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Cutting Edge Teleconference Sponsored By AES and PASFAA
Teleconference to help schools communicate with tech-savvy students

Harrisburg, PA (March 5, 2007) - American Education Services (AES) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (PASFAA) announced its 2007 Financial Aid Training Teleconference “R U Cutting Edge?” to be held Friday, March 9th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST.

The annual teleconference provides unique multimedia training that benefits financial aid administrators and other members of the higher education community, including office personnel, enrollment managers, and deans of admission.

The free teleconference is broadcast online via satellite and streaming video. Participants are encouraged to actively participate by faxing and phoning in questions and, new this year, participants can send questions by text message and by email. Also new this year is an online chat session during the teleconference, enabling the participants to be virtually interactive with the teleconference. In addition, the teleconference will be available for downloading via podcast at aesSuccess.org after the broadcast.

The teleconference will feature a panel discussion that focuses on the different aspects of financial aid services, including the new communication technologies available to financial aid administrators, enabling them to connect with today’s tech-savvy students.

Patty Hladio, Director of Financial Aid at Slippery Rock University, will host the program. The list of panelists includes:

• Denise Coulter, Director of Financial Aid at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
• Paul Gilroy, President and CEO of TranSendED (a mobile technology company)
• Gregory Martin, Senior Training Specialist at the U.S. Department of Education
• Dennis Miller, Director of Public Relations at Mansfield University
• Lisa Mixon, Assistant Director of Public Relations and Marketing at Harcum College.

The teleconference will be broadcast live via satellite and streaming video at www.aesSuccess.org.

The satellite coordinates for the teleconference are as follows: Telesat ANIK F-2 (C-Band), Transponder 6A1, Polarization Horizontal, Channel Number 2, Downlink Frequency 3906.5 MHz, Orbital Position 111 West Longitude, Audio Frequency 6.2 / 6.8 Discrete Wide. All technical questions should be directed to WITF Learning Technologies at 717-910-2959.