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.
GCSE Advice and Guidance at Derby College
Derby College is holding special advice and guidance events for young people considering their next step having collected their GCSE results. - August 14, 2010 - Derby College
Derbyshire Businesses Shortlisted for Tourism Oscars
Derby College is hosting the final of the seventh East Midlands Tourism Enjoy England Excellence Awards. - August 14, 2010 - Derby College
Derby College Celebration Week 2010
Derby College Celebration Week review to highlight the stature of vocational training. - August 14, 2010 - Derby College
Derby College Peak Performers
Derby College has officially recognised the hard work and dedication of students and staff at the 7th annual Peak Awards event held for the first time this year at The Roundhouse vocational campus. - August 14, 2010 - Derby College
Blue Cliff College Now Offers Online Courses in Medical Assisting Diploma
The position of medical assistant is among the fastest-growing occupations in the United States, expected to grow by 20 percent in the next 10 years. Blue Cliff College now offers a Diploma in Medical Assisting partially online to sustain this need. - August 13, 2010 - The Learning House, Inc.
Derby Retail Awards 2010
Stores in Derby are being invited to enter the first ever Derby Retail Awards, designed to recognise the excellence in the retail sector. Derby College is proud to be part of and assist in the organisation with the Derby Retail Skills Shop, a member of the National Skills Academy for Retail,... - August 12, 2010 - Derby College
US Department of Education Award Helps School of Nursing Develop Three Future Faculty Members
In preparation for the future, the UW School of Nursing has applied and been awarded a grant from the US Department of Education for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN). The GAANN fellowship allows the School to support three PhD students who are committed to careers as faculty members with up to $43K per year for three years. - August 12, 2010 - University of Washington School of Nursing
$100,000 in Grants Available from Coleman Foundation at 8th Annual NACCE Conference in October in Orlando
The Coleman Foundation will conduct an elevator grant session with the potential to award $100,000 at the 8th Annual Conference of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, being held in Orlando, FL, October 10-13, 2010. Individual grants of up to $12,500 will be awarded to support programs that establish or grow entrepreneurship education in community college settings. - August 11, 2010 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Oklahoma City Community College Selects Grade Results as Exclusive Provider of Online Instruction Services
Grade Results, the leading innovator of live, one-to-one online instruction, today announced that Oklahoma City Community College has selected it as its exclusive online tutoring and instructional services provider. Grade Results will support OCCC’s traditional students as well as its growing population of distance learners. - August 11, 2010 - Grade Results
Central Scholarship Awards Over $1 Million in Scholarships and Interest-Free Loans
Nonprofit surpasses 2009 with awards to almost 250 students. Close to 250 students will receive awards from Central Scholarship totaling $1.13 million this coming fall. This number surpasses 2009’s awards of $1 million in scholarships and interest-free loans to about 200 students. The awards... - August 07, 2010 - Central Scholarship
Awareity Releases Incident Management Tools for Clery Act Reporting
Following the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, several new amendments to the Jeanne Clery Act went into effect July 1, 2010. Awareity officially launched new TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident Management and Prevention Services) on July 15, 2010. - August 04, 2010 - Awareity
Lafango Presents the 2010 "Beyond Oil" College Essay Competition
This scholarship opportunity gives students a chance to showcase their ideas on how to find a viable alternative to fossil fuels. - August 04, 2010 - Lafango
Gateway Gourmet Provides New Resources for Aspiring Culinary Students
Find your school, career advice, and industry news all in one place. - August 01, 2010 - Gatewaygourmet.com
RN Builder Becomes Resource for Aspiring Nurses
No longer just a directory of nursing schools. - August 01, 2010 - RN Builder
Robert Fredell, Ph.D., to Direct ABET’s Global Accreditation Activities
ABET, Inc., the global accreditor for professional technical higher education programs, announced that Robert S. Fredell, Ph.D., will become the Managing Director for Accreditation, effective August 1, 2010. - August 01, 2010 - ABET
Coughlan Companies Announces College Scholarship Winners
Coughlan Companies is awarding scholarships to 19 full-time college students in Minnesota, Illinois and England, as part of its larger Community Giving initiative. The scholarship program includes Community Scholarships, presented to students majoring in specific areas of study, and Employee Dependent Scholarships, awarded to children of Coughlan Companies employees attending accredited institutions. - August 01, 2010 - Capstone
NC State Jenkins MBA Assistant Professor Elected to Society of Decision Professionals
The NC State Jenkins MBA program (http://mgt.ncsu.edu/mba) has announced that Dr. Jeffrey Stonebraker, an assistant professor in the NC State University College of Management’s Department of Business Management, has been elected as a charter fellow in the Society of Decision Professionals... - August 01, 2010 - Jenkins MBA
Constant Contact Signs on as Gold Sponsor for NACCE Conference and More
The National Association for Community College entrepreneurship has announced that Constant Contact® (Nasdaq: CTCT), a leading provider of email marketing, event marketing, social media marketing, and online survey tools for small organizations, has agreed to be a Gold Sponsor for its upcoming... - July 31, 2010 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Nazareth College Named 2010 Great College to Work For
The Chronicle of Higher Education named Nazareth College one of only 97 colleges recognized nationally as a 2010 Great College to Work For®. Nazareth is the only Rochester area college named. - July 31, 2010 - Nazareth College
IIM Lucknow Students Learn Lessons from Bollywood
R. Balki, Ad Film Professional-turned-Film Director provides students an insight into the Indian advertising industry. - July 30, 2010 - IIM Lucknow
Opening Doors at Derby College
Enrolment at Derby College starts on Wednesday September 1 with a wider range of courses and campus choices than ever. The Roundhouse vocational campus celebrates its first anniversary this September and has been joined this year by the Ilkeston and Heanor campuses which have also been refurbished... - July 30, 2010 - Derby College
Registration Open for 8th Annual NACCE Conference
Community college entrepreneurship faculty and administrators from across the country will head to Orlando, FL, October 10-13, for the 8th Annual Conference of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, being held at Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Studios®. With a... - July 28, 2010 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Slosberg College Solutions LLC Announces New Blog
Slosberg College Solutions LLC announces a new blog full of information and insights gathered from visiting colleges. - July 26, 2010 - Slosberg College Solutions LLC
Television Newsroom Technology and Infrastructure Explored at AEJMC Conference
Advanced Systems Group, LLC hosts Television Newsroom of the Future presentations at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in Denver, Colorado. - July 25, 2010 - Advanced Systems Group, LLC
CEO of GSI Commerce’s Global Marketing Services Division Joins Adelphi University’s Board of Trustees
Adelphi University has elected Christopher D. Saridakis ’90, chief executive officer of GSI Commerce Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GSIC) Global Marketing Services division, to its Board of Trustees. GSI provides e-commerce and digital marketing services to more than 500 retailers and brands. He will... - July 24, 2010 - Adelphi University
Pupils Full of Energy with the Smallpeice Trust
From 12th to 15th July, 50 aspiring young engineers enjoyed a unique learning experience sponsored by and held at Aston University. The group of 16 and 17 year old students spent four days on campus as they tackled a variety of practical design-and-build projects which explored the fascinating... - July 24, 2010 - The Smallpeice Trust
UIC Master of Science in Health Informatics: First in the Nation to Receive Prestigious CAHIIM Accreditation
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is pleased to announce that the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) has accredited its online Master of Science degree in Health Informatics. The UIC program is the first master level degree... - July 23, 2010 - University of Illinois at Chicago
Portable Career Planning Helps Military Spouses Find Employment in a Tough Job Market
Many military spouses understand the importance of finding work that can travel with them when they move. In an increasingly competitive job market, one military spouse started a business to help fellow spouses find their competitive advantage. - July 22, 2010 - Military Spouse Portable Career Planning, LLC
Barnett and Fuller Join College of Christian Studies at Anderson University
The College of Christian Studies at Anderson University has added two experienced pastors as the two newest members of its growing faculty, Dr. Kris Barnett and Dr. Chuck Fuller. - July 21, 2010 - Anderson University College of Christian Studies
Ashland University’s Program in Dietetics Receives Candidacy for Accreditation
Ashland University’s new program in Dietetics has received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association. - July 18, 2010 - Ashland University
UW Nurse Camp Creating Collegiate Opportunities for Minority and Low-Income High School Students
The University of Washington School of Nursing hosts Nurse Camp 2010 July 12-16, 2010. The free day camp is designed for underprivileged and underrepresented high school juniors and sophomores interested in exploring the nursing profession and preparing themselves to pursue a college degree. - July 16, 2010 - University of Washington School of Nursing
Claremont Graduate University Appoints Health Care Economist Deborah A. Freund as President
Professor Deborah A. Freund has been appointed the 15th president of Claremont Graduate University (CGU) by the university’s Board of Trustees. Freund will be the first woman to serve as president of the California university. Freund was vice chancellor and provost at Syracuse University... - July 16, 2010 - Claremont Graduate University
Midway College Will Offer an Online Medical Coding Associate Degree
Midway College Online has been granted approval to launch an online Associate of Science in Medical Coding in fall 2010. With an expected growth rate of 18 percent by 2016, Medical Coding is considered to be a thriving career. - July 16, 2010 - The Learning House, Inc.
NSCS Awards Southeastern Louisiana University Student Scholarship to Study in Spain
Jennie Chantel Stewart, a junior at Southeastern Louisiana University has been awarded The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Scholar Abroad Scholarship for the summer 2010 semester. - July 16, 2010 - The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Career Mark Awarded
Derby College at Ilkeston and Heanor has become the first College in the county to be awarded with the coveted Career Mark accreditation by the East Midlands Connexions Consortium for the quality of their careers education and guidance. - July 16, 2010 - Derby College
CollegePlus to Giveaway $16,000 Worth of Free iPads to Distance Learning College Students
CollegePlus, a leader in higher education distance learning, is giving away over $16,000 worth of free iPads to college students and distance learners. - July 14, 2010 - CollegePlus!
MIT OpenCourseWare Reaches 2,000 Course Milestone
Groundbreaking open education resource program shares substantially all of MIT's curriculum. - July 14, 2010 - MIT OpenCourseWare
Unbound Medicine Adds Grasp™ Study System to Unbound™ Platform - Technology Update Features New Capabilities for Mobile and Web
Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today announced enhancements to the Unbound™ Platform highlighted by the addition of a customizable study system, Grasp™. Grasp is an innovative mobile and web study solution that uses a proven learning method... - July 13, 2010 - Unbound Medicine
Adelphi Students and Faculty Return from U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan
Adelphi University’s Nicole Bruno ’13, Janae Cummings ’13, Beverly Gantt ’12, Florie St. Aime ’11, Brittany Consigli ’10, and Donna Truong ’10, volunteered and took part in a research project with members from other universities. - July 11, 2010 - Adelphi University
Adelphi University Names Its New Competition Field in Recognition of Alumnus and Board of Trustee Chairman Thomas F. Motamed '71
The field will now be known as Motamed Field. - July 11, 2010 - Adelphi University
Moodlerooms and DubMeNow Release joule™ Mobile Application
Moodlerooms, Inc., provider managed open-source e Learning solutions, in partnership with DubMeNow, a leading developer of modern communication applications, has released joule™ Mobile, an application that will extend the online classroom and deliver on-the-go access to joule™,... - July 10, 2010 - Moodlerooms
54 Students Awarded Scholarships by United Agribusiness League
UAL and UABT has awarded fifty-four students with a combined amount of $75,500 in scholarship monies. - July 10, 2010 - United Agribusiness League
Dentist Dr. Christopher Duddy Interviewed in New Episode of Ear on Careers Podcast Series
Top-Tier Tutoring proudly presents its latest podcast episode of “Ear on Careers,” during which Dr. Christopher Duddy, a dentist, is interviewed about his profession. - July 10, 2010 - Top-Tier Tutoring, LLC
Awareity CEO Addressing Campus Safety at Campus Technology’s 2010 Education Technology Conference
Rick Shaw, President and CEO of Awareity, was selected by the Campus Tech conference advisory board and selection committee for inclusion in Campus Technology 2010’s program with two one-hour poster sessions. Campus Technology 2010 will be held July 19-22, 2010 at the Seaport World Trade... - July 10, 2010 - Awareity
Ashland University Receives $5 Million Challenge Gift
Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, has received a $5 million naming challenge gift for a new academic building for its College of Nursing. - July 09, 2010 - Ashland University
An Editing Service That Lets Others Review Your Resume – Free
10Pens.com is an exciting new service that brings together job seekers and professional editors in a revolutionary editing experience. And it’s free. Users upload a resume to the website and pick a reviewer to edit their work. Within hours, they receive an edited version of their resume with... - July 08, 2010 - 10pens.com
Symptom Media: Videos of Psychological and Psychiatric Phenomena
Symptom Media’s launching of over 140 introductory films for psychology, psychiatry, mental health and the behavioral sciences offers dramatic, concise, professionally acted and produced films designed as simplified videos to be used as building blocks for students to learn psychiatric and... - July 08, 2010 - Symptom Media
Show Gold for Broomfield Hall
Floristry students at Derby College’s Broomfield Hall have clinched a coveted Gold medal for the 6th year running at Derbyshire County Show. The students created an Alice in Wonderland scene with the plants and flowers enhanced by a number of props from metal flowers to playing cards all... - July 07, 2010 - Derby College
New Derby College Academy Boosts Vital Skills
Derby College are launching one of the first Careers Academies in the East Midlands and leading the way in boosting construction and civil engineering skills which will be vital to the economy’s future recovery. About ten of the 40 students expected to start on the new BTEC Nationals in... - July 07, 2010 - Derby College
NC State Jenkins MBA Announces New Research Triangle Park Campus
The NC State Jenkins MBA program (http://mgt.ncsu.edu/mba/) has announced that it has a new, expanded location for its Research Triangle Park (RTP) campus. It will be occupying 5,000 square feet on the first floor of a four-story building located at 1 Park Drive in RTP. The new location, which... - July 03, 2010 - Jenkins MBA