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Places4Students.com Partners with Moravian College to Provide Off-Campus Housing Solutions

Moravian College has introduced a new off-campus student housing service. - January 29, 2016 - Places4Students

Law School Opens First Coed Multi-User Restroom, Announces LawProf John Banzhaf

The George Washington University Law School has opened the first coed multi-user restroom designed to help females who might otherwise have to wait on long lines for the women's restroom, and transgender people who will no longer have to choose which is the least inappropriate restroom to use given the dichotomy between their anatomical gender and their newly-assumed gender identity, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf. - January 29, 2016 - Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf

British Civil War Course About to Start at NSC

A new part-time leisure course is about to start at North Shropshire College’s (NSC) Oswestry Campus. The ‘Exploring the British Civil Wars , 1642 to 1660’ course will lift the lid on what life was like during those turbulent times, the course will be taught by Dr. Jonathan Worton. - January 28, 2016 - North Shropshire College

Owen Paterson Visits NSC

North Shropshire’s Member of Parliament, Owen Paterson, visited North Shropshire College’s (NSC) Oswestry Campus recently. Mr. Paterson took part in a question and answer session with 100 students from Sociology, English, Maths, History, Science and Uniformed Public Services. Owen gave... - January 28, 2016 - North Shropshire College

Virginia Considers Novel Approach to Campus Sexual Assaults, Reports LawProf John Banzhaf

Because colleges have inherent conflicts of interest in investigating campus sexual assault claims and usually cannot afford to employ their own trained sex crime investigators, the state of Virginia is formally considering using a novel "compromise" approach which would eliminate these biases as well as provide sufficient resources for a proper investigation of reports of sex crimes, reports public interest law professor John Banzhaf. - January 27, 2016 - Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf

CyberCrunch® to Hold First Academic E-Waste & Asset Management Conference in Greater Pittsburgh Region for Private and Public Academic Institutions

CyberCrunch® to Hold First Academic E-Waste & Asset Management Conference in Greater Pittsburgh Region for Private and Public Academic Institutions

On February, 19th at 1:00PM, CyberCrunch® will hold the region’s first e-waste and asset management conference focused on the education sector. Held at the firm’s corporate headquarters in Greensburg, PA, the event will be open to the public on an RSVP basis as there are limited... - January 26, 2016 - CyberCrunch

Imani Lee, Inc. Joins NAFSA: Association of International Educators

The organization centers around policy-making, advocacy, and career development within the international education community. - January 22, 2016 - Imani Lee, Inc.

Esteemed Member, Dr. Gilbert Gordon, Named Industry Leader of the Year 2016 by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals

Esteemed Member, Dr. Gilbert Gordon, Named Industry Leader of the Year 2016 by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals

Professor Gilbert Gordon of Oxford, Illinois has been recognized for his achievements and accomplishments in the field Higher Education. He has, therefore, been named Industry Leader of the Year 2016 in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals. - January 21, 2016 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals

International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Revenue Management in Service Industry” at AIMS Institutes

The conference aims to highlight the role of educational institutions in developing strategies for revenue management and create a platform for industry-academia partnership. - January 21, 2016 - AIMS Institutes

HireKeep Announces "Startups Meet Sales" Event

HireKeep Announces "Startups Meet Sales" Event

HireKeep is announcing its first "Startups Meet Sales" networking and matching event, where DC-area college students can be matched for interviews with some of the area's fastest-growing startups. - January 20, 2016 - HireKeep

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Honors Janet L. Mitchell as a 2016 Professional of the Year

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Honors Janet L. Mitchell as a 2016 Professional of the Year

Janet L. Mitchell, of Glendora, California, has recently been recognized as a 2016 Professional of the Year by Strathmore’s Who’s Who for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of English Composition and Linguistics. - January 20, 2016 - Strathmore Who's Who

NSC IT Lecturer on His Way to Diamond Ranking in League of Legends

Daniel Beech, an IT lecturer at North Shropshire College (NSC) has been a gamer since the age of 10, from Sonic and Zelda to World of Warcraft and League of Legends via Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 and GameCube, he has played them all! Dan is currently a platinum rank in League of Legends and has a world... - January 20, 2016 - North Shropshire College

GBS Designated "Expert Insurance Service Provider" by AM Best Company

GBS Designated "Expert Insurance Service Provider" by AM Best Company

GBS has been accredited with the title of "Expert Insurance Service Provider" by AM Best. - January 19, 2016 - Group Benefit Services, Inc.

SKILLSdox and Datawind Partner to Bring High Quality Online Educational Experiences to India

SKILLSdox and Datawind Partner to Bring High Quality Online Educational Experiences to India

DataWind Inc. (TSX: DW), a leader in the delivery of Internet access in emerging markets, and SKILLSdox Inc., a provider of quality online education resources, have partnered to offer SKILLSdox’s online education marketplace, School of Skill, on select DataWind low cost, Internet-enabled tablets launching March 2016. - January 19, 2016 - betterU Canada

Professional New Zealand Sports Technology Crosses Over to NCAA Soccer

Professional New Zealand Sports Technology Crosses Over to NCAA Soccer

Division One college teams like the Stanford Cardinal and Akron Zips making the most of professional grade wearable sports technology. - January 19, 2016 - VX Sport

Crais Management Group Completes Study on the Changing Nature of Medical Device Development

Crais Management Group Completes Study on the Changing Nature of Medical Device Development, Connected Biotech Systems, and Capital and Detail Sales in 2016 Global Healthcare Crais Management Group (CMG LLC) launched a study last year on the changing nature of medical device, biotech, biomedical,... - January 19, 2016 - Crais Management Group, LLC

College Collaboration Could Benefit Learners, Communities and Businesses

North Shropshire College and Reaseheath College are exploring the potential benefits of a closer collaboration, it was announced this week. Both colleges are specialist land-based institutions, are in a strong phase of continuous growth and improvement and share a long history of delivering... - January 16, 2016 - North Shropshire College

Operative Experience Strengthens Business with Oberndorf as Significant Investor and Chairman

Operative Experience Strengthens Business with Oberndorf as Significant Investor and Chairman

Operative Experience, Inc. (OEI), a fast rising developer of high-fidelity human simulators for surgical and pre-hospital education, announced today that Louis H. Oberndorf, a pioneer in the field of healthcare simulation and the founder of METI, has made a significant investment in the company and... - January 15, 2016 - Operative Experience, Inc.

Dottie T. Righter Recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Dottie T. Righter of Grenloch, New Jersey has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2015 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. About Dottie T. Righter Ms. Righter has over 15 years experience in the... - January 15, 2016 - Strathmore Worldwide

Winner Announced for Scribendi.com's 2015 Community Leadership Scholarship

Catherine Nabukalu awarded $1,000 scholarship for outstanding community involvement. - January 15, 2016 - Scribendi

NSC Does "The Great Pottery Throw Down"

Students from North Shropshire College’s (NSC) Art Department were inspired by the recent BBC series ‘The Great Pottery Throw Down’ and took part in a specialist pottery throwing workshop at NSC’s Oswestry Campus. Students from the BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design... - January 14, 2016 - North Shropshire College

NSC’s Football Scholarship’s Successful Season

The season so far for the TNS Football Scholarship in partnership with North Shropshire College (NSC) has been somewhat of a success. With both the E1 and E2 squads competing in leagues against bigger and more illustrious colleges, few would have expected both teams to be doing so well both in... - January 14, 2016 - North Shropshire College

Da Vinci Press Announces Winning First Prize in London (UK) Book Festival for New Book "Tweeting da Vinci"

Tweeting da Vinci won first place in the London (UK) Book Festival. In its first year of publication, Tweeting da Vinci won numerous gold medals for content and design. Competing against thousands of books, Tweeting da Vinci took top honors in prestigious national and international competitions. - January 12, 2016 - Da Vinci Press

CUE Connect Allows Remote Participation in 2016 National Conference

CUE Connect Allows Remote Participation in 2016 National Conference

CUE is excited to announce that educators unable to attend the 2016 National Conference to be held March 17-19 in Palm Springs, California may do so by attending CUE Connect. This first CUE Connect will be held at the Orange County Department of Education’s Conference Center, in Costa Mesa,... - January 12, 2016 - CUE

CUE Will Present Screening of Underwater Dreams at 2016 National Conference

CUE Will Present Screening of Underwater Dreams at 2016 National Conference

Panel Discussion with the Documentary’s Inspiration, teacher Allan Cameron following - January 08, 2016 - CUE

Hurix Systems Partners with MENA HR Solutions LLC (IBD Group)

Partnership will help corporations and educational institutions “Go Digital” in the Middle East. - January 08, 2016 - Hurix Systems Private Limited

William Meredith Foundation Presents the 2016 Award for Poetry to Gray Jacobik

William Meredith Foundation Presents the 2016 Award for Poetry to Gray Jacobik

The William Meredith Foundation invites writers, reporters, and press advocates to celebrate the 2016 William Meredith Award for Poetry presented to Gray Jacobik, who James Tate has called “a rare poet, one not to be missed,” and who is compared to Moore, Bishop and Wallace Stevens.” The award carries a modest cash award along with the publication of a new and selected collection titled, THE BANQUET, scheduled for publication during National Poetry Month in April, 2016 by Poets’ Choice. - January 07, 2016 - The William Meredith Foundation

NSC Biology Students Visit Keele University

A group of Science A Level and BTEC Forensic Science Students from North Shropshire College (NSC) recently visited Keele University, the focus of the day was to allow the students to extract their own DNA and see their genetic fingerprint. Biology tutor Shôn Prebble commented,... - January 07, 2016 - North Shropshire College

SANS Inc., Software and Network Solutions, Appoints Southeast Regional Manager

SANS Inc., Software and Network Solutions, Appoints Southeast Regional Manager

SANS Inc., Software and Network Solutions, has named Daniel Maaske to the position of Regional Sales Manager. Daniel’s responsibilities will include support of current SANS’ educational customers as well as new business development in the southeast region of the United States including... - January 06, 2016 - SANS Inc. Instructional Technology for Language Learning

Writers of the Future Ends 2015 with Best Year Ever

Writers of the Future Ends 2015 with Best Year Ever

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future hits national best seller list, receives starred review and celebrates 75 years of Golden Pen Award all in 2015. - December 31, 2015 - Galaxy Press

The Grammar Diva's Books Support Better Grammar for the New Year

The Grammar Diva's Books Support Better Grammar for the New Year

It is that time of year again when resolutions for the New Year abound: lose weight, stop smoking, get to the gym more often, be kinder to your spouse or your kids—yet a study done by Match.com online dating shows that the two most important characteristics of a potential date are good teeth and good grammar. Speaking and writing contribute as much to a person's image as his or her physique and dental work. - December 30, 2015 - bigwords101

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Names Gilbert Gordon the 2016 Academic Trailblazer

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Names Gilbert Gordon the 2016 Academic Trailblazer

Gilbert Gordon, of Oxford, Ohio has been honored as the 2016 Academic Trailblazer by Strathmore’s Who’s Who for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Education. - December 30, 2015 - Strathmore Who's Who

Lifetime VIP Member, Janet L. Mitchell Has Recently Been Recognized by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals as  Professional of the Year 2016

Lifetime VIP Member, Janet L. Mitchell Has Recently Been Recognized by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals as Professional of the Year 2016

America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals has recognized Janet L. Mitchell for her accomplishments in the field of English Composition and Linguistics as a Lifetime VIP. Based on her achievements, she has now been selected as Professional of the Year 2016. - December 25, 2015 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals

HIU Celebrates Its 100th Commencement Ceremony

On Saturday, December 12th, Hope International University celebrated its 100th commencement ceremony. The fall graduates come from a student body which represents 43 states and over 20 countries. - December 25, 2015 - Hope International University

Esteemed Lifetime Member Gilbert Gordon Granted First Ever America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals’ Offshoot Webpage

Esteemed Lifetime Member Gilbert Gordon Granted First Ever America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals’ Offshoot Webpage

Dr. Gilbert Gordon has been granted the first ever America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals’ offshoot webpage, honoring a lifetime of achievement in water research and inorganic chemistry. www.drgilbertgordon.com Gilbert Gordon, Ph.D., was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is the... - December 24, 2015 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals

Local Charity Awards 5 Scholarships

Five women received an early Christmas present this year: a college scholarship from Lifetime Adoption Foundation, a charity that awards educational assistance to women who have lovingly placed a child for adoption. Some women were also awarded a laptop computer to use in their studies. Recipients... - December 24, 2015 - Lifetime Adoption Foundation

SKILLSdox and Udemy Collaborate to "SKILL UP" India

SKILLSdox Inc., an Ottawa Canada-based company, and Udemy, a San Francisco-based company, entered into an agreement to help expand Udemy’s overall online education offering across India’s mass population. - December 21, 2015 - betterU Canada

Annual Essay Competition Across Baltic Sea Region Officially Launched by the Islands Society

The Islands Society is issuing an open call to young professionals across the Baltic Sea Region to participate in its annual essay competition. This year, the nonprofit is calling upon young professionals to respond to the following question: “What is the biggest security threat facing Islanders in the Baltic Sea Region today?” - December 21, 2015 - Islands Society

Cummings Graduate Institute Hosts First Commencement Ceremony

Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, the only doctoral-level Institute dedicated to integrated behavioral healthcare, held its first Commencement Ceremony on Monday, December 7th, 2015, sending the inaugural class of five degree candidates out into the world as Doctors of Behavioral Health. Each new Doctor of Behavioral Health was presented with a white coat by Founder and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Nicholas Cummings. - December 20, 2015 - Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health

Aspire InfoLabs Conducts Recruitment Drive in Hyderabad

The final round of the Aspire InfoLabs recruitment drive was conducted on 17th December, 2015. - December 20, 2015 - Aspire InfoLabs Global Pvt. Ltd.

Allied American University Exemplifies Holiday Spirit for a Great Cause

Allied American University Exemplifies Holiday Spirit for a Great Cause

AAU employees organize a canned food drive competition to support Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. - December 17, 2015 - Allied Business Schools

Great Independent Album - Inspire 2 (Redemption of the Ghettos Worldwide)

Great Independent Album - Inspire 2 (Redemption of the Ghettos Worldwide)

INSPIRE 2 is the follow-up to INSPIRE that was released in 2009. This album focuses on motivating and inspiring the youth about their future. There are also hidden messages within the songs that will have individuals thinking about many aspects of life. Redemption of the Ghettos Worldwide is simply planting a seed of positive views to the youth about life. Mezonic took three years to complete this project and listeners will appreciate every single song. - December 17, 2015 - Mezonic Records

ExpoMarketing Announces Women in Business Scholarship Winners

ExpoMarketing Announces Women in Business Scholarship Winners

ExpoMarketing, itself a women-owned business, launched the scholarship program as part of the company’s ongoing effort to lessen the cost of education for women who demonstrate high academic achievement, exceptional leadership qualities and involvement with community service. - December 17, 2015 - ExpoMarketing LLC

Institutions of Higher Education Win 100,000 Strong in the Americas Funding for Study Abroad with Support from ExxonMobil

The White House, U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA announced nine new 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grants sponsored by ExxonMobil to support university partnerships and new study abroad programs at an event with Vice President Joe Biden. The goal of 100,000 Strong in the Americas is to increase study abroad opportunities in order to enhance hemispheric competitiveness, increase prosperity, and prepare a more global workforce. - December 16, 2015 - Partners of the Americas

Colombian Vocational and Technical Higher Education Institutions and U.S. Community Colleges Win 100,000 Strong in the Americas Funding for Study Abroad

The White House, U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA announced five new 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grants sponsored by SENA-CAF to support university partnerships and new study abroad programs at an event with Vice President Joe Biden. The goal of 100,000 Strong in the Americas is to increase study abroad opportunities in order to enhance hemispheric competitiveness, increase prosperity, and prepare a more global workforce. - December 16, 2015 - Partners of the Americas

Institutions of Higher Education Win 100,000 Strong in the Americas Funding for Study Abroad with Support from the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

The White House, U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA announced eight new 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grants sponsored by Campus Puerto Rico to support university partnerships and new study abroad programs at an event with Vice President Joe Biden. The goal of 100,000 Strong in the Americas is to increase study abroad opportunities in order to enhance hemispheric competitiveness, increase prosperity, and prepare a more globally competent workforce. - December 16, 2015 - Partners of the Americas

Racial Coverup at Harvard Law Suspected, Says Law Prof John Banzhaf

Almost a Full Month Has Passed Since Law Professors’ Pictures Were Discovered Covered in Black Tape, So Harvard’s Complete Silence Regarding its Investigation, and the Lack of Any Reported Suspects, is Very Suspicious, Especially in Light of Its Many Motives to Cover Up, Says Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf. Perhaps it’s time for the press to begin asking some probing questions, he suggests. - December 15, 2015 - Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf

FloSports Announces Beynon Sports as the Official Track Surface of FloTrack

FloSports Announces Beynon Sports as the Official Track Surface of FloTrack

FloSports announced a partnership with Beynon Sports, naming the leading provider of synthetic athletic surfaces as the official track surface of FloTrack. One of 10 sites under the FloSports umbrella, FloTrack is the worldwide leader in covering track and field with live streams of top... - December 14, 2015 - Beynon Sports Surfaces

NSC Science and Art Students Visit the Capital

Science and Art students from North Shropshire College (NSC) recently spent three days in London, touring world renowned art galleries and museums in the capital. The students visited the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Tate Modern, the British Museum, the London Museum and the Crime Museum... - December 12, 2015 - North Shropshire College

FATbit Reveals Campus, an ERP Software for Schools, Colleges & Universities

A powerful web based university and college management system that can take care of all the academic and administrative functionality of the staff surely is a boon for any institution. Campus, in that aspect, perfectly fits the bill with its advanced ERP features. - December 11, 2015 - FATbit Technology

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