, enrollment reporting, Experimental Site tracking and reporting, default and repayment issues and general counseling.
Sara Hartwig Assistant Director of Financial Aid	Responsibilities: Verification, Veteran's Benefits, ACG, SMART Grant, Minnesota Child Care Grants and Minnesota State Grant eligibility. Advise and counsel current and prospective students and parents, conduct financial aid presentations.
Joan Berg Information Coordinator	Responsibilities: Greet visitors and answer phone, front desk operations, scheduling appointments, directing general financial aid e-mail.
Sumi Lehman Office Manager/Scholarship & Job Shop Administrator	Responsibilities: Coordination of general office functions, office budgets, assist with the work study program, satisfactory academic progress, special conditions appeals, hiring and training of student employees, and general financial aid. Logistical coordinator for the University scholarship programs and external scholarships. Work with on-campus and off-campus employers who have vacancies to be posted on the Job Shop website, and help students find employment.
Bonnie Nygard Loan Processing Coordinator	Responsibilities: Process Federal Direct and supplemental education loans. Monitor electronic funds transfers and manual loan disbursements. Monitor Entrance Loan Counseling. Work with lenders, students and parents to resolve loan issues and problems.
Denise Peck Financial Aid Assistant	Responsibilities: Report MN State Grant to the State and resolve discrepancies. Names changes due to marriage, divorce or court order, Social Security Number discrepancies, budget changes due to mileage and childcare, semester changes or housing status changes. Summer financial aid processing and awarding. State Indian and Tribal scholarship processing. Assist students with financial aid and Native American funding. Mid-year transfer monitoring on the National Student Loan Data System. Monitor missing academic transcripts through NSLDS and the Records Office.
Jessica Swedberg Data Entry Coord/Webmaster	Responsibilities: Process and code incoming verification documentation and student award notices. Incoming and outgoing mail, backup receptionist and website maintenance.
Kathy Tillisch Financial Aid Assistant	Responsibilities: Manage new applications from the FAFSA. Make corrections on student files and transmit to the Department of Education. Package awards, check for overaided files, process changes made from Special Conditions Appeals, load external scholarships, run reports for NCAA and purge financial aid files.

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Office of Scholarship & Financial Aid

Office of Scholarship
& Financial Aid