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Jul 08
Education chairman, Department of Children Schools and Families, Fire Fighters Charity, Keith MacGillivray, London, London Greater London, Man-Made Disaster, Natural Disaster, United Kingdom
After six people were fatally killed in a tower block this weekend, The Fire Fighters Charity and the Communities and Local Government Fire Kills Campaign urges teachers to make Planning A Safe Escape part of their Key Stage 1 learning programme.
Latest statistics have shown that 29 children under the age of 11 are killed in [...]
May 05
Education, Scholarship, School Brink's Foundation, cash management services, chairman president and chief executive officer, Chicago, Chicago Illinois, Michael T. Dan, Next 150, Perry Brink, the Brink's 150th anniversary, The Brink's Company, the company's 150th anniversary, United States
In honor of the company’s rich Chicago heritage and to commemorate 150 years of success, The Brink’s Foundation has established a special program to fund $150,000 in scholarships for Chicago-area public high school students in 2009. Michael T. Dan, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Brink’s Company, made the announcement last week during [...]
Apr 25
Education, Training Programs Aruba, Australia, Australian Federal Government, contractor, General Manager for Public Sector, IBM, IBM Australia, intelligent systems, International Business Machines Corporation, large-scale wireless implementations, latent technologies, managed network, Minister, natural and man-made systems, network technology, New South Wales, New South Wales Department of Education, project management, Steve Bond, Sydney, Verity Firth, wireless connectivity, wireless network implementations, wireless solution
IBM announced it has been awarded a services contract by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training to implement wireless connectivity across 463 secondary schools under the Australian Federal Government’s Digital Education Revolution initiative.
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Under the contract, valued at AU$70m, IBM will roll out secure, scalable wireless connectivity at public secondary and [...]
Dec 29
Education, Finance Education Barbara L. Lawson, chronic kidney disease, chronic kidney failure, D.C., DaVita Inc., dialysis, dialysis services, District of Columbia, end stage renal disease, high blood pressure, Kent Thiry, kidney disease, kidney failure, kidney transplant, The Kidney TRUST, treatment for kidney failure, United States, Washington
In an effort to raise money for The Kidney TRUST(TM) — a nonprofit organization aimed at prevention and awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) — DaVita Inc., the nation’s largest independent provider of kidney care, announced today that the 3rd annual “Kidney Awareness Time(TM)” Walk-a-thon (The KAT Walk(TM)) reached more than 250,000 people, and raised [...]
Dec 25
Education, Scholarship Alameda Community Learning Center, Alexia, Alexia Thompson, and Oakland Technical High School, basketball, California, California Distinguished School, Dagmar Serota, District, High school, Ivy League School, Kevin Brennan, Los Angeles, Oakland, Oakland Unified School District, Public University, San Francisco, Summer Open, UC Berkeley, UCLA, United States
Oakland Tech ‘08 Graduate Alexia Thompson, an OAL Basketball Champion and Academic All-American athlete has enrolled at UC Berkeley on an “Academic Scholarship” this fall ‘08, and will become a Senior Academically in Spring ‘09!
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Oakland Unified has produced an academic over-achiever that shattered record books and raised the bar for Oakland students. A [...]
Dec 23
Education active components, Air Force Institute of Technology, Bill Dawson, Central State University, Ed Burghard, energy, energy industries, energy industry success, energy infrastructure, energy sources, energy technologies, fuel cells, high-tech research capabilities, Lewis Center, NexTech Materials, Ohio, Ohio Business Development Coalition, renewable energy consumers, renewable energy industry, renewable energy jobs, stable energy prices, Ted Strickland, United States, University of Dayton, Wright State University
Ohio is pioneering the development of “green collar” workers and creating new business opportunities by offering the state’s first masters degree program in advanced energy. According to the Ohio Business Development Coalition, the nonprofit organization that markets the state for capital investment, Ohio’s universities and colleges are preparing a gearing up to meet the need [...]
Nov 24
Education 3D modeling applications, Atlanta, California, CGI, communications tools students, computer graphic technologies, entertainment products, Forum, IBM, immersive product, Institute for Advanced Technology, International Business Machines Corporation, Italy, Joel Myers, Los Angeles, Mersive Technologies, online game development, Pantheon, Past Perfect, Past4Ward LLC, Procedural Inc., Rome, start-up, United States, University of California, University of Virginia, video game applications, video game rights, Virginia, virtual reality, Virtuality Group, Virtuality Group PLC
Past4Ward, LLC, an Atlanta-based startup, has licensed the exclusive rights to use Rome Reborn, an interactive 3D model of the ancient, historic city, for the first module of its game-based supplemental education platform as well as video game applications, from Past Perfect Productions srl., a Rome, Italy-based company that reconstructs archaeological and historic sites from [...]
Nov 20
Education, Finance Education Alice Street School, Angela Aquino, Arizona, bank, Business Bank, Business Bank Corp, California, California Distinguished School, Canada, China, Chinatown, Comerica Bank, Comerica Foundation, Comerica Inc., Comerica Incorporated, Dallas, Danny Yuen, Florida, For Us All, GE Money Retail Bank Public Company Limited, John Melvin, Lincoln, Lincoln Elementary School, Mexico, Michigan, Oakland, Oakland Unified School District, Oakland's Parks and Recreation Department, Parks and Recreation Department, Retail Bank, Texas, United States, Wealth & Institutional Management
Comerica Inc. announced two grants totaling $20,000 to Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland. The grants will enable the award-winning school to restore after-school programs that had been the victim of city budget cuts.
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“This generous gift from Comerica means that many of our children with working parents will be able to have a safe, [...]
Nov 20
Education, School Comcast Corporation, finance, General Management, Georgia, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School Club of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School Club of Philadelphia Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard Business School's 100th Anniversary, Harvard University, high-level networking, Liberty Property Trust, management tools, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Foundation, Pitney Bowes, Pitney Bowes Inc., Public Education Leadership Project, Stacey Childress, Stephen Burke, TL Ventures, United States, William Penn Foundation
The Social Enterprise Initiative of the Harvard Business School Club of Philadelphia (HBSCP) hosted its fifth annual conference for nonprofit executives on Nov. 13 at Comcast Center in Philadelphia. 60 CEOs, Executive Directors, and other senior leaders from major nonprofit organizations attended the conference, titled ““Implementation – Translating Strategy into Results.” The goal of the [...]
Nov 19
Education, Training Programs Adobe, Adobe Systems Inc., Autodesk, Certiport, Check Point, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, Cisco, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Citrix Systems, CIW, CompTIA, EC-Council, EMC, EMC Corporation, Empire State Building, Flamingo Hotel, free hotel, Inc., Information Technology, Intel, Intel Corporation, ITIL, Las Vegas, Licensed School, Linux Institute, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, Mudit Mittal, NetCom, Netcom S.A., New York, New York State Education Department, Novell, Oracle, Oracle Corporation, PMI, Russell Sarder, SOX, Sox Process Inc, Sylvan Prometric, The PMI Group, travel costs, United States, Zend
NetCom announced that it is offering free hotel and free airfare to students seeking IT Training along with IT Certification, at its Vegas location on the Strip. This offer comes at a very critical time in today’s economy, where more and more people are looking to cut costs and maximize resources.
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