Jun 27
JupetongEducation, Online Education
Doors will open tomorrow for “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” a touring exhibition featuring more than 100 authentic artifacts from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh King Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites. The exhibition will be on display at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis from June 27 to October 25, 2009, [...]
Jun 27
JupetongEducation, Financial Aid, University
A new report from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy challenges the notion that fraud is a problem only in public health insurance markets and finds that fraud is a system-wide problem affecting private and public health insurance alike. The report finds that some of the [...]
Jun 25
JupetongOnline Education
The International Baccalaureate (IB) has selected ePals, Inc., to implement and manage a customized hosted learning community for IB students, educators, alumni, and other stakeholders. The innovative site will utilize safe and collaborative communication tools to create authentic learning experiences and interactions on a global scale. The rollout will be multi-phased, ultimately enabling members of [...]
Jun 25
JupetongOnline Education
In the second year of their three-year sponsorship deal with CILIP, the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society’s (ALCS) support has enabled CILIP to introduce major developments to the Medals shadowing scheme website. These developments provide improved networking for shadowing groups who are now able to connect to each other with more room on the site [...]
Jun 25
JupetongEducation, Training Programs
NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, announces that it has signed a partnership agreement with Gilkron Limited, a provider of interactive online courseware created by leading experts and professionals — for professionals.
Tim Gilkison, Director at Gilkron says: “We provide professionals with the relevant legal or other knowledge they need to [...]
Jun 25
JupetongCollege, Education, Training Programs
Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier and the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET), Connecticut’s 529 college savings program, have teamed up with the Connecticut State Library to introduce a new summer promotion at participating state libraries – “Get Creative @ Saving for College.”
This summer, a routine trip to the local library could lead to a [...]
Jun 25
JupetongTraining Programs
As plans progress towards groundbreaking, Plymouth Rock Studios and The Rock Educational Cooperative have hired 24 college interns as part of the larger initiative to help prepare a workforce for the studios’ opening. Hailing from local and national public and private institutions, the students in the 2009 summer program were selected from a field of [...]
Jun 25
JupetongEducation, Fellowships
AT&T* announced the 2009 recipients of fellowship awards through its Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship program. Contributions totaling $75,000 have been awarded to three academic research teams.
AT&T has a long history of enabling research on industrial ecology — a multidisciplinary science that investigates how the economy and the environment can coexist — through the AT&T [...]
Jun 25
JupetongEducation, Finance Education, Study Abroad, Training Programs
The Motorola Foundation announced the recipients of its 2009 Innovation Generation grants, $5 million in funding to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for America’s youth. Now in its fourth year, the grants create opportunities for students to experience STEM both inside and outside the classroom, equipping them with the skills essential [...]
Jun 25
JupetongCollege, Education, Online Education, Training Programs
The Wayne County Community College District’s (WCCCD) Continuing Education Division presents the 2nd Annual Summer Safety Fair. This event will be held on Friday, June 26, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., at the WCCCD Downtown Campus, located at 1001 W. Fort Street, Detroit, MI. 48226.
Nearly 6,000 children are killed and 14 million, or [...]
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