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Berkeley Junior Wins $5,000 Study Abroad Scholarship
UC Berkeley student Andrew Adelman applied for the scholarship given by The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He is spending the spring semester in Amman. - February 14, 2009 - The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Private Main Line School Announces AP Scholars
More than half of Devon Preparatory School’s senior class has been named AP Scholar by the College Board. Thirteen of these young men were named AP Scholar with Distinction, 12 were named AP Scholar with Honor and five were named AP Scholar. All thirty students hail from the five county... - February 14, 2009 - Devon Preparatory School
Performance Tracker Named to Top 100 Products of 2008 by District Administration Magazine
One of the most-read magazines of America’s school district leaders, announces the Readers’ Choice Top 100 Products of 2008 — Performance Tracker honored. - February 14, 2009 - Performance Pathways
Pass Christian University Introduces New Online "Introduction to Visual Basic 2008" Course
Pass Christian University has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online courses. Pass Christian University, a leader in online education, is pleased to announce the launch of "Introduction to Visual Basic 2008." - February 13, 2009 - Online Educational Institution
FIU Professor is Runner-up for Inspire Integrity Awards
Florida International University Faculty Fellow John Bailly will receive a $1,000 stipend and a $1,000 donation to his university's scholarship fund. - February 13, 2009 - The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
UMD Professor Wins Inspire Integrity Awards
UMD Professor John Pease will receive a $3,000 stipend and $2,000 donation to the University of Maryland's scholarship fund. - February 13, 2009 - The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
The Founders Fund, Inc. Holds Scholarship Breakfast with Collier County High School Guidance Counselors
The Founders Fund, Inc. held its annual High School Counselor breakfast on Wednesday, Feb. 4th at the Club at Pelican Bay. The annual event was attended by a majority of Collier County High Schools and was aimed at gathering information about the number of anticipated graduates at each school, a... - February 13, 2009 - The Founders Fund, Inc.
Sagemont Excels - Local Private School’s Accomplishments Continue to Soar
The rapid physical growth of The Sagemont Schools', in itself a strong indicator of the quality of the education and the support of proud parents, has been surpassed only by the students’ accomplishments. - February 13, 2009 - The Sagemont Schools
Draw Your Own Thumbuddy Contest
ThumbPeople, Inc., the creator of the Thumbuddy children’s book series is sponsoring a “Draw Your Own Thumbuddy Contest” for kids. Here’s what kid’s need to do . . . Draw Thumbuddy on a white piece of paper. Have fun and be creative. Write words that describe... - February 13, 2009 - ThumbPeople, Inc.
Ashworth College Encourages Retail Professionals to Hone Skills with New Retail Management Degree Program
Ashworth College, announced today the addition of Retail Management to its roster of Associate Degree programs. The new course curriculum combines traditional business subjects with specialized retail courses and is designed to provide students with the necessary knowledge needed to pursue retail... - February 13, 2009 - Ashworth College
OrgSync Raises Money for Charity: Water Using Social Media
OrgSync Successfully Uses Twitter Social Media Platform to Rally the Community, Increase Public Awareness and Raise $1500 for Charity: Water. - February 13, 2009 - OrgSync
Sagemont School Troupe 6915 District Competition Held at American Heritage
"Congratulations to Troupe 6915, Thespian President Kimberly Stanton, Thespian Vice-President Hanan Elmasry, and their sponsors, Ms. Ramcharitar and Ms. Wertman for an outstanding job!" - Principal Gayle Iacono - The Sagemont Upper School Campus - February 12, 2009 - The Sagemont Schools
High Tech Company Extends Open Door Policy for Childcare
Share in My Day launches a national campaign to create a digital open door policy for child care centers and change the world of early childhood education forever. Share in My Day works with early childhood education centers to install video cameras in classrooms and streams video feed to the web via a secure server. There is never a cost to Childcare Centers, the services is supported by interested parents for a small monthly fee. - February 12, 2009 - Share In My Day, LLC
Local Child-Care Center Goes High Tech
Share In My Day, LLC announced today that Amherst Park Prep child-care center of Amherst, New Hampshire is now offering live streaming video from the center to parents over the web. - February 12, 2009 - Share In My Day, LLC
Anger Management Center Produces Second Animated Short Film
Daybreak Counseling Service a provider of anger management education produces its second animated short film. - February 11, 2009 - Daybreak Counseling Service
Sagemont Gets Moving with Youth in Motion Program
The Sagemont School is doing their part to get kids moving with their new Youth in Motion program. Starting with a blueprint from the International Youth Conditioning Association and adding her unique training style touch, master trainer at the Weston Sports Institute, Sally Spooner, came up with... - February 11, 2009 - The Sagemont Schools
SAE Institute Announces Public Online Seminar Initiative: SAE-LIVE!
SAE launches its newest online initiative, SAE-LIVE!. Designed to offer SAE resources to the public with live video streams and interactive chat rooms during audio, film, and media seminars. These global webcasts give the public a unique opportunity to become part of the SAE community. - February 11, 2009 - SAE Institute of Technology, US
Leading International Private Tutor Agency Launches a New London SAT Tuition Service for Students Applying to American Universities
Tutors International, a leading provider of full-time live-in tutors, has launched a new specialist tuition service for American SAT preparation and US college graduate testing. Adam Caller explains why the private tuition agency is able to provide such high quality SAT tuition in London - February 11, 2009 - Tutors International
Training Courses for Italian Language Teachers in Rome, Florence and Milan
All the information about the Intensive Training Courses for Teachers of Italian as a foreign language. - February 11, 2009 - Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Buyers of Market Research Expect to Spend Nearly 10% Less in 2009
A 20 year trend of positive growth for the market research industry is likely coming to an end. - February 10, 2009 - MarketResearchCareers
Eggsist's GM Lecturing for Master Degree at University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
Stefano N. Roncari, General Manager at Eggsist Ltd, one of the most promising IT consulting firms in China, will hold classes on the rather controversial topic of “Web 2.0”, for the University of the Sacred Heart of Milan. - February 10, 2009 - EGGsist Ltd
KeyRelevance Search Professionals Share Expertise at National Search Conference
Dallas-based KeyRelevance Search Marketing Team to Speak at SMX West Search Engine Marketing Conference in Santa Clara, CA. - February 09, 2009 - KeyRelevance Search Engine Marketing
Mixbook Education Program
Mixbook Launches Education Program for Teachers. Mixbook For Educators gives teachers the tools needed to create photo books online for free. Mixbook (Mixbook.com), widely known for the free online web tool that lets users create personalized, professional-quality photo books from their own photo... - February 09, 2009 - Mixbook
Santa Ana College Staff Member Elected Honorary Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Liz Monge of Pico Rivera, student activities coordinator at Santa Ana College, has been elected an honorary member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the two-year college. The award was presented to Monge in recognition of her distinguished service to the society and to the Alpha... - February 08, 2009 - Santa Ana College
Argonauta Christian School in St. Petersburg, FL to Hold Open House on February 12, 2009
Argonauta Christian School Invites Prospective Parents to Visit The School's St. Petersburg Campus on February 12, 2009. - February 08, 2009 - Argonauta Christian School
Australasian College’s Green Approach to Education Approved by Green Business Network
The Australasian College of Health Sciences (ACHS) is now an approved member of Green America’s Green Business Network, America’s oldest network of socially and environmentally responsible businesses. To earn approval, the College passed Green America’s stringent screening... - February 08, 2009 - American College of Healthcare Sciences
Gregory Sales and Hilal O. Al-Siyabi Awarded Best Presentation at Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East
Award won for presentation on teacher training and capacity-building project. - February 08, 2009 - Seward Incorporated
NCWRC Applauds Yadkin Riverkeeper for Calling Alcoa to Clean Up N.C. Pollution
The N.C. Water Rights Committee (www.ncwaterrights.org) is applauding a recent press release by the Yadkin Riverkeeper calling for Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (Alcoa) to take measures to clean up existing contamination at Badin Lake before the multinational firm receives another 50-year license to... - February 08, 2009 - N.C. Water Rights Committee
Indian Students Can Now Apply Directly for Over 700 International Degree Programs in US, Canada and UK Through LearnHub.com
In a first of its kind initiative, LearnHub.com, the social learning network run by Savvica, a Canadian company that is majority owned by Educomp Solutions Ltd, will now allow Indian students to apply directly to over 19 universities & colleges in the USA, Canada and UK for over 700 high quality degree programs from their website. - February 08, 2009 - LearnHub
TutorJam Experiences 85% Growth in Online Tutoring Subscriptions
Amidst a Tough Economic Climate, TutorJam Continues to Deliver Affordable Tutoring Services to US and Canadian Families. - February 07, 2009 - TutorJam
Fourteen Equestrian Teams to Compete at St. Andrews Equestrian Center on Friday
Fourteen Equestrian Teams To Compete At St. Andrews Equestrian Center On Friday Fourteen equestrian teams will enter riders in 36 classes in Friday’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Association hunter seat event hosted by St. Andrews Presbyterian College. The one-day event will be held from 10 a. - February 07, 2009 - The Learning House, Inc.
ARISE Foundation Provides Critical Life Skills Certification Training to Staff Members of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Life Skills Instructors learn how to conduct lively group discussions and activities with at-risk youth, creating a mentoring relationship between juvenile justice staff and the youth in their care. - February 07, 2009 - ARISE Foundation
Miami Dade Schools Employee Portal Provides Direct Link to SP SnapShot
Classroom data analysis tool now easier than ever for schools to access. - February 07, 2009 - Etraffic Solutions Inc.
Santa Ana, Santiago Canyon Colleges Go Smoke-Free
Santa Ana and Santiago Canyon colleges in Orange County, CA, join the ranks of a growing number of smoke-free college campuses in California and nationwide. - February 07, 2009 - Rancho Santiago Community College District
Software "Wizard" for Essay Writing Released: Egorg Writing-1 Trains Middle-School Students
New software is available that helps middle school students master the art of essay writing. Suitable for both home and classroom use, the program is effectively a sentence-by-sentence wizard that coaches students through the process. The software was released by Virtual Learning Environment Solutions, Inc. under the Egorg brand. - February 07, 2009 - Virtual Learning Environment Solutions, Inc
Kids on Broadway Holds Super Bowl Pledge Drive to Fund Acting Scholarships
Help needy children from ages 7-18 in the theatre arts pay their tuition for annual musical productions. - February 06, 2009 - Kids On Broadway
Jenny Buccos Made Honorary Bedouin Man
Jenny M Buccos founded ProjectExplorer.org to foster a new generation of global citizens and found herself meeting Middle Eastern Royalty, having tea with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and even being made an honorary Bedouin Man in the Jordanian desert. - February 06, 2009 - ProjectExplorer
SKOLKOVO to Partner with MIT Sloan
In a partnership between one of the world’s most respected business schools and one of its newest, the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO are launching a series of joint programs aimed at strengthening the Russian school’s capacity in business education at the international level while exposing MIT Sloan faculty and students to a new range of global developments and challenges. - February 06, 2009 - Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education Receives OSV Grant
Andrew Seeley, Ph.D., executive director of The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, today announced the reception of a generous grant from the Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) Foundation to help offset the cost of the Institute’s third annual Academic Retreat for Teachers. This year’s... - February 06, 2009 - Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
Unbound™ Platform Powers Online and Mobile Editions of Taber's 21 from F.A. Davis - Single Digital Repository Distributes Medical Dictionary via Multiple Channels
Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for health care, in partnership with F.A. Davis Company, a leading health care publisher, today announced the release of the new Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary for Mobile and Web. Powered by the award-winning Unbound™ Platform, Taber's content is delivered from a single XML repository to students, educators, and practitioners in nursing, allied health, and medicine via the web and mobile devices. - February 05, 2009 - Unbound Medicine
WorldSharp 1042-S Tax Form Preparation System for 2008 Now Shipping
WorldSharp Technologies, Inc. announced the 2008 Version of WorldSharp 1042-S Preparation System with Electronic Reporting is shipping. 1042-S is the Tax Form is filed for a Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding. - February 05, 2009 - WorldSharp Technologies, Inc.
Ontariosecondcareer.com Helps Laid-off Workers Search for a Second Chance
In support of Ontario’s Second Career program, www. ontariosecondcareer.com helps workers tap into government funds by leading them in the direction of new, career-focused training. - February 05, 2009 - Great Exposure, Inc.
Pass Christian University Introduces New Online Conversational Japanese Course
Pass Christian University has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online courses. PCU is pleased to announce the launch of "Conversational Japanese." Designed for travelers and beginners, this course makes it easy and fun to master the basics of the spoken... - February 05, 2009 - Online Educational Institution
Union Institute & University Launches New Web Site
www.myunion.edu designed to change your thinking about higher education; reflects recent changes at UI&U. - February 05, 2009 - Union Institute & University
Ashworth College Creates Online Challenge for Working Moms/Student Moms
Now through April 30, Ashworth College, a worldwide leader in distance education, pays homage to these dedicated women, kicking off the Ashworth Moms Challenge. For 12 weeks, working moms from all walks of life will be invited to state their New Year’s resolution, record their progress, interact with peers, and be eligible for prizes. - February 05, 2009 - Ashworth College
StraighterLine to Exhibit at American Council on Education’s 91st Annual Meeting
StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com), a new online education solution that provides students a high quality, better supported, and lower cost way to obtain college credits through regionally accredited colleges and universities, has announced that its representatives will participate in the... - February 05, 2009 - StraighterLine
SKOLKOVO EMBA Opening Module Held
The opening module of SKOLKOVO EMBA was held last week. A group of participants, who successfully passed the entrance exams, started their studies at SKOLKOVO. The SKOLKOVO EMBA opening module took place at the Le Meridien Moscow Country Club in Nakhabino (the Moscow Region) from January 27 till... - February 05, 2009 - Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
$147-Sarbanes Oxley Certification, $297-Basel ii Certification, $297-Risk and Compliance Certification from Compliance LLC
Everything is included: Official presentations, up to 3 online exams, your certificate if you pass the online exam. - February 04, 2009 - Compliance LLC
Harry K. Wong, Alfie Kohn, Teaching Tips in Latest Teachers.Net Gazette
February 2009 issue is biggest yet - Features Abraham Lincoln, Black History, and Dr. Seuss Read Across America lesson plans, classroom management help, opinion, recipes, and classroom humor. - February 04, 2009 - Teachers.Net
Preparatory Courses for AIL Exams
All Information about the Preparatory Courses for AIL exams for Italian Language Teachers. - February 04, 2009 - Scuola Leonardo da Vinci