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Firm brings microfinancial aid to U.S. students Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:33AMAn innovative method of helping students pay for college in Latin America has landed in the United States - and 15 California students serve as its willing guinea pigs. "For me, it's absolutely wonderful," said...
Editorial: Indian River State College not known only for academic excellence, but also for affordability, and that's ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:00AMIndian River State College, which has earned a reputation for cutting-edge academic programs for a new economy, also is one of the nation's best bargains for college students.
Details of the budget bills Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:12AMAfter a slow start, legislators are now working quickly to pass the state's budget bills. A bill to fund public safety was the first of nine budget bills to pass the House and Senate tonight. The GOP-controlled Legislature continues to vote on the remaining bills this evening, in what could be a late night for lawmakers.
Schumer pushes job training grants for colleges Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:21PMFunds from a federal grant could help dozens of SUNY colleges, including Herkimer County Community College, to extend or develop programs needed to help unemployed workers to get back into the workforce. On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced he is pushing for the U.S. Department of Labor to approve the $50 million grant which would provide the necessary funds for this consortium of ...
Counselling for berths from July 18 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:00PMFor diploma courses, the amount is Rs 2,400 (general and backward categories) and Rs 500 (Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe).20110714T000000+000014237267NewsState board eyes shelved power plansRUDRA BISWASRanchi, July 13:Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) has begun a hunt for reports of hydel projects that were proposed during the days of undivided Bihar but suspended after the state's ...
Jane Chafin: MFA: Is It Necessary? -- The Debate Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:28PMA degree is not something I look for when selecting artists for Offramp Gallery. The bottom line is always the work. I look for work that's honest, creative, original, skillfully executed and intensely visual.
Changes coming to bus transit in fall Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:22AMGainesville's Regional Transit System has a few big changes en route for the fall semester.
Are College Libraries About to Become Bookless? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:09PMThe number of colleges using electronic textbooks available to students is on the rise. But what about the rest of the books on campus—the millions of volumes stored in the library? It turns out the digital text revolution is beginning to turn college libraries into places that no longer stock physical books. As Time reports , the engineering libraries at Kansas State University, Stanford and ...
State budget causing trouble on the college level Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:16AMCheyney University junior Deloris Burnett said she is dreading the fall semester when she will no longer see several of her closest out-of-state friends.
Animal rescue ranch in Gray struggling as donations plummet Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:58PMGRAY -- When he provides a tour of his ranch, Lewis Smith likes to tell the history behind every animal there.
L&G student receives national scholarship Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 4:39AMBRATTLEBORO -- A Leland & Gray Union High School graduate is one of five Vermonters to receive a scholarship from the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans.
Fitch Affirms El Paso County Community College District's Revenue Bonds at 'A+'; Outlook Stable Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:57PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings affirms the 'A+' long-term rating on approximately $63.2 million of outstanding combined revenue bonds issued by El Paso County Community College District (EPCCD, or the district). The Rating Outlook is Stable. RATING RATIONALE: -- The 'A+' rating primarily reflects the district's consistently positive operating results, a satisfactory financial cushion ...
ANN ARBOR: Nicholas Shannon receives All-America City Youth Leader Award for Ann Arbor Teens For Kids Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:18AMNicholas Shannon, 16, of Ann Arbor believes in the power of teens working together. That's why he founded his service organization, Ann Arbor Teens For Kids.
First Tee, changing kids' lives since 1997, embarks on ambitious new era Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 5:41AMThe First Tee launching a new campaign to reach 10 million more kids by the end of 2017. To do so, it has set the ambitious target of raising $100 million by the end of 2012.
City recipient of new TE grant Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:16PMAMERICUS — ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced the recipients of the 2011 Transportation Enhancement (TE) Grant funds recently, and the City of Americus is one of the recipients.
GMA Network grants scholarships to exceptional MassCom students Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 4:08AMThree exemplary graduating college students from UP Diliman and Angeles University Foundation were granted scholarships Friday by GMA Network Inc. GMA Network chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon... Proud To Be Kapuso! Visit Us! http://gmaseven.blogspot.com | Spread and Vote - The Kapuso Online Awards, A Viewer's Choice Special http://votegma7.blogspot ...
The Tangier museum offers unique look at island Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 3:36AMOpen 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from May 1 through Oct. 15 and upon request offseason. Entrance is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. Call 757-806-5863. www.tangierhistorymuseum.org.
Bill would open classrooms in Pa. to 'residency' teachers Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 5:06AMWEST CHESTER — State Sen. Andy Dinniman awaits Gov. Tom Corbett's signature to enact his bill allowing specially certified professionals to teach in classrooms where there are teacher shortages.
Arlington Education Foundation awards grants Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:03AMThe Arlington Education Foundation continues to provide invaluable support for teachers and students in the public schools with spring grants totaling more than $50,000.
Wisconsin Assembly 48th District primary candidate intro: Bethany Ordaz Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 9:03AMIsthmus sent the six candidates for the July 12 Democratic primary for the 48th Assembly seat questions about why they're running for office and what they hope to accomplish. Here is what they had to say.
Columbus schools win first of Race to Top grants Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 5:10AMSchools in Columbus, Reynoldsburg and Dublin are among 45 schools statewide awarded $17 million from Ohio's federal Race to the Top grant for programs aimed at boosting student achievement, the Kasich administration announced yesterday.
Pilot program to help NIU students stretch aid dollars Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:11PMDeKALB – Northern Illinois University has been chosen as one of a dozen universities statewide to participate in a pilot program that aims to help students stretch financial aid dollars.
Fitch Upgrades University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Bonds to 'AAA' Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 4:15PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings upgrades the following series of bonds issued by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on behalf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) as follows: --$930.5 million fixed-rate general revenue bonds to 'AAA' from 'AA+'; --$112.8 million fixed-rate general revenue bonds (Build America Bonds) to 'AAA' from 'AA+'; --$69.2 ...
LSCC receives A+ Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:15AMLEESBURG THERESA CAMPBELL | Staff Writer theresacampbell@dailycommercial.com Lake-Sumter Community College has received "full reaff ...
College demands, economy collide Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:57AMTennessee Board of Regents regrets the pressure that a tuition increase puts on its students, but federal and state funding cuts and elevated completion standards make the cost increase unavoidable.
NLN Expands ACES: Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:40AMNLN ACES Website Adds New Case Studies, Simulations, and Teaching Strategies to Better Prepare Students and Faculty for Gerontology Practice. Excellent Resources for Nurse Faculty Available Free of ChargeNew York, NY (PRWEB) June 28, 2011 Millie Larsen is 84, widowed, lives alone, and worries about the cost of her medications for hypertension and other medical problems. Red Yoder, 80 and also ...
Basketball Star Maya Moore Makes History – Wins Honda-Broderick Cup Second Year in a Row Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 3:16PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Collegiate Women Sports Awards today announced that Maya Moore, University of Connecticut basketball star and current forward for the WNBA Minnesota Lynx, has won the Honda-Broderick Cup.
Tim Devane: On Innovative Education Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 7:32PMIn a global landscape where other countries far outpace the U.S. in graduation rates for advanced math and science degrees, our universities should realize their undergrads have not lost the ability to build, they've just forgotten the need to build.
Tornadoes, floods deal blow to struggling state budgets Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:15PMStates in the South and Midwest were reeling from the economy. Then came the natural disasters.
Flooding victims wait on decision from FEMA Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 10:34PMBrian Elwood ticks off a list of personal possessions he loaded into his pickup truck before getting the heck out of Dodge to escape April's flooding.
Storms do budgetary damage Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 9:28PMJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The tornadoes and floods that pummeled much of the South and Midwest also have ...
Disasters deliver blow to state budgets in the South, Midwest Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 5:34PMJEFFERSON CITY — The tornadoes and floods that pummeled much of the South and Midwest also have dealt a serious blow to struggling state budgets, potentially forcing new cuts to education and other services to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster aid. Most state budgets were still reeling from the economy when a huge outbreak of tornadoes marched across the South in late April ...
Foster care youths in San Mateo County need more mentors Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 5:12PMThe San Mateo County Board of Supervisors restored funding to foster care programs Thursday, but according to a recent grand jury report, more mentorship is needed to keep young foster care graduates off the streets and out of prison. The report recommended the Board of Supervisors and Human Services Agency create a formal program to train and recruit mentors for teens who have aged out of ...
Mott Community College ranked among top 100 associate-degree producers, grants twice as many diplomas as five years ago Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:06AMFLINT, Michigan — Mott Community College is handing out more than twice as many diplomas as it did five years ago.
The best way to solve the pay-for-play question? Start a playoff Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 12:47PMNCAA power brokers can prattle on all they want about a just pay-for-play system for student athletes. Dennis Dodd says all that talk is cheap because those same authorities won't go for the one thing that will fix their dilemma: a football playoff.
Calhoun City Schools first in area to become charter system Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:35PMIn return for greater flexibility to teach students the way they see fit, Calhoun City and Gordon County school districts are placing themselves under higher scrutiny and becoming charter school districts.
Santa Cruz Area News Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 5:53AMIf you have turned on the television, opened a newspaper, or switched on the radio in the last three months, chances are you’ve heard the names John Laird and Sam Blakeslee. Their bitter battle for California’s 15th State Senate District seat has been highly publicized and hard to miss.
Press Releases Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 7:47PMThe House of Representatives has passed on third and final reading a measure granting discounts to underprivileged students in the post-secondary and tertiary levels.
Northeast Ohio's 'fab labs': Whatever happened to ...? Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 5:55PM"There are more fab labs in Ohio than anywhere else in the country, and more in the Cleveland area than anywhere else in Ohio," said David Richardson, an adviser to the region's pioneer facility at Lorain County Community College in Elyria.
Collier, Lee’s bigs and littles keep bonds despite Big Brothers-Sisters closing - PHOTOS Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 2:14PMLast week, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America informed Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Florida, which serves 500 children in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties, that it was losing its affiliation and must take immediate action to notify families of children it serves and their volunteer mentors that their matches will be closed effective upon notice. Those children who ...
Petersburg charter school application filed Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 11:13PMExodus submitted its application for a public charter school to the Virginia Department of Education last week with the hope of opening the new school by August 2012.
USDA Secretary Tours, Offers Aid to Flooded Areas in Iowa Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 12:10PMAccording to a news release from the Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Iowa on Thursday to speak to ranchers, farmers and other agricultural owners and workers about the current threat of the rising floodwaters from the Missouri River, which is beginning to flood out nearby farmland and several small towns.
New Upward Bound director plans to secure three grants Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 7:57AMFor her first summer as University of Iowa’s Upward Bound director, Dana Thomann has her plate full of plans for a better future.
100% cut-off symptom of a disease, says Yash Pal Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 2:33PMFor former head of the University Grants Commission, Yash Pal, students scoring 100 per cent should be given negative marking. For, in the race to ‘mug up’, they would have learnt nothing and washed out their creativity.
Breckenridge: Summer fun park opens June 17 Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 12:01PMSummer snow tubing among the featured attractions; locals can sample some free rides on opening day By Summit Voice BRECKENRIDGE —If you didn’t get enough snow this winter, you can look forward to the June 17 opening of the Breckenridge Summer Fun Park, which this year includes the Park Lane super snow-tubing hill, billed as North [...]
Colorado: Duckett Fire now at 2,969 acres Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 11:46AMRed flag warning in the region By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — The Duckett Fire grew by 500 acres in the past 24 hours, to about 2,900 acres, as firefighters achieved some containment at both the north and south ends of the fire where structures are threatened. Strong southwest winds are forecast, prompting a red [...]
Youth matters Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 2:53AMLast week I was pleasantly surprised to find that a friend, Sarah Bulalacao Grutas, is now social media director for the National Youth Commission.
USDA Offers Funding to Help Rural Illinois Residents Address Radon Leaks Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:58AMAccording to a news release from the State of Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the USDA is offering federal funding in order to help rural Illinois residents fix problems with radon in their homes.
New director at the helm Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:52AMNaomi Johnson took the helm as the new director of Fortuna Senior Services on May 2. Johnson is a Fortuna resident who says she appreciates the weather in Fortuna.
Mo. loan agency provides $1M for student grants Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:44AMThe Associated Press The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri's college loan authority is providing $1 million for incentives to high school graduates who score well on math and science tests. Legislation passed this year authorizes college grants of $500 to students who score at least a three or better — on a scale of zero to five — on at least two Advanced Placement tests in math or ...