Penn State's Essence of Joy Choir and The LAF Traveling Rep. Co. presented their production of James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones at the NAACP National Conference in Washington D.C. Essence of Joy is under the direction of Anthony Leach, assistant professor in the School of Music. Charles Dumas, associate professor in the School of Theatre, is the artistic director of LAF Traveling Rep. In addition the production featured Patrick Rameau and Anthony Hubert, both assistant professors in the School of Theatre.
In 1992, FINAID-L, an e-mail list for university financial aid officers, was created at Penn State, in an effort to share information and clarify rules and regulations about the rapidly changing and complex world of calculating, reporting and offering financial aid to university students nationwide. The list created and maintained by Robert Quinn, director of computer services for the Office of Student Financial Aid, and Peter Weiss, senior systems engineer in the Office of Administrative Systems, serves more than 3,000 financial aid officers across the country and abroad. Its founders were recently honored with a distinguished service award. To see the FINAID-L founders, go to http://www.psu.edu/dept/finaid-l/.