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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Professional Development: Excel Tips and Tricks with Jeff Pierpont (17 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Pierpont from Citizens College Raptor will be our presenter for the November Professional Development virtual event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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  Jeff will discuss and demonstrate beginning- to intermediate-level Excel tools and

  &lt;p&gt;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).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;The presentation will include both a slide deck with detailed instructions and actual demonstrations in Excel.&lt;/p&gt;
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    Topic: MAFAA Professional Development: Excel Tips &amp;amp; Tricks with Jeff Pierpont
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    Time: Nov 17, 2026 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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    https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96603930388
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    Meeting ID: 966 0393 0388
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2027 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MAFAA 2027 Annual Conference (5 May 2027)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;The MAFAA 2027 Annual Conference will be held May 5-7, 2027 at Madden's on Gull Lake.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;Mark your calendars for our Annual Conference! More details about registrations, housing, etc., will be provided at a later date!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mafaa.org/event-6806772</link>
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