Preview
Award Year
2007
Title of Position
Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management- Admissions
Description
Lynn Nichelson, who has been Director of Financial Aid at Illinois Wesleyan University since 1963, was named the 2007 winner of the University's Max L. Starkey Service Award at the 16th annual recognition banquet at Bloomington’s Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday, March 28. Nichelson, who was also recognized for his 45th year of service to the school, manages IWU’s $37 million financial aid program, which includes federal, state, and IWU funds for grant, loan and work-study programs. In addition to counseling families, he works with a staff to reviews in excess of 1,600 student aid applications annually. Nichelson, who has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana University, was the 2002 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the College Board Midwestern Regional Assembly and has served on the U.S. Department of Education’s Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Loan Issues.