MOCAN – Missouri College & Career Attainment Network

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Bilingual College 101
2021-02-24 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Missouri
The College 101 Series features free, bilingual, 3-hour, college preparation workshops held virtually in various time zones. The programs are designed to help middle and high school students – and their parents – prepare, plan, and pay for college. Topics include preparing for and applying to college, choosing a college that’s the right fit, writing a personal statement, researching financial aid and scholarship opportunities, and understanding the real cost of a college education. Students and parents can choose to receive information in either English or Spanish.

Sallie Mae Webinar: Navigating Financial Aid Offers
2021-02-24 13:00 - 14:00
After being accepted to college, you’ll receive a financial aid offer that outlines your financial aid eligibility at that specific school. Each financial aid offer will contain similar information overall, but since there’s no standard format they can be difficult to interpret. In this session you’ll learn how to decipher each financial aid offer so you can confidently determine which college is the best fit.

MOCAN in Partnership with NCAN: FCAN Webinar: Financial Aid Updates and Special Circumstances
2021-02-24 10:00 - 11:00
With the latest omnibus spending/COVID relief bill passed, there are several ways financial aid will change. Carrie Warick will join us to share an update on how student-centered approaches will improve access to financial aid, including FAFSA simplification, expanded Pell eligibility and changes to expected family contribution (EFC). These changes will better equip families as they build a plan to pay for college. Daniel Barkowitz will share how students impacted by COVID-19 can work with their financial aid administrators for a professional judgment adjustment in response to their special circumstances. Register for Part III in the series to hear how early awareness along with a simplified FAFSA will improve advisors’ ability to guide students. Get all the latest updates!
In this session, you will learn:

Important ways FAFSA will be simplified that should make it easier for students to complete.
How Expected Family Contribution (EFC) will change to the Student Aid Index (SAI), and what this means for students.
How the new way to measure Pell Grant eligibility will make it easier for students to learn earlier in the process whether they qualify and expands the number of students receiving the maximum amount.
How students impacted by COVID-19 can work with their financial aid administrators to adjust their financial aid package through professional judgment.

NCAN Webinar: How FAFSA Simplification Will Change Financial Aid
2021-02-11 13:00 - 14:00
At the end of 2020, Congress enacted and the president signed into law a government funding and COVID relief package that included several sweeping higher education developments via the FAFSA Simplification Act. NCAN members, join us for this deep dive session with esteemed financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz to walk through the substantial changes that are coming to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process and determination of Pell Grant eligibility. During this session, Mark will share what is known about the “simplified” version of the aid application expected in time for the 2023-2024 FAFSA. These developments are a culmination of years of work among Congress, the college access and financial aid fields, and student advocates.
The webinar will include time for a Q&A discussion. In the registration process, linked below, you will have the ability to submit questions in advance for our guest presenter to answer.

MDHEWD Bridges to Success Equity Webinar Series: Understanding Equity Across the Student Experience
2021-02-11 12:00 - 13:00

NCAN Webinar: 7 Ways to Transform Your NSC Data... And Your Work
2021-02-10 13:00 - 14:00
The National Student Clearinghouse’s StudentTracker service is an invaluable resource for districts, schools, and college access and success programs. Using StudentTracker, programs can receive individual-level data on students’ postsecondary outcomes. Despite the usefulness of this data, many, many programs and practitioners are daunted by, or stumble over, analyzing the files they get back from the NSC. Understandably so! The data can be complicated!
Join NCAN’s director of data and evaluation and experts from two college access-focused consultancies (The Vela Institute and UnlockED) for a dive into tips and tricks to improve your use of StudentTracker data. Although this won’t be a full “how-to” on each strategy, presenters will cover the high points, general steps to take, and the potential benefits.
Attendees of all skill and familiarity levels are welcome to attend, but this will be a technical webinar, so brush up on the StudentTracker ahead of time, if you can.

St. Louis Graduates Virtual Professional Development Institute: Financial Aid series with MASFAP: Interpreting Financial Aid Offer Letters
2021-02-05 10:00 - 11:00

ACT Webinar: Advancing Postsecondary Success: Strategies for Men of Color in the Age of Covid-19
2021-02-03 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for a 60-minute session that will highlight Dr. Bledsoe’s personal story and his experience as a young Black youth who spoke with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the effect that interaction had on his life trajectory, living in the segregated South during the 1960s. Dr. Bledsoe will also share his SAAB student-driven model of empowering men of color to be change agents for personal and community success.
After Dr. Bledsoe’s presentation, he will facilitate a panel discussion of current SAAB students who will share their personal stories and challenges of being men of color attending college during a global pandemic.

St. Louis Graduates Virtual Professional Development Institute: Career Pathways series with STEMSTL: Healthcare
2021-01-29 10:00 - 11:00

The Keys to College Essay Writing Webinar
2021-01-13 16:00 - 17:00
Hear from current students about their experiences writing essays for college applications and scholarships. Get answers to the most common questions about essay writing from our faculty and admissions staff!

NCAN Webinar: Cultivating Cultural Humility in College Access Spaces
2021-01-07 13:00 - 14:00
In the college access and success field, professionals often find themselves working with students who hold identities different than their own. In this work, it is important for professionals to have an understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as it is an integral piece to being able to serve students well and advocate on their behalf as they navigate the college-going process.
This webinar is designed for professionals in the field who are interested in furthering conversations around equity and cultural differences in their organization. It will include open, honest dialogue about cultural humility and awareness designed to provoke thought about what students experience based on their background.
