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"PepWear Rallies for Native Youth"
PepWear partners with nonprofit NRC to remember Native American youth. - August 24, 2009 - National Relief Charities
Jewish EXCEL Scholarship Fund Initiative
The mission of the Foundation is to build Jewish identity, values, and literacy through elementary Jewish day school education. The focus of the Foundation is on schools which embrace a quality, dual curriculum. - August 24, 2009 - National Jewish Day School Foundation
SumTotal Customers to Receive a $30,000 Credit Toward Learn.com Products & Services
Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company has re-launched its Conversion Allowance Program (CAP) to assist concerned SumTotal customers. - August 24, 2009 - Learn.com
West Covina Symphony Orchestra Presents Free "POPS" Concert
The West Covina Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Sylvia Lee Mann, presents “POPS goes the Symphony: to the MOVIES!” on Sunday August 30, 2009 at 7 p.m. The program is presented in cooperation with the West Covina Chamber of Commerce, The Greater West Covina Business Association, the City of West Covina, the Covina United Methodist Church and the West Covina United Methodist Church. - August 23, 2009 - West Covina Symphony Orchestra
The Drucker School of Management Helps Students Build Skills in Sustainable Business
A new Drucker course will cover four main topics: Values Based Accounting, The Science and Business of Climate Change, Policy as it relates to the Environment, and Green Supply Chain Management. - August 23, 2009 - Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
Kidz Planet Helps California Kids Learn to Save the Planet
Preschool Kidz Planet Going Green with Area Children and Parents. - August 23, 2009 - Kidz Planet
The Crenshaw School Launches New Website
To celebrate its 10-year anniversary and share with the community how the School has evolved, The Crenshaw School has launched a new and improved website: www.crenshawschool.com. - August 23, 2009 - The Crenshaw School
Drucker School of Management Announces the Promotion of Craig Pearce to Tenured Full Professor of Management
The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management is proud to announce the promotion of Craig L. Pearce to Tenured Full Professor of Management. Professor Pearce has pioneered the development of shared leadership scholarship and practice. He has won several awards for his research,... - August 22, 2009 - Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
Medgar Evers College Dean of the School of Science, Health and Technology, Dr. Mohsin Patwary, Receives Prestigious Fulbright Specialists Award
Dr. Mohsin Patwary, Professor of Biology and Dean of the School of Science, Health and Technology at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, has been selected for a Fulbright Specialists project in Uganda at Gulu University during October 2009. Dr. Patwary will present seminar... - August 22, 2009 - Medgar Evers College
CGU Receives Grant to Begin Professionally Integrated Graduate-Level Certificate Program in Autism
The School of Education’s Teacher Education Internship Program received a $28,230 grant from the Change Happens Foundation to support a certificate program for the professional development of service providers in the field of autism and autism research. The three-course program is the only of its kind at the graduate level, and is greatly needed, as there has been a huge increase in autism diagnosis. - August 22, 2009 - Claremont Graduate University
San Mateo County Foreclosures are Not Great Deals
Seminar to dispel common San Mateo first time home buyer myths. - August 22, 2009 - The RayChel Realty Group
iSayHello – Take the Travel Dictionary for iPhone and iPod Touch with You to the Athletics World Championships in Berlin
Just in time for the Athletics World Championships in Berlin, Admovi has expanded its range of language course applications for iPhone and iPod Touch. iSayHello.mobi was designed to be a compact travel phrasebook for holidays abroad. Across 10 lessons, all the important topics–from arrival... - August 21, 2009 - Admovi GmbH
School Furniture Essentials - "Back to Basics" by Hertz Furniture - Helps Schools Save Time and Money
Hertz Furniture’s Back to Basics school furniture collection offers a selection of the most economical and essential classroom furniture all on a single page. The collection consists of student desks, teachers desks, classroom chairs, storage cabinets and other classroom basics. - August 21, 2009 - Hertz Furniture
LMS Tools for Email Capabilities and E-Learning Access Options
Coggno's learning management system is a leader in multimedia training solutions, and now provides universal signup and login, and email delivery services for easy distribution of e-learning content to large numbers of users. - August 21, 2009 - Coggno
How to Succeed in the 21st Century Music Industry
New Music Business Course Launches Fall 2009. Award-winning London music school Point Blank is now enrolling for a new Music Business course which gets underway on October 1st 2009. http://www.pointblanklondon.com/music_business.php. - August 21, 2009 - Point Blank Music College
Replicon, Inc., Announces 2010 Time Tracking Scholarship Program
Timesheet Software Leader, Replicon, Inc., recently launched TimeSheet Software Scholarship 2010 - August 20, 2009 - Replicon Inc
TargetX's Student Recruitment Manager (SRM) Selected as Finalist in Salesforce.com's Force.com Forty Competition
Groundbreaking recruitment management tool from college marketing firm TargetX has been selected as one of 40 best new applications built on the Force.com platform. - August 20, 2009 - TargetX
Agents: Become an Expert on Handling Distressed Property Sales Through Two-Day Designation Course
Real estate agents that want to learn how to sail through distressed property transactions like seasoned pros should sign up for the Certified Distressed Property Expert Designation course offered on October 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the 2009 AREAA/NAHREP Real Estate and Marketing... - August 20, 2009 - National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals
From Tragedy to Triumph: Five Year-Old Victim of Domestic Violence with Severed Facial Nerves is Smiling Again After Cutting-Edge Facial Plastic Surgery in San Salvador
Madeline is a 5-year-old who was atrociously slashed earlier this year by her father in a domestic violence act in her home in San Salvador. As luck would have it, Dr. Babak Azizzadeh, the director of the Facial Paralysis & Bell’s Palsy Foundation was on a medical mission trip in... - August 20, 2009 - Facial Paralysis Institute
Learning by Grace Homeschooling Offers Alternative to Private Christian Schools
As the Great Recession continues to affect millions of Americans, many parents of students enrolled in private Christian schools are withdrawing their children and opting for a more affordable education. Some are even abandoning private schools altogether and turning to the public school system. As... - August 20, 2009 - Mimi Rothschild
Trinity Academy of Raleigh’s High School Concert Choir to Sing National Anthem at Durham Bulls Game
Dr. Robert Littlejohn, head of school at Trinity Academy of Raleigh (www.trinityacademy.com), a preK-12 college preparatory school community located in North Raleigh, has announced that the academy’s high school concert choir will perform the National Anthem to commence the Durham Bulls... - August 20, 2009 - Trinity Academy of Raleigh
SOLEX College Introduces TESOL Program
Attention: College Students, Recent College Graduates, Retirees and Career Changers who are seeking employment and the opportunity to travel the world. SOLEX College is now offering a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certification program in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. - August 20, 2009 - SOLEX College
TransELearn Announced New Release of TransELearn LMS
TransELearn Learning Management System (LMS) is an online learning software that helps organization to deliver online training to employees and customers in a cost effective way. The benefits of using TransELearn LMS are widely published including lowering training costs, increasing competency, reducing turn-over and improving productivity. - August 20, 2009 - TransELearn
NUS Launches New Mandarin Leader Workouts for SMEs
NUS Business School is delighted to launch a series of high quality executive education programs, developed with inputs from alumni and SME leaders. The NUS SME Leader Workouts are intense,short and focused on timely issues. - August 20, 2009 - NUS Business School
Aquage Master Class Academy in Miami
Aquage Master Class Academy is an advanced 2-day hands-on, intensive, interactive educational experience designed to elevate hairdressers haircutting, hairdressing, visual communication and business skills. New format in Miami, FL on November 8 - 9, 2009. Go to www.aquage.com/academy to register now. - August 19, 2009 - Aquage
Visix Earns Third Consecutive Year on Inc. Magazine's List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Inc. magazine has ranked Visix no. 2221 on its third annual Inc. 5000 with three-year sales growth of 141.5%. The list is an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies and it represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy –... - August 19, 2009 - Visix, Inc.
Emantras and ACU Partners to Deliver Mobile Education
Emantras partnered with Abilene Christian University (ACU) to develop products that allow teachers to generate and push educational content to the students for mobile consumption. - August 19, 2009 - Emantras
Teaching Times Supports New Social Networking Site for Teachers and Students
New social networking site 'Rafi.ki' was developed exclusively for teachers and students - and it is opening up new opportunities for children to meet their peers around the world. No longer do teachers have to rely on French exchanges and pen pals to make international contacts. Rafi.ki allows... - August 19, 2009 - Imaginative Minds Ltd
Educators Overseas Uses TalkingCV to Make the World of International Recruitment More Readily Available
Successful use of TalkingCV by an international recruiter of educational staff - August 19, 2009 - TalkingCV Limited
The Church of Scientology Promotes Human Rights
As part of International Youth Day, Scientologists volunteered to collect hundreds of signatures as part of an effort to raise the awareness of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and get it implemented internationally. - August 19, 2009 - Church of Scientology Los Angeles
Green Library Utilizes Quality Automation Graphics’ Energy Dashboard
A new green library is using Quality Automation Graphics’ energy dashboard to educate staff and patrons on the new building’s real-time energy efficiencies, carbon footprint and green initiatives. - August 19, 2009 - QA Graphics
Varsity Tutors Appoints New Director for Chicago Operations
Varsity Tutors has chosen Caroline Swiger as the new Director of its Chicago operations. - August 19, 2009 - Varsity Tutors
Barack Obama Photo Album Soon to be Presented in MobiStories e-Book Format; Children to Learn About President Obama Through Mobile Devices
Still Motion Media signs digital distribution deal with Enslow Publishers to create and produce a MobiStories e-book, “The Obama Family Photo Album; Celebrating President Barack Obama in Pictures.” The e-book includes photos and sound clips of Obama from childhood through his rise to the Presidency. - August 19, 2009 - Still Motion Media
Is There Gold for Employers at the End of the Remedial Rainbow? Learn.com Says Yes.
Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, today advanced its new Personal Edition as the complete training solution for U.S. employers valiantly struggling to compensate for legions of unskilled workers. - August 19, 2009 - Learn.com
Global Facilitator Service Corps Presents Accentuate the Positive: Changing Negative Self-Talk
GFSC provides tools and techniques to help communities navigate through crisis, change and stress. They are committed to wide distribution of effective tools and techniques. Their online library offers free materials to help community volunteers. - August 19, 2009 - Global Facilitators
CalPoly and Quinnipiac Universities Sign with TipNow™, the Text-Based Anonymous Reporting System
CalPoly and Quinnipiac Universities Sign with TipNow to enhance their campus safety options and make both students and parents feel more confident that the universities are taking steps to ensure the safety of students and campus personnel. - August 19, 2009 - Resiligence
Medgar Evers College, CUNY Appoints Dr. Howard C. Johnson Interim Senior Vice President and Provost
Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York (CUNY) announces the appointment of Dr. Howard C. Johnson as Interim Senior Vice President and Provost, effective August 17, 2009. A national search will be launched shortly for a permanent Senior Vice President and Provost. “Dr. - August 18, 2009 - Medgar Evers College
CorrectMyText.com Brings Schliemann’s Language Learning Method Online
The new collaborative service will help people learn foreign languages using the method invented by German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann. - August 18, 2009 - Larnite Ltd
Aid to 20,000 American Indian Students
This year, 20,000 Native American students in need will have National Relief Charities in their corner. - August 17, 2009 - National Relief Charities
Hire Disability Solutions(TM) Breaks Barriers to Bring Qualified Disabled Workers and Corporations Together -- Job Tools and Content Now More Easily Accessible to HireDS
Yesterday, 27,256,000 disabled Americans had no job.* Today, Hire Disability Solutions™ placed 16 disabled individuals in jobs. Only 27,255,984 to go. Hire Disability Solutions is committed to seeing that every person with a disability finds employment. "Our mission at Hire Disability... - August 17, 2009 - Hire Disability Solutions, LLC
Boots on the Roof Announces Launch of Solar Training “Boot Camps”
The Solar Energy industry is exploding with opportunity, with an expected 400,000 job openings in 2009 alone. The prospects for a stable and progressive career in the solar industry are phenomenal, and the launch of a formal training institute will help many fulfill their goals of joining the... - August 17, 2009 - Boots On The Roof
Boots on the Roof Announces Partnership with SunWize Technologies
Close on the heels of launching its very popular solar training boot camps, Boots on the Roof has announced a new partnership with SunWize Technologies, the premier distributor of solar energy systems and components in North America. With this partnership, Boots on the Roof is aiming to service... - August 17, 2009 - Boots On The Roof
Solar Tech CalSEIA Summit Welcomes Boots on the Roof Solar Training Program
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined solar industry leaders as they teamed up with the California Solar Energy Industries Association at eBay's corporate offices in San Jose, CA, for the inaugural Solar Tech CalSEIA Summit. The welcome mat went out to accomplished renewable energy educator, Boots... - August 17, 2009 - Boots On The Roof
First Tutors: Tutoring Business Booms During Recession
Many graduates, business owners and people who were recently laid off work are turning to tutoring to sustain themselves and their families during these tough times. - August 16, 2009 - First Tutors
Small Museum Pro!, Distance Learning for Museum Training & Development, Offered by Museum Development Associates and Eastern New Mexico University
Museum Development Associates of Santa Fe has entered into a collaborative agreement to offer a professional certification program of five courses in museum skills and training, to be delivered through Eastern New Mexico University’s distance learning program. The program, Small Museum Pro!,... - August 16, 2009 - Museum Development Associates
The Sagemont School, a College Prep in Broward County Florida Celebrates Its Principal's 30th Year in Education
Sagemont’s Principal Laskin in Broward Florida celebrates her 30th year in education. She is an innovator who has fun motivating her students… She’s been slimed with green goo, dressed as a banana and delivered pizza to a pupil’s home. It's not very often that you see a school principal kissing a pig, or getting slimed with goo or dressing like a banana. But, then again, it's not very often that you come across an educator like JoAnn Laskin, Principal at Sagemont's elementary school campus. - August 16, 2009 - The Sagemont Schools
Governor Rendell to Speak on Early Education Saturday
Governor Ed Rendell spoke on the importance of early childhood education to Pennsylvania during the current budget impasse. He will be spoke at Today's Child Learning Center in Sharon Hill, PA on Saturday. - August 16, 2009 - Today's Child Learning Centers
Large Numbers of Working Mums Seek Retraining
Large numbers of mums are considering retraining as a way round the recession or to get back into work, according to a recent poll by jobs and community site Workingmums.co.uk. - August 15, 2009 - WorkingMums
International Speaker Sanyika Calloway Boyce to Narrate Barack Obama Photo Book
Sanyika Calloway Boyce, an international speaker, top selling author and regular guest on broadcast television narrated the MobiStories e-book, “The Obama Family Photo Album; Celebrating President Barack Obama in Pictures.” The e-book includes photos and sound clips of Obama from childhood through his rise to the Presidency. - August 15, 2009 - Still Motion Media
Birmingham Community Charter High School Announces Grand Opening
Parents, Students, Faculty Rally Behind School Leaders for August 19th Ceremony. - August 15, 2009 - Birmingham Community Charter High School