College & University News

Elevate your knowledge about college and university initiatives in higher learning, technology, student recruitment, housing, campus development and extracurricular activities. This section features information about students, faculty and staff as well as products and services geared toward campus life.

UPA Drive Bridge to Open, Connecting Apartments to Campus

After more than a year, the pedestrian bridge connecting University Place Apartments to The University of Louisiana-Lafayette campus is set to open on July 1, 2017, once again giving UPA residents easy access to the campus. - June 22, 2017 - University Place Apartments

James D. Hoeschele Honored by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals

James D. Hoeschele, of Plymouth, Michigan, has recently been honored as an America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals 2017 Professional of the Year for his outstanding contributions and achievements in field of Inorganic Chemistry. - June 22, 2017 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals

Brad Montague to Keynote CUE 2017 Fall Conference

CUE is excited to announce that Brad Montague will be the Opening Keynote speaker for the CUE 2017 Fall Conference to be held October 27-28 at American Canyon High School in Napa Valley. Brad Montague will deliver the Opening Session and Keynote on Friday, October 27, from 8:30 - 9:30 am. Montague is an award-winning writer and director working to creatively communicate hope to children of all ages. He is the creator of Kid President. - June 22, 2017 - CUE

Katherine E. Paton Recognized as a Strathmore’s Who’s Who Lifetime VIP

Katherine E. Paton, of Vancouver, British Columbia, has been honored as a Strathmore’s Who’s Who Lifetime VIP Member. This honor has been bestowed for her outstanding contributions and achievements in field of Education. - June 22, 2017 - Strathmore Who's Who

UK College of English Celebrates the Opening of Its New Centre on Oxford Street

UK College of English celebrated the opening of its new centre on Oxford Street, Monday 8 May. The inauguration saw Sir Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive of the British Council, unveiling the plaque to mark the beginning of a new era for UKCE. The event was attended by other esteemed members of... - June 22, 2017 - UKCE

Rodica Elena Petrea Honored by Strathmore’s Who’s Who as a Lifetime VIP Member

Dr. Rodica Elena Petrea, of Omaha, Nebraska, has recently been honored as a Lifetime VIP member by Strathmore’s Who’s Who for her outstanding contributions and achievements in field of Healthcare/Education. - June 21, 2017 - Strathmore Who's Who

Campus Consortium Launches the Artificial Intelligence Grant for Enrollments

Campus Consortium, the largest global association of schools, colleges and universities, today launched a new grant for Enrollments. The grant for Artificial Intelligence will help institutions to implement the Artificial Intelligence on Campus to improve enrollment management and enrollment... - June 21, 2017 - Campus Consortium

A-Z Bus Sales Announces the Hiring of Brandon Bluhm: Director of New School Bus Sales

A-Z Bus hires new Director of New School Bus Sales to fully run and plan the departments strategic and sales executions for their core bus brands, Blue Bird, Micro Bird, and Collins Bus. - June 20, 2017 - A-Z Bus Sales

New Graduates Turn to Online Bookie Industry to Pay Student Debt, Says PayPerHead.com

PayPerHead.com sees a ten percent increase in new graduates entering the online bookie business over 2016. - June 20, 2017 - PayPerHead.com

CUE Offers Membership Promotion to Celebrate 40 Years

CUE is now offering free memberships to celebrate the organization’s 40-year anniversary in 2018. The promotion reduces the annual dues and is CUE’s way of thanking its members for forty years of inspiring innovative learners. Interested educators can access the CUE website and sign up for a one-year membership. - June 20, 2017 - CUE

The Law Office of Michael D. Waks Announces 2nd Annual Essay Contest for Students Living with a Disability in Los Angeles County

Attorney Michael D. Waks is offering a $1,000 award to the winner of the Michael D. Waks Essay Contest. - June 19, 2017 - Long Beach Personal Injury Lawyer & Car Accident Attorney Michael D. Waks

Community Law Project Receives Grant from Price Philanthropies

Grant will support a new free clinic in the City Heights / Mid-City neighborhood of San Diego and increased work in existing City Heights clinics. - June 15, 2017 - California Western School of Law

Drexel Breaks the Code and Makes an Impact with KDG’s Crowdfunding Platform

Alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, and more came together and helped Drexel University break day of giving records. - June 14, 2017 - The Kyle David Group, LLC

African Leadership Bridge and Group TekZone Partner to Drive Sustainable Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Through Education

African Leadership Bridge (ALB) and Group TekZone (TekZone) have entered into a partnership to equip, train, develop and enable Sub-Saharan African youth to create local solutions to local problems. ALB has successfully sponsored and mentored a number of African students through undergraduate... - June 13, 2017 - African Leadership Bridge

African Biosciences Ltd Partners with Nigerian Institute of Animal Science to Support Bioscience Research in Nigeria

New Partnership Helps BSc, MSc and PhD Research Students Perform Biomolecular Research in Nigerian Universities and Research Institutes - June 13, 2017 - African Biosciences Inc.

Calumet College of St. Joseph, an ICI Member Institution, Awarded Grant by Campus Consortium

Calumet College of St. Joseph will use the Grant worth $40,000 to leverage the LookingGlass+Kryptos Mobile App Platform to create their official mobile app at no cost. - June 09, 2017 - Campus Consortium

TechSmith and Matrox Announce TechSmith Relay and Monarch LCS Integration

TechSmith Corp., the go-to organization for visual communications and lecture capture and Matrox® Video announced today that TechSmith Relay, a leading lecture capture and educational video platform, offers seamless integration with the easy-to-integrate Matrox Monarch LCS Lecture Capture... - June 08, 2017 - TechSmith Corporation

Texas Native Now Training in NYC Wins National EN POINTE: Classical Ballet Competition

A Texas native, who ventured to New York City at age 17 to pursue her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer, won first place and $12,000 in the National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) national EN POINTE: Classical Ballet Competition held in Boca Raton, Florida. Five dancers collected $31,000 in prize money sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters. - June 07, 2017 - National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) Florida East Coast Chapter

Dr. Jacqueline O. Dansby Recognized as a Woman of Excellence by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Dr. Jacqueline O. Dansby of San Antonio, Texas has been recognized as a Woman of Excellence for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements for 46 years of stellar service in the field of education. About Dr. Jacqueline O. - June 07, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide

Study Reveals the 30 Best U.S. Accelerator Programs 2017 - Silicon Valley's AngelPad & Y-Combinator Top the List

Seed Accelerators "AngelPad" and "Y-Combinator" have landed the coveted top spots in the 2017 rankings from the "Seed Accelerator Rankings Project" (SARP), an annual benchmarking study run by Entrepreneurship and Management experts from Rice University, MIT and the... - June 06, 2017 - Press Release Management

Minus K Technology Announces Fifth U.S. Educational Giveaway

Minus K Technology will grant at least $20,000* of its superior performing patented Negative-Stiffness low-frequency vibration isolators to colleges in the United States. - June 05, 2017 - Minus K Technology Inc.

Corporate Screening Partners with Typhon Group

The partnership offers higher education institutions the option to integrate student background screening and compliance services with clinical management and tracking. - June 03, 2017 - Corporate Screening Services, Inc.

Faculty Row Survey: Two Thirds of Professors Think Donald Trump Will be Impeached

Nearly two-thirds of university professors think Donald Trump will be impeached, based on a Faculty Row survey from more than 600 university professors, according to Jeffrey Finder, founder of Faculty Row’s academic network. Faculty Row surveyed its members from (May 17th-25th, 2017) and it... - June 02, 2017 - Faculty Row

Plotagon Brings Its Award Winning Animation App to Chromebooks

Plotagon Education, a popular program among teachers and students worldwide, allows users with no animation skills to create 3D characters and movies. The application, which is already available on PC, Mac and mobile platforms has now been designed to run on Android-compatible Chromebooks. - June 01, 2017 - Plotagon Story

Academy of Practical Accounts Announces New Free 90 Minute Training

90 minutes of Video, Documents and Software-based training regarding the recording of 9 types of Documents. Plus the extraction of a Trial Balance, Profit and Loss account & Balance Sheet. Using a Free Accounts App. - May 31, 2017 - Academy of Practical Accounts

KDG’s Higher Ed Web Design Team Helps St. Augustine Prep Design an Engaging New Website

The higher ed web design experts at KDG helped St. Augustine Preparatory School give its offline values of truth, unity, and love an online focus. - May 25, 2017 - The Kyle David Group, LLC

Presidency University Awarded Best Emerging University in South India

Presidency University is a private university approved in Karnataka by Act no. 41 of 2013. Presidency University offers courses in Management, Engineering and Law. They have been awarded "Best Emerging University in South India" by ASSOCHAM, India, Feb. 2017. - May 24, 2017 - Presidency University Bangalore

ReachBright’s Higher Ed Tech Experts Highlight the Benefits of Big Data

The creators of the inbound marketing for higher education tool ReachBright define “big data” in their new report. - May 24, 2017 - The Kyle David Group, LLC

CUE CEO to Serve as Panelist at U.S. News STEM Solutions Event

Mike Lawrence, CUE’s CEO, will join other educational leaders from across the country on a panel at the U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference. The National Leadership event will be held in San Diego, California May 24-26, 2017 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. - May 23, 2017 - CUE

Hope International University Royals Baseball Team Advances to NAIA World Series

In just their second season of the program, HIU’s Baseball team punched their ticket to the NAIA World Series. - May 20, 2017 - Hope International University

AS/RS Honor Scholarship Awarded to Montana State University Student

Hänel Storage Systems of Pittsburgh, PA, USA was part of a group to award an honor scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year. - May 19, 2017 - Hanel Storage Systems

UT Arlington Athletics Raises $50,000 Through Texas Trust Spirit Card

Money goes toward the general athletic scholarship fund. - May 17, 2017 - Texas Trust Credit Union

A New Approach to Fix the Budget Crisis

A recently formed not-for-profit organization, whose motto is Let's Fix Illinois, has announced an innovative Jobs Plan. Founder and President, Bjarne Jensen, stated, "Our Jobs Plan will end the budget and pension crisis with a new approach to the problem." Let’s Fix Illinois... - May 16, 2017 - onlineUSdegrees, Inc

Wittenberg University Admissions Underway for August 2017 Master of Science in Analytics Cohort

Wittenberg University is currently accepting applications and enrolling students in its upcoming August Master of Science in Analytics cohort. Geared toward developing data-savvy problem solvers, this 12-month program provides students with deep analytical skills. It also provides a thorough... - May 16, 2017 - Wittenberg University

University of Kentucky Expands Financial Wellness with iGrad Exploratory Center

University of Kentucky's state-of-the-art Student Financial Wellness Center launches a new iGrad Exploratory Center where the interactive iGrad Financial Literacy Platform will be accessible to all students. - May 16, 2017 - iGrad

Student Test Scores Stall: One Man’s Plan for Re-Engaging Kids Through Play

Microduino creator kits are best known for their magnetic, snap-together modules called mCookies that are programmed to operate with open-source, Arduino based code. The color-coded blocks, each with a specific function, make creating dynamic projects ultra simple, as well as providing an easy-to-understand method of learning electronics and software coding. - May 15, 2017 - Microduino Inc

Youth for Human Rights International: 14th Annual World Education Tour Grand Finale on Capitol Hill

Outstanding Youth for Human Rights International volunteers and national advocates were honored with Presidential Volunteer Service Awards in a Capitol Hill ceremony marking the finale of Youth for Human Rights International's 14th annual World Education Tour. Ambassador Don Bliss, President of... - May 15, 2017 - Church of Scientology National Affairs Office

Nova Southeastern University’s Coral Reef Restoration, Assessment and Monitoring Lab Institute Rocks the Ocean with Stream2Sea at the Tortuga Music Festival

Nova Southeastern University’s Coral Reef Restoration, Assessment, and Monitoring (CRRAM) Lab welcomed Stream2Sea to their location on Conservation Village during the Tortuga Music Festival, in Ft Lauderdale, FL. The annual festival hosts “Rock the Ocean,” with a weekend long... - May 13, 2017 - Stream2Sea

Alliant Educational Foundation Names Valin Brown Chief Executive Officer

Nonprofit Veteran to Lead Foundation’s New Impact Efforts - May 13, 2017 - Alliant Educational Foundation

Serwize Want You to Dump Your Secret Data in Nature

IT startup wants to change your memory. Forget about usernames and passwords and start using your own memories for identification. - May 09, 2017 - Serwize ivs

Arteric Technology Utilized in Hypertension Medication Adherence Study at Baylor College of Medicine

OnTimeRx® Automated Reminder Service Tested in Stroke Prevention Program Targeting African-American Women. - May 08, 2017 - Arteric

Dr. Joan Marques Named Dean of Woodbury University School of Business

Joan Marques, Ph.D., Ed.D., has been named Dean of the School, effective June 1 2017. Having served as Interim Dean since August 2016, Marques maintains a strong focus on cultivating and strengthening the Business School's innovative practices, and on AACSB re-accreditation during the next two years. Dr. Marques reports to Randy Stauffer, Senior VP of Academic Affairs. - May 08, 2017 - Woodbury University

Utah Center for Medical Innovation Shares Global Health Innovation Approach at the World Health Organization

Dr. John Langell and Dr. Bernhard Fassl, to speak at World Health Organization Medical Device Session in Geneva Switzerland on May 11th. Their talk on “Designing High Quality Global Health Technologies” will highlight the unique processes their team at the University of Utah have... - May 06, 2017 - CMI

"Beware! The Devil is in the Details: Proven Principles for Exceptional Project Management" Wins 2017 NABE Pinnacle Award for Best Business Book

New Project Management Book by Nationally Published award-winning author and a leading authority on project management wins 2017 NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award for Best Business Book. - May 06, 2017 - Graphic Quill Media

Urban Acoustic Pop Artist Lawrence Lee Releases New Music Video for “Jane” from Debut EP Strings & Dreams

Today, BLE Music Group’s urban acoustic pop artist, Lawrence Lee, released his brand new music video for Jane, the single from his debut EP Strings & Dreams. Jane is a movie-style video that was filmed on the campus of the University of Mobile in Mobile, AL, the school from which Lawrence Lee will earn his bachelor’s degree next week and the place where his debut EP Strings & Dreams was birthed and released. - May 05, 2017 - BLE Music Group

CUE Leads Effort for Net Neutrality in California

CUE, an educational non-profit, is leading efforts in California to maintain free and accessible Internet for all, by initiating Assembly Joint Resolution 7 (AJR-7) authored by Assembly Member and Speaker Pro-Tem, Kevin Mullin. “We cannot expect students to be successful if we take away or limit their ability to access the Internet,” said Mike Lawrence, CUE’s CEO. AJR-7 has been introduced in the State Assembly with broad support. A hearing on the resolution is scheduled for May 10th. - May 05, 2017 - CUE

Job Hunters and Employees at Any Career Stage Can Find the Job They'll Love

Research shows that only 30 percent of Americans strongly agree that they have a chance to do their best at work. Authors Moe Carrick and Cammie Dunaway show them how to improve their chances in the forthcoming book "Fit Matters: How to Love Your Job" to be released May 16, 2017 - May 04, 2017 - Maven House Press

F.A.C.S. Program of Houston Launches Its "Youth Intervention Series"