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.
BeezNest Reveals LMS Chamilo's Social Networking Functionalities and Their Potential Influence on Student Motivation
Open source solutions provider BeezNest is proud to introduce the innovative features of Chamilo's social network, a first of its kind inside an open source learning management system. Users will now be able to link directly from inside the LMS to their LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter... - February 06, 2011 - BeezNest
$26,000 in Scholarships Awarded in Orlando
The Miss Orlando Scholarship Pageant awarded three titles and $26,000 in scholarships. - February 06, 2011 - Miss Orlando Scholarship Pageant
Education Online Services Corporation (EOServe Corp.) Announces Educational Partnership with Kentucky State University
Education Online Services Corporation and Kentucky State University announce educational partnership to implement multiple online degree programs. - February 03, 2011 - Education Online Services Corp
Retail Course Expansion at Derby College
Derby College is expanding its portfolio to include several new retail courses. - February 03, 2011 - Derby College
Controversial UC Davis Student Organization: “Sex, Lust, Un-Tamed.” Risqué? You Bet. Sex Lust UnTamed is Hosting Free Weeklong Sex Workshops at the UC Davis Campus.
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, new sex-related student organization Sex, Lust, Untamed is making sure UC Davis students are prepared. S.L.U.T. is putting on “Sex, Lust, Untamed presents: Valentines 2011” a week long series of on-campus sex workshops, spanning February 7-11... - February 03, 2011 - Sex Lust UnTamed
Adelphi to Hold Summer Nursing Intensive Program for High School Students
Adelphi University is pleased to announce that it will hold its first competitive Nursing Intensive program for a select group of high school students this summer, from July 15 to 21, 2011. The program will provide students with exposure to the supportive faculty of a college nursing program such... - February 03, 2011 - Adelphi University
NC State Jenkins MBA, College of Engineering Launch Dual Engineering MBA Degree Program
Master of Industrial Engineering/Master of Business Administration Degree Offering to Begin Fall 2011 - February 03, 2011 - Jenkins MBA
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Joins White House-Led Startup America Partnership
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship is participating in the White House-led alliance designed to spur entrepreneurship in America. - February 02, 2011 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Morrisville State College Teams Up with Otto Media to Grab the Attention of Potential Students
Morrisville State College was looking for an innovative marketing concept to grab the attention of potential students. Otto Media helped guide them in the right direction. Mark Eischen, Creative Director at Otto Media, designed three :30 commercials entitled “Morrisville in Motion.” Two... - February 02, 2011 - Otto Media
How to Become the Strongest Candidate for BS/MD Programs - New Book from College Admissions Partners Helps Students Get Into Medical School from High School
The new book “BS/MD Programs-The Complete Guide: Getting into Medical School from High School” will provide high achieving high school students who want guaranteed admission to medical school a guide to each step in the admission process. - February 01, 2011 - College Admissions Partners
The Mentoring Magic Award Winners: Sara Meier and Dr. Diane Todd Bucci
In 500 words or less, Sara Meier, a student at Robert Morris University, successfully explained why she felt that her mentor deserved to win the "Mentoring Magic Award" during January National Mentoring Month 2011. Chosen by small panel of experts from a selection of entries that came in... - January 31, 2011 - Mentoring Magic
Dr. Richard L. Cravatts to Chair the New Greater Boston SPME Chapter
Richard L. Cravatts, PhD, founding director of Boston University’s program in Publishing & Digital Media and newly-named Scholars For Peace in the Middle East (SPME) board member, will chair a newly-established Greater Boston chapter for SPME. Governed and directed by academics, Scholars... - January 30, 2011 - Dr. Richard L. Cravatts
Top-Tier Tutoring Releases Podcast That Gives an Insider’s Peak Into the University of Delaware
In his latest podcast, Mike Rivera of Top-Tier Tutoring interviews Kyle Friedman, a freshman at the University of Delaware, for his candid assessment of the school’s courses, professors, dorms, food and social life. - January 29, 2011 - Top-Tier Tutoring, LLC
White Digital Media Partners with Harvard Business School
Displaying the benefits of executive education through digital advertising - January 28, 2011 - WDM Group
ITC Systems Hires New Director of Sales, USA West
ITC Systems announces a New Director of Sales, USA West, focused on supporting dynamic success in card-based transaction solutions. - January 28, 2011 - ITC Systems
Universities, Judges and Sponsors Attracted to National Security Innovation Competition 2011
Only university competition awarding scholarships for innovation serving national security needs is achieving great participation from universities, judges and sponsors for April 2011 event – but there’s still time to enter and support the competition. - January 28, 2011 - Colorado Homeland Defense Alliance
New Book Encourages Students to Find Mentors to Guide Their Futures: Authors of Mentoring Magic Celebrate National Mentoring Month
Dr. Shellie Hipsky and her co-author on the book "Mentoring Magic: Pick the Card for Your Success," Dr. Claudia Armani-Bavaro are asking everyone to honor their mentors during January, which is National Mentoring Month. - January 28, 2011 - Mentoring Magic
BLOODHOUND Helps Derby College Celebrate Apprenticeship Success
Media opportunity: Wednesday February 9, 10am: The Roundhouse, Derby College, Pride Park, Derby. - January 27, 2011 - Derby College
Derby College BLOODHOUND Business Date
Local businesses are invited to an event celebrating National Apprenticeship Week at Derby College. - January 27, 2011 - Derby College
Adelphi University to Host Journalist Kim Barker
Adelphi University is pleased to host investigative journalist Kim Barker, who will present her lecture “The Taliban Shuffle: A Look at What the US Has Done in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Why It’s Not Working.” The event will take place on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 12 p.m. in... - January 27, 2011 - Adelphi University
Award-Winning Author Margaret Atwood to Speak at Adelphi University
Adelphi University is pleased to host acclaimed author Margaret Atwood, who will deliver the Rita Diamandopoulos Lecture in Literature on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the Ruth S. Harley University Center’s Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The event is free... - January 27, 2011 - Adelphi University
Celebrated Journalist David Brancaccio to Lecture at Adelphi on February 28, 2011
Adelphi University is pleased to host journalist, author and television anchor David Brancaccio. Mr. Brancaccio will give a lecture entitled “Adventures in Economic Disaster: What the Financial Crisis Means for Justice and Jobs in the Next Generation” on Monday, February 28, 2011, at... - January 27, 2011 - Adelphi University
The Institute for New Economic Thinking to Hold Its Second Annual Plenary Conference from April 8 to 10, 2011 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
The conference, “Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads,” will host over 200 leading economists, finance experts, and young scholars - January 26, 2011 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute for New Economic Thinking Has Created an Academic Partnership with the London School of Economics and Political Science
INET@LSE will apply ideas from “complexity social science” to improve the design and effectiveness of economic policy - January 26, 2011 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
DirectRooms.com – End of January 2011 Melaka Retirement Reunion for Class of 1968-1974
There will be many an old tale recalled when the soon-to-be retired classes of 1968 to 1974 pupils from Malocca High School get together at the end of January - January 23, 2011 - DirectRooms.com
SAGE Establishes Perpetual Annual Scholarships for the Moorpark College Foundation
SAGE Publications, an independent international publisher of journals, books and electronic media with headquarters in Thousand Oaks, has partnered with the Osher Foundation to benefit Moorpark College students every year with two $500 scholarships. The perpetual scholarships are awarded through the nonprofit Moorpark College Foundation. The scholarships are designed for students interested in English, writing, or journalism. - January 23, 2011 - Moorpark College Foundation
Unbound Medicine Releases Medical Applications for Windows® Phone - Microsoft Names Relief Central™ Top Federal Application
Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today announced the release of mobile medical applications for Microsoft’s new and completely redesigned mobile platform, Windows® Phone 7. This release enables a growing number of healthcare professionals to... - January 21, 2011 - Unbound Medicine
The Deadline to Apply for the Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) Scholarship is January 28, 2011
Ronald McDonald House Charities® Northern Nevada will offer thirty-seven renewable scholarships to high school seniors who plan on attending college full-time next year. Students can apply online at www.rmhc-reno.org . All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by Friday,... - January 21, 2011 - Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern Nevada
Bossier Parish Community College Selects Grade Results to Support Nursing and Other Professional Programs with Online Tutoring and Instruction
Grade Results, the leading innovator of live, online instruction, is pleased to announce that Bossier Parish Community College selected it as its online tutoring and distance-learning provider. Grade Results will help to support students in a number of subjects, including nursing, English, math,... - January 20, 2011 - Grade Results
Norfolk State University Streamlines Mounting Obligations and Reduces Costs with MOAT
Norfolk State University (NSU) implemented Awareity’s award-winning MOAT (Managed Ongoing Awareness and Trust) tools to address escalating costs and obligations associated with information security, campus safety, risk management, privacy and compliance. Like other colleges and universities... - January 20, 2011 - Awareity
Adelphi University Elects Ronald B. Lee ’67 to Its Board of Trustees
Alumnus Ronald B. Lee, a member of the class of 1967 at Adelphi, has been elected to the University's Board of Trustees. - January 20, 2011 - Adelphi University
AntiVirus Company Thirtyseven4 Helps Educate Schools with New Poster Series
Free Scareware and Hacking themed posters now available. - January 19, 2011 - Thirtyseven4, LLC
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Announces Partnership with Taylor Insight Aimed at Expanding and Improving Nation’s Small Businesses
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) and Taylor Insight Worldwide announced today a joint-venture aimed at improving and expanding the breadth and depth of information, resources, corporate, civic, and government partnerships available to community college... - January 15, 2011 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
2011 American Finance Fellow Elected
The Fellows of the AFA have elected Milton Harris of the University of Chicago as the 2011 Fellow of the Association. - January 13, 2011 - American Finance Association
2011 Fischer Black Prize
The American Finance Association announces the award of the 2011 Fischer Black Prize. - January 13, 2011 - American Finance Association
Scholarships Available for Greater Dayton Sorority Women
Dayton Alumnae Panhellenic Assoication announces the availability of its 2011 scholarship application. Sorority members - undergraduate or graduate students - with permanent home addresses in the Ohio counties of Montgomery, Greene, Warren, Miami, Preble, Clark, Shelby, and Darke are encouraged to apply. - January 13, 2011 - Dayton Alumnae Panhellenic Association
Seattle Law Firm Launches School Teacher Supplies Gift Giving Program
Davis Law Group Awards $100 Office Depot® Gift Card Each Week to a Seattle Public School Teacher - January 11, 2011 - Sprouts
Domenico Delli Gatti of Catholic University in Milan to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
An INET grant will fund Professor Delli Gatti to develop new ideas and policy proposals to contain the spread of systemic risk in the financial system - January 09, 2011 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Boston College Releases iPone App Powered by LogiXML, Boston College Libraries is One of the First in the Nation to Serve Students with a Mobile App
Boston College Libraries has released an iPhone app that leverages LogiXML’s new library data reporting technology to help students find and use library resources. The iPhone app — built using LogiXML’s newly released product, Logi Insight for Libraries — allows students to... - January 09, 2011 - LogiXML
Dr. Pinar Akcora Joins Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that Dr. Pinar Akcora, formerly of the University of Missouri-Columbia, has joined the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science faculty as an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Akcora is the recipient of the... - January 09, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Texas Solar Power Company Selects PanelClaw for Austin’s Largest Solar Installation
Texas Solar Power Company installs largest solar project to date in Austin, Texas. Choose to use exceptional PanelClaw for mounting on flat roof. - January 07, 2011 - Texas Solar Power Company
Blackstone Review's New Release Helps Students Who Want to Score Highly on SAT, and Tutors and Teachers Who Help Students Prepare for It; Released by Dog Ear Publishing
Ace the SAT writing section with this comprehensive guide to the rules of good writing tested on the SAT. This innovative study guide is based on a simple principle: If you know the rules, you can ace the test. You just have to know the rules. Blackstone Review identifies and explains the rules of... - January 07, 2011 - Dog Ear Publishing
Coleman Foundation Elevator Grants Winners Get Year-End Boost by Earning Additional $31,800 in Matching Funds; Total Now Received via NACCE Competition is $99,300
Eight community colleges across the country have received an additional $31,800 in grants from the Coleman Foundation after having raised funds in their communities to support programs in entrepreneurship education. The additional funds come on top of $67,500 the schools earned in the Elevator Grant Competition at the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Conference in October. - January 06, 2011 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Striking Wheelchair Lift for Historic Library
Durham University appointed platform lift specialist movemanSKG to install a unit in its Palace Green Library. It provides an access route for wheelchair users. - January 05, 2011 - movemanSKG
The City of Miami Gardens Honors Program Will Provide Paid Internships for Local Students
The City of Miami Gardens Honors Program will provide local students with paid internships at the City of Miami Gardens, sharing with them the opportunity to gain practical and professional experience in government. - December 31, 2010 - City of Miami Gardens
Virtual Office Assistant Classes Debut Spring 2011 at College of DuPage Using Book Released by Chief Virtual Officer
Beginning Spring 2011 DuPage College in Illinois will offer Virtual Office Assistant Classes using a book released by Chief Virtual Officer - December 30, 2010 - Chief Virtual Officer
Universities to Compete in National Security Innovation Competition 2011
Only university competition awarding scholarships for innovation serving national security needs -- Call for papers - December 29, 2010 - Colorado Homeland Defense Alliance
Jobjuice's Best-Selling Marketing App Now Available for Windows Phone 7
Jobjuice is one of the developers selected by Microsoft to be part of the first crop of Windows Phone Apps to be offered at Microsoft’s Mobile App Marketplace. - December 29, 2010 - Jobjuice.com LLC
Alternative to the MBA: Most Master in Management Programs do Not Require a First Degree in Economics or Business
2 out of 3 Management Masters are open for graduates of all disciplines. At www.mim-compass.com you can search for these programs according to their entry requirements. - December 25, 2010 - Master in Management Compass
New Release by Blackstone Review for Students Who Want to Score Highly on SAT, and Tutors and Teachers Who Help Students Prepare for It; Released by Dog Ear Publishing
Ace the SAT writing section with this comprehensive guide to the rules of good writing tested on the SAT. This innovative study guide is based on a simple principle: If you know the rules, you can ace the test. You just have to know the rules. Blackstone Review identifies and explains the rules of... - December 25, 2010 - Dog Ear Publishing