Cutting Edge Teleconference Sponsored by AES and PASFAA

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 http://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 http://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.

American Education Services

American Education Services (AES) is among the nation's leading providers of student financial aid services. Each year, AES serves millions of students and thousands of schools through its loan guaranty, servicing, and financial aid processing systems. As a nonprofit enterprise with $94 billion in assets under management (1/31/07), AES channels its earnings into a wide array of public service programs and initiatives that help ease the financial burden of higher education.

Focused on guaranteeing the next generation of leaders, thinkers and doers, AES is a pioneer of pro-student products and services, such as its Zero Guaranty Fee Policy and low-cost student loans. From early awareness, to managing the financial aid process and sound student debt management, AES is a trusted source of information and advice for students, parents, school counselors and financial aid offices across the country. AES is also the home of the award-winning college-planning Website http://educationplanner.org/, as well the debt management resource http://youcandealwithit.com/. For more information, please visit us at http://www.aessuccess.org/.