Financial Aid seeks to improve the process

Implementations to improve the functions of Banner for the Financial Aid department are in the works for the award year 2012-2013.​​
With Banner being currently updated, Ursula Shorty, director of Financial Aid, says that they be will starting early for processing 2012-2013 applications. 
According to Shorty, the spring semester will not be a problem because students have already been awarded for the year. 
“Now that Banner is up and implemented,” Shorty exclaims, “The normal pains that we endure have been ironed out and resolved,” says Shorty. 
Shorty also reports, with Banner implementations, the application process should run much smoother. 
Congestion during the fall semesters’ application processes is due to late submissions of applications.
“If we can start early implementation of everything, we can reduce some of the bottlenecking,” Shorty says, explaining the long lines of the fall semesters’ processing. 
Shorty says that chancellor Llorens and Administration are currently working to make sure the process is much better. 
Shorty also stated that they are asking the students to help also by submitting their applications early. 
For the 2012-2013 award year, the department of Financial Aid will be posting ads in the Digest to inform and encourage students to fill out their forms for early processing. 
Shorty reports that Financial Aid is going to continue electronic process for students to accept aid and to submit forms online. 
“We’d like to thank our student body through this process and cooperation and support,” says Shorty. 
​Currently, the department of Financial Aid is still training and implementing for the upcoming semester.