The Financial Aid Office will host a “Meet the Staff” event Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the courtyard between Crisman and Fanning.
The staff will be available to meet students and answer questions and will also have snow cones, food and other items to give away, including a $250 scholarship for textbooks from the Lipscomb bookstore.
Tiffany Summers, director of Lipscomb Financial Aid, and Maggie Kersten, assistant director, said the event is designed to give students an opportunity to meet financial aid counselors and to understand the office’s mission and the resources they offer.
“We really want students to feel welcome and to know our staff,” Kersten said.
Summers and Kersten both said they understand the difficulties of paying for school, and they want to help students.
“We want to partner with the family and the students,” Kersten said. “Even if we can’t give them money, we want to give them options.”
“We realize and appreciate that it’s a big sacrifice for families, so we take very seriously caring for our students,” she said.
“Our doors are open,” Summers said, “and we’re willing to talk and see what we can do to help them.”
The Financial Aid Office is located in the basement of Crisman and can be reached via phone at 615.966.1791 or email at financialaid@lipscomb.edu.
The Financial Aid Office staff includes:
Tiffany Summers, director
Jimmy Morris, associate director
Maggie Kersten, assistant director
Deidra Cummings, financial aid counselor
Tamera Spivey, financial aid counselor
Donna Taylor, financial aid counselor
Julie Lillicrap, receptionist
Denise Forgette, technical support