{"id":12069,"date":"2025-11-10T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=12069"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:33:36","slug":"mowests-haley-lindsey-receives-national-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/10\/mowests-haley-lindsey-receives-national-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"MoWest\u2019s Haley Lindsey receives national honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-310x310.jpeg\" alt=\"Haley Lindsey\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-66x66.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-310x310.jpeg 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Haley_Lindsey_1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/>Nov. 10, 2025&#8211;Haley Lindsey, director of financial aid at Missouri Western State University, was recently recognized by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) as their Most Valuable Professional (MVP).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This prestigious honor highlights Lindsey\u2019s outstanding contributions to the financial aid profession and her dedication to student success. Her feature, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasfaa.org\/news-item\/37550\/MVP_Haley_Lindsey_FAAC\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">published on the NASFAA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> website, celebrates this remarkable achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lindsey earned her bachelor of business administration in tourism and hospitality in 2013 and her master of science in higher education administration in 2018, both from Fort Hays State University. She has been in higher education for 11 years, all of them in financial aid, with the last two at MoWest. She told NASFAA why she loves MoWest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs an open-access university, we welcome a wide mix of students \u2014 first-generation, transfers, adult learners, and veterans \u2014 and that diversity makes the work both exciting and meaningful,\u201d Lindsey said. \u201cYou get to meet students where they are and help them find their path forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside of financial aid, Lindsey enjoys painting and spending time with her son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. MoWest is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov. 10, 2025&#8211;Haley Lindsey, director of financial aid at Missouri Western State University, was recently recognized by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) as their Most Valuable Professional (MVP).\u00a0 This prestigious honor highlights Lindsey\u2019s outstanding contributions to the financial aid profession and her dedication to student success. 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