2005 news archives
2005
NSLP Expands On-Campus Student Financial
Literacy Offerings--
November 15,
2005
NSLP is expanding its financial literacy programs to address the
ever-growing need for money management skills among college
students.
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NSLP Sets $3.1 Billion Record for Loan
Guarantees--
October 17,
2005
The National Student Loan Program set another record for growth in
fiscal year 2005, guaranteeing $3.1 billion in Stafford and PLUS
loans. NSLP’s volume has tripled over the last three years.
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NSLP Adds Business Development
Director--
October 10, 2005
NSLP has added Myra Pfannenstiel as its new Regional Director of
Business Development for Kansas and Western Missouri.
Pfannenstiel has over 11 years of experience in financial aid
administration.
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NSLP
Donates Funds for Hurricane Katrina Victims--
October 5,
2005
NSLP will donate $30,000 to the Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama
financial aid association organizations to help pay for college
expenses of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Customers
Give NSLP High Marks for Customer Service--
September 26,
2005
For the third consecutive year, NSLP customers have given the
student loan guaranty agency high marks for providing customer
service. The majority of schools and lenders also reported that
NSLP’s service is better than other guarantors they use.
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NSLP
Website Redesign Adds Many New Features--
September 13,
2005
NSLP's redesigned website is easier to navigate, with information
conveniently organized by topic in student, school and lender
sections.
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article
NSLP
Awards Scholarships at NASFAA--
August 17, 2005
NSLP randomly selected one school from each regional financial aid
association to win the $1,000 Freedom Scholarship for its students. The schools decide how
to award the funds to help their students pay for educational
expenses.
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Rone Joins NSLP Business
Development Team--
July 21,
2005
Jeni Rone is NSLP's Regional Director of Business Development
representing schools and lenders in
North and South Carolina. Rone is well-known
in the southeast for helping colleges select products and use
technology to enhance their financial aid processing.
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NSLP
Awards Cash for Class™ to EASFAA
Schools--
July 5,
2005
Students at Dartmouth College and SUNY Westchester Community
College were selected to receive NSLP's Cash for Class at the EASFAA conference. NSLP's
Cash for Class doubled to
provide more money to schools to help their students pay for
college expenses---the schools decide how to award the funds.
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article
NSLP
Offers "Freedom Scholarship" at
NASFAA--
June 27, 2005
NSLP gives $40,000 in scholarships every year to help students
across the country pay their college expenses. At NASFAA,
NSLP will award $6,000 in scholarships to schools to help their
students.
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Stam
Joins NSLP Business Development Team--
May 31, 2005
Monica Stam is NSLP's Regional Director of Business Development
representing schools and lenders in Florida, Georgia, and eastern
Tennessee. Stam has over 14 years of experience in the
student loan industry.
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NSLP
Expands Business Development Team--
April 11,
2005
NSLP is pleased to announce the addition of two new regional
directors of business development--Anne Barton in New York and
Kathy Campbell in California. Their in-depth experience
working with students, schools, and lenders will be a great
addition to NSLP's customer-oriented team.
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NSLP
Selects Kent Londre as President and
CEO--
April 4,
2005
NSLP is pleased to announce that Kent Londre has joined the
organization as President and Chief Executive Officer. Londre
has a wealth of experience in the financial services industry that
will help NSLP continue its remarkable growth.
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NSLP Awards Cash for Class™
to SASFAA Schools--
March 15, 2005
Students at
Mercer University School of Law and Old Dominion University were
selected to receive NSLP's Cash for
Class at the SASFAA conference.
NSLP's Cash for
Class doubled to provide more
money to schools to help their students pay for college
expenses---the schools decide how to award the funds.
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article
NSLP Extends Zero Guarantee
Fee Through 2006--
March 1, 2005
NSLP will
continue its zero guarantee fee for Stafford and PLUS loans
through
September 30, 2006.
Record low student loan
default rates, effective default prevention activities, and
better-than-ever average default loan recoveries helped NSLP build
a strong financial position over the last several years.
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NSLP's e-Loan Summary Helps
Borrowers "Know What They Owe"--
February 7, 2005
NSLP makes it
easy for college students to track their Title IV loans with an
online loan summary that helps them "know what they owe"
so they can borrow responsibly and plan ahead for
repayment.
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NSLP Awards Cash for Class™
to SWASFAA Schools--
January 19,
2005
Students at
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and New Mexico
State University, Las Cruces were selected to receive NSLP's
Cash for
Class at the SWASFAA
conference. NSLP's Cash for Class doubled to provide more money to schools
to help their students pay for college expenses---the schools
decide how to award the funds.
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NSLP Borrowers Less Likely
to Default--
January 11,
2005
NSLP's
long-term default prevention tactics have resulted in an all-time
record low amount of outstanding student loan defaults and a record
low cohort default rate of 4.4% which is well below the national
average.
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article
NSLP Adds Kibarian to
Business Development Team--
January 4,
2005
Cheryl
Kibarian is NSLP's Regional Director of Business Development
representing schools and lenders in Arizona and Nevada. Kibarian has over 11 years of
financial aid experience as Assistant Director of Financial
Aid.
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