2025 Conference Materials
Archived Information: This page contains details from the 2025 WASFAA Conference and is provided for reference only. Dates, rates, and resources may no longer be current.
Huli: To turn, reverse, to change. Au: Period of time, cycle, passing of time, current, to flow as current.
Huliau: To think of or recall the past to inform our present/future.
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Honolulu, Hawaii
May 19-21, 2025
Conference Agenda at a Glance
Oahu Must Visit and Tips
Early Registration Fee: $535 Members / $735 Non-Members
Registration (After March 21, 2025): $735 Members / $935 Non-Members
Hotel Reservations:
May 17, 2025 through May 21, 2025
Hilton Hawaiian Village
2005 Kalia Road
Honolulu, HI 96815
Room Rate : $249* per night
*Rate does not include a daily resort fee of $20 (reduced from $50) plus 17.962% tax. The following items are included in the Daily Resort Fee:
- Basic In-Room Guest WiFi Access
- WiFi internet access in most public areas of the resort, including Starbucks
- Unlimited movie rentals with DVD now
- Local, Toll-Free and Credit Card Calls (No Access Fee)
- Hawaiian Village Cultural Activities
- 10% off or 1-category upgrade on a 2-day or more rental from Enterprise Rental Car located in the Rainbow Bazaar at the Hilton Hawaiian Village
- 20% off the Adventure Sail on the Hilton's Spirit of Aloha Catamaran
- Outdoor Morning Exercises
- 10% off at Waikiki Beach Activities' for beach chairs and umbrellas, kayaks, pedal boats, stand-up paddle boards and aqua cycles
- Buy one adult admission and get one child (4-12 years) admission free to the Waikiki Aquarium
- 20% off Elite Beach Package offered at Waikiki Beach Activities
Commuter Information
Self-parking with 12 hour Validation: $15/day
Valet with 12 hour Validation: $25/day
Valet with 12 hour Validation: $25/day
Below are links to the 2025 WASFAA Conference Presenation Handouts
Keynote: Huliau - A Time to Realign, Refresh and Rise
NASFAA - The New FAFSA_Where We Are Now & What's Next
NASFAA - Inside the Beltway_Spring 2025
NASFAA Spotlight Presentation for WASFAA
Managing up WASFAA
MINDFUL AID: Relaxation Techniques for Navigating FAFSA Complexity
Customer Service in the 21st Century
Min, Max, Mode and Mean! Welcome to Pell 101 (or is it Algebra 101)?
Future Proofing the Financial Aid Office
Charting your course: By Marcy Martinez- UH Hilo- Kīpapa I Ke Ala Kai Certified Career Counselor Navigating Professional Values Through a Hawaiian Lens Utilizing Kaʻao Framework
Resiliency in Compliance for Graduate and Professional Programs
Empowering Inclusion: It’s a Process
Present Like A Pro
ADDS, DROPS, AND WITHDRAWALS
BASICS OF DETERMINING ACADEMIC CALENDARS
FEDERAL UPDATE
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY
Operational Calendars
Excel Tips & Tricks PPT
Excel Tips & Tricks Worksheet
Project Management Basics for Financial Aid Professionals
Ho'omahu, (De)Gender, Decolonize
LEAN ON ME: How Financial Aid Administrators Can Rely on Each Other in Times of Adversity