Phyllis Kleder Hooyman, director of financial aid at Hope College, has been elected to the national Assembly Council of the national College Scholarship Service (CSS) Assembly.
The CSS Assembly is one of three assemblies within
The College Board, a national membership association of
schools and colleges whose aim is to facilitate student
transition to higher education. Serving high schools,
colleges, universities, students and parents, the
organization is a nationally recognized source of programs,
services and information in the areas of assessment,
guidance, admission, placement, financial aid, curriculum
and research.
The CSS has two primary emphases: providing a
forum for discussion and consideration of policies, programs
and services of The College Board which relate to the
economic aspects of college attendance, and consideration of
CSS purposes and procedures as they affect groups not
equitably participating in educational and vocational
opportunities.
Hooyman's three-year term on the Assembly Council
will extend through 2002. The council meets twice annually
at The College Board offices in New York City.
A member of the Hope College staff since 1974 and
director of financial aid since 1984, Hooyman has been
active in college financial aid issues on the state,
regional and national levels. Among other professional
activities, she is a past president of the Michigan Student
Financial Aid Association, and has addressed Senate and
House committees in Washington, D.C., concerning financial
aid issues. She received the Meritorious Service Award from
the Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators in 1991.