TG Updates

TG to host symposium on financial literacy counseling

The ability to make smart decisions when it comes to managing money is becoming ever more important for students. Average student loan debt has doubled over the past decade, and a majority of students now have credit cards and accumulate thousands in additional debt by the time they graduate. More colleges and universities recognize the need to teach students the basic skills for financial survival and success.

TG is hosting a symposium to offer help. The symposium will bring together experts from the higher education community who will discuss strategies for implementing on-campus financial literacy programs. Such programs teach students crucial financial literacy skills they need to succeed in life after college.

Generating ideas and tips to use
The 2008 TG Financial Literacy Counseling Symposium will take place on Friday, June 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Marriott.

Dr. Dottie Durband, the director of Texas Tech University's "Red to Black" program, and Danielle Champagne, assistant director of the University of North Texas' "In the Green" program, will share their expertise and experience with launching successful campus-wide financial literacy initiatives.

In addition, attendees will participate in discussions about creating successful campus financial literacy centers.

Topics for discussion include:

• Conceptualizing financial literacy initiatives,
• Securing approval and funding,
• Implementing financial literacy initiatives, and
• Improving a successful financial literacy program.

The discussion will generate ideas and tips that educators can use to develop a financial literacy program best-suited for their campus and students.

To register
For more information about TG's 2008 Financial Literacy Counseling Symposium, or to register to attend the event, visit TG Online at www.tgslc.org/training/literacy/.

Questions
For particular questions about the symposium, contact Mike Nowlin at (800) 252-9743, ext. 4814, or send an e-mail to mike.nowlin@tgslc.org.

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Webinar notice: TG offers training on product enhancements and industry issues

As summarized in the "Reminder of changes effective July 1" article in this edition, new regulations on various aspects of the FFELP become effective on July 1. TG will be implementing enhancements to AdvanTG Web™ and TG Loans By Web™ to accommodate these changes.

TG is offering several webinars to introduce schools and lenders to these enhancements and to help address current industry issues.

Webinar topics
The webinars will cover product enhancements being implemented the weekend of June 7. Among other changes, TG is enhancing AdvanTG Web and TG Loans By Web to allow schools to provide lender information to their borrowers. Schools will have the ability to enter borrower benefit information via the Lender List screen in AdvanTG Web. This information will then display to the borrower through TG Loans By Web.

Schools will be able to enter information for the following three categories for borrower benefits:

• Rates and fees,
• Repayment terms, and
• Other.

A school may also choose to include Web addresses for the lenders on its preferred lender list to provide the borrower with an additional research tool in making his or her lender selection.

TG's webinars will also consider current loan processing challenges and how schools, lenders, and TG can work together to ensure that borrowers continue to have access to higher education financing.

Webinar times
Below are the dates and times for the sessions.

For school participants

Wednesday, June 4
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (CST)

Monday, June 9
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (CST)

For lender/servicer participants

Friday, June 6
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (CST)

Tuesday, June 10
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (CST)

To register
To register for a particular webinar, visit TG Online.

Contacts
If you have any questions regarding the upcoming webinars, please contact Lisa Felder, external product training coordinator, at lisa.felder@tgslc.org.

If you should need technical assistance with TG's products, please contact our product support team at (800) 332-1455 or send an e-mail to product.support@tgslc.org.

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