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• 2026 MAFAA Fall Training Day

  • When
    5 Nov 2026
  •  
    8:15 AM
  • Location
    Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central PKWY, Eagan, MN 55121

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  MAFAA'S FALL TRAINING EVENT

  The Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce that Fall Training Day will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at the Eagan Community Center.

  General Sessions

  • Schedule of Reductions
  • Advocacy & You in Minnesota
  • State Update 

  Breakout Sessions

  • Schedule of Reductions Q&A
  • North Star Promise
  • Professional Judgment Panel
  • MN State Grant
  • Fraud Panel

  For the Schedule of Reductions Q&A session, we are asking you to submit your complex scenarios/questions ahead of time here.
  
  

  The full agenda can be found here .

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• Professional Development: Excel Tips and Tricks with Jeff Pierpont

  • When
    17 Nov 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Jeff Pierpont from Citizens College Raptor will be our presenter for the November Professional Development virtual event. 

  Jeff will discuss and demonstrate beginning- to intermediate-level Excel tools and

  functions that will help financial aid professionals' clean data, organize information, and develop useful reports. Items to be covered include the CONCATENATE function (merge data fields), VLOOKUP function (find and insert data from different tabs or spreadsheets), IF functions (create logical calculations or identifiers), and Pivot Tables (generated reporting tables with filters). 

  The presentation will include both a slide deck with detailed instructions and actual demonstrations in Excel.

  
  

  Topic: MAFAA Professional Development: Excel Tips & Tricks with Jeff Pierpont

  Time: Nov 17, 2026 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

  https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96603930388

  
  

  Meeting ID: 966 0393 0388

  
  

  
  

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• MAFAA 2027 Annual Conference

  • Start
    5 May 2027
  • End
    7 May 2027
  • Location
    Madden's on Gull Lake | 11266 Pine Beach Peninsula | Brainerd, MN 56401

  
  

  The MAFAA 2027 Annual Conference will be held May 5-7, 2027 at Madden's on Gull Lake. 

  Mark your calendars for our Annual Conference! More details about registrations, housing, etc., will be provided at a later date!

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