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Project BLUE Teams Up with The Art Institute to Give Students Real World Experience
Students will design projects that promote the Surfrider Foundation initiative, project BLUE. - June 14, 2008 - The Art Institute of California -- Orange County
St. Helens High School Class of 1988 Reunion August 2
The St. Helens High School Class of 1988 plans a weekend of events to celebrate their 20 year reunion August 1 and 2 in St. Helens, Ore. The weekend kicks off with a welcome reception August 1 at Bings restaurant. The reception is open to alumni and spouses and teachers from St. Helens High School. - June 14, 2008 - St. Helens High School Class of 1988 Reunion Committee
Sonitrol Pacific Verified Alarm Leads to One Arrest
Police arrested a suspected burglar after Sonitrol Pacific audio sensors detected activity inside a Washington school June 12. An experienced Sonitrol Pacific sound analyst received an impact activated audio signal from the school early in the morning. She listened to real-time audio to determine... - June 14, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Summer Day Camp for Teens is a Beautiful Experience
All About Me Beauty Camp builds character, ethics, confidence and self esteem though developing inner and outer beauty for 13 - 17 year old teens. - June 13, 2008 - All About Me Beauty Camp
Storming Robots Announces First Robocon Technology Learning Center to Host Student Robotics Exhibition
As part of its continuing mission of furthering science and engineering education through hands-on robotics instruction, Storming Robots Technology Learning Center is pleased to announce the first RoboCon, an exhibition of robotics projects to be held Saturday, June 21st. RoboCon will highlight the accomplishments of students ranging from grade 2 to 12, as they present the culmination from 1 to 9 month of robotics achievement, including individual and team projects. - June 13, 2008 - Storming Robots, LLC
Elicitus Authoring Tool Announces New Version
Trendy Looking Version 7.0 Adds Voiceover Recording, Enhances User Experience. - June 13, 2008 - Harbinger Knowledge Products Inc.
Who Wants to be a Teacher?
EFL teacher Daniela Pesconi has launched a new blog on EFL teaching. As globalization is taking over, more and more people are going for an English course. That demands really well qualified EFL teachers. Being a good EFL teacher is not easy. Schools ~ and students ~ are very demanding and... - June 12, 2008 - Who wants to be a teacher?
StraighterLine to Exhibit at CCA Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas
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... - June 12, 2008 - StraighterLine
Harrington College of Design Awards $20,000 in Scholarships to Soon-to-be Interior Designers, Photographers and Graphic Designers
Four high school seniors were awarded $5,000 scholarships toward their education at Harrington College of Design. - June 12, 2008 - Harrington College of Design
Tilana Systems Announces Enterprise Product Line Featuring Tilana RealCDP™ Enterprise Suite™
Formerly available only for SaaS deployments, Tilana now also ships as a complete client-server CDP and storage based sync system for corporate networks running Windows Server and Microsoft SQL. - June 11, 2008 - Tilana Systems Corporation
Texas Association of Private & Parochial Schools Announces AED Partnership
NewHouse Medical and TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) have entered into a partnership to make available affordable AED (automated external defibrillator) units for member schools. - June 11, 2008 - NewHouse Medical
Stonehenge: Ancient Megalithic Site Holds Secret to Earth’s Turbulent Past
Computer systems analyst Dean Talboys has unlocked a previously overlooked aspect of an ancient megalithic site in Wiltshire, England, which indicates a major catastrophic event at the end of the last Ice Age 13,000 years ago that could have been caused by the rapid decline of the polar ice caps. - June 11, 2008 - Dean Talboys
Two Found Hiding on Roof of School After Detection by Sonitrol Pacific
Police used a K-9 unit to locate two school break-in suspects hiding on the school’s roof after detection by Sonitrol Pacific June 7. - June 11, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Maps101 Launches Presidential Election Map Collection
Online K-12 Education Resource Maps101 announces the addition of a new series of presidential election maps. - June 11, 2008 - Maps101.com
Maryland Web Design Firm Wins Top Honors for Education Web Site
Bethesda Design Web, a full-service web design firm, today won Outstanding Achievement for Excellence in Design and more for the web site of Explore-It-All Science Center, a nonprofit educational science organization. - June 10, 2008 - Bethesda Design Web
Educational Gifts Provide Tasteful Alternatives
The Cookie Cupboard has just introduced a complete line of educational gift baskets and gifts that combine the wonder of learning with the tastiness of gourmet cookies, chocolate and candy. - June 10, 2008 - The Elegant Cookie, LLC
EmploymentCrossing Launches Job Site for Counseling Professionals with More Than 3,500 Jobs
EmploymentCrossing, the premier job-opening research institution, has launched CounselingCrossing, a new website dedicated entirely to providing jobs to counseling professionals. The site seeks to list every counseling job opening in the United States by monitoring jobs posted on every job board, career website, and employer homepage its researchers can locate. - June 09, 2008 - EmploymentCrossing
Cortiva Institute Announces Two New Scholarship Funds
Cortiva Institute announces the establishment of two new Scholarship Funds. The program will provide scholarship funds for Massage Therapy education at any of Cortiva Institute schools nationwide. The scholarships will be awarded to promising massage therapy applicants and the selection process... - June 09, 2008 - Cortiva Institute - Schools of Massage Therapy
Four Winners Selected for Brody Scholarship Program at East Carolina University
Winners will be part of class of 2012 at the Brody School of Medicine. - June 08, 2008 - Brody Scholarship Program
What Benjamin Franklin, Budda, and Napolean All Have in Common
New Quote Book by Renowned Author Inspires College Students. - June 06, 2008 - Tawan Perry
Ready, Set, Art - Abrakadoodle to Open in Central Orange County
Abrakadoodle coming to Central Orange County with summer camps starting in July. - June 05, 2008 - Abrakadoodle of Central Orange County
Robot-Led New Hire Orientation: Real Life Solution in Second Life
New Robotic Instructors simulation helps corporate training departments create effective hew hire orientation program in Second Life. - June 05, 2008 - Alex Heiphetz Group, Inc.
Highland Community College Provides Opportunities with New Online Risk Management Program
With an established online campus, Highland Community College will be enhancing its distance learning options with a new online Associate in Applied Science in Risk Management degree. The new risk management program is scheduled to launch its first courses this fall. - June 05, 2008 - The Learning House, Inc.
Sonitrol Pacific Detects Intrusion at School, Four Apprehended
The police department’s swift and substantial response to a call from Sonitrol Pacific led to the arrest of four individuals suspected of breaking into a Washington high school June 1. A highly trained Sonitrol Pacific operator received signal activations from the school and called the... - June 05, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Litchfield Jazz Camp Announces Jazz Production & Recording Engineering Course
Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997), recently featured in Jazz Times, TIME and on CNN, announces a two-week intensive -- Jazz Production and Recording Engineering, to be held from July 6 – 18. The course is taught by Ed Tetreault, Manager of Peabody Conservatory Recording Arts & Sciences, and Paul Bollenback, a world-renowned jazz guitarist who teaches at the New School and Peabody Conservatory. Paul owns a jazz record label – Elefant Dreams. Hands-on seminar for musicians and aspiring engineers. - June 05, 2008 - Litchfield Jazz Festival
Complete all Illinois Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for $299
Lawline.com is offering special Illinois Continuing Legal Education bundles online for attorneys seeking to fulfill their MCLE requirements before the June 30 deadline. - June 04, 2008 - FurtherEd
Carol Carter Blogs About Educational Development and Life Skills
Carol Carter blogs her thoughts and ideas on education, life skills and success. - June 04, 2008 - LifeBound, LLC
StraighterLine Announces Free Textbook Offer
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 it will offer its textbooks for all of its courses... - June 04, 2008 - StraighterLine
A New Approach to IIT-JEE Preparation
Vidyamandir Classes introduce next generation technology powered distance learning Program for IIT-JEE. - June 04, 2008 - 100percentile
NC Students Place Third in Nation at ARML Competition
A team of 15 students from around North Carolina placed third in the nation at the 33rd Annual American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Meet on Saturday. The North Carolina team, in what the coaches called a “rebuilding” year with an “awfully young” group of students, were somewhat surprised by their outstanding performance. - June 03, 2008 - NC Science Mathematics Technology Education Center
TelSim Software is Now Offering Free Training and Custom Development Services for Its NOAH Technology
TelSim Software is now offering 2 hours free hours of training for new Developer Account holders. Also, TelSim is announcing a new service, custom NOAH development, which gives customers a quick and easy way to professionally NOAHize web site and e-learning projects. - June 03, 2008 - TelSim, Inc
Redesigned Graduate School Directory Eases Graduate School Search Process for Students
As master’s degrees gain popularity due to the current job market, a free, newly redesigned online graduate school resource offers a solution to ease the graduate program search process. GradSchools.com, a service of EducationDynamics, maintains a graduate school directory of more than 60,000 programs from around the world. Students can search graduate programs by field of study, subject, location, institution and even keywords to find the one that best suits them. - June 03, 2008 - Gradschools.com
Turn the City of London Into a Cultural Experience
The Cultural Experience Course in London is a real revolutionary method to study English as a second language. It gives you the chance to leave behind books and dictionaries to enter a linguistic and cultural trip inside museums and art galleries in the city. - June 03, 2008 - Learn Languages Abroad
On Being a Sh*t: Unkind Deeds and Cover-Ups in Everyday Life
Based on years of research, this book reports on the development and testing of a theory of being a sh*t. Inspired by Harry Frankfurt's best-seller, On Bullsh*t. - June 02, 2008 - Jane Gilgun Books
Lifebound Book Translated to Spanish
Spanish-language Study Skills for High School Students to be used in high schools. - June 01, 2008 - LifeBound, LLC
Seward Incorporated Awarded Two Innovation Research Grants
Projects Focus on Enhancing Student Learning through Technology. - June 01, 2008 - Seward Incorporated
Three Suspected Vandals Apprehended After Detection by Sonitrol Pacific
Audio detection technology installed at a Washington middle school captured the sound of three juveniles at the school, allowing sheriff's deputies to arrest the suspects before any damage was done to the school. - June 01, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
New TheDictionary.com Website Launched
Launch of a free online dictionary website at thedictionary.com. - May 31, 2008 - International Brands
'Pico de Gallo' Performance Earns Standing Ovation in Yakima
Yakima Valley Community College presented solo theatre artist Jade Esteban Estrada. - May 31, 2008 - Jade Esteban Estrada
SMARTHINKING Announces Beta Launch of StraighterLine Program
Leading Online Educator Launches New Internet Option for Required College Courses. - May 31, 2008 - StraighterLine
Hachette Book Group Publishes Nextville in Interactive ebook Format
Hachette Book Group and DNAML Pty Limited Partner in Publishing an Interactive and Reader-Friendly eBook Edition of the Real Estate Title "Nextville." - May 30, 2008 - DNAML Pty Ltd
Carmelina Films Releases New Video About Faith and Media
When media educator Nick Pernisco set out to create a documentary about the media’s influence on faith and values for his film company, Carmelina Films, he never thought it would strike a chord with Catholic educators the way it has. But the release this week of his video “Preaching the... - May 30, 2008 - Carmelina Films
Chinese Cultural Summer Trip for Teachers and Students Announced by Teachers Employment Network
Immersing fantastic chinese traditional cultural environment to communicate with local chinese students and teachers, to learn chinese culture and language. visit various chinese scenic spots, folks, and historic relics, etc. - May 30, 2008 - Teachers Employment Network
Giunti Labs Wins ‘Platinum’ at the IMS Global Learning Consortium 2008 Learning Impact Awards
Giunti Labs--global provider of eLearning, learning content management and digital asset management won 3 major awards at the IMS Global Learning Consortium conference. - May 30, 2008 - Giunti Labs North America
EdOptions™’ Stars Suite™ Wins 2008 Best Educational Software Award
EdOptions’, a premier educational software provider, announced today that its Stars Suite™ was awarded a 2008 Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIE). A Web-based suite of learning and assessment tools, Stars Suite won for its innovative and user-friendly multi-subject Web site,... - May 29, 2008 - Educational Options, Inc.
ASAP Program Used by 80% of Florida Schools in Newsweek Magazine’s Top US High Schools
Newsweek Magazine recently released its list of 1300 Top US high schools. Public schools were ranked according to the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007. This number was divided by the number graduating seniors. - May 29, 2008 - Etraffic Solutions Inc.
Taped Door Locks Allow Entry, Fail to Prevent Detection
Sonitrol Pacific detected activity inside a high school after the two suspects taped the door locks to allow the doors to close, but not lock. - May 29, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Six Arrested Due to Detection by Sonitrol Pacific
Quick response by police to call from Sonitrol Pacific allows for six arrests and no damage to school. - May 29, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
New Member Elected to The Ophelia Project's Board of Directors
The Ophelia Project welcomed County of Erie Department of Public Safety Chief of Operations, Ann Bloxdorf to its board of directors at the April 18 board meeting. "We are so pleased to welcome Ann to our organization,” said Mary A. Baird, president and CEO of The Ophelia Project. - May 29, 2008 - The Ophelia Project
Teachers and Administrators Invited to Attend Reunion Reception
The St. Helens High School Class of 1988 has extended an invitation to their teachers and administrators to attend the reunion welcome reception. - May 29, 2008 - St. Helens High School Class of 1988 Reunion Committee