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Jul 10
Education, School Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Addis Ababa, adjunct faculty member, advocate, author, Charter School, Ethiopia, founder, Higher Ground Academy, Minnesota, Minnesota United States, Minnesota's Higher Ground Academy, Saint Mary, Samuel Yigzaw, Standards, United States, University of Minnesota
Author Samuel Yigzaw, Ph.D. is an advocate for disadvantaged children and is a firm believer that conditions for them can be improved by charter schools. He believes that parents no longer can or should sit and wait, but must be involved in the education of their children. Yigzaw wrote about his experience as a founder [...]
Apr 25
Education and technology entrepreneur, astronaut, chemical engineer, Chicago, Eric Jolly, Illinois, Mae Jemison, Minneapolis Foundation, Minnesota, Minnesota Private Colleges Research Foundation, Minnesota Science Museum, Moderator Eric Jolly, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, national leader, President, President and CEO, real-world applications, Sandra Vargas, Scientist, Stanford, teacher, technology development, United States, Zone leader
Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison said Minnesota needs to develop a “science literate society” to ensure its economic competitiveness in the future at The Minneapolis Foundation’s Minnesota Meeting on Wednesday, April 22. She said all students have “a world filled with ideas and possibilities before them” if they receive a balanced education that includes [...]
Jan 23
Education, Online Education AmeriCorps, Bamber Valley Elementary School, David Freedman, health insurance, Literacy Tutor, Minneosta Reading Corps, Minnesota, Minnesota Reading Corps, MRC AmeriCorps, revamped Web site, Rochester, Sheila Piippo, Start, United States
Last year, Minnesota Reading Corps exceeded its ambitious recruitment goal, enlisting and placing a record 367 AmeriCorps members in Minnesota schools for the 2008-2009 school year. But the need for trained reading tutors continues to increase. To help ensure that all of the state’s children are on track to read, Minnesota Reading Corps has increased [...]
Jan 21
Education America, business advertising, D.C., Educational Service, Inc., Minnesota, New York, online testing services, psychometric services, public relations, quality and most innovative solutions, Questar Assessment, Roy Lipner, U.S. Local Business Association, United States, Washington, Washington DC
Questar Assessment, Inc., a leading educational assessment provider for states, schools and school districts, has been selected for the 2008 Best of Apple Valley Award in the Educational Service category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).
The USLBA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA [...]
Dec 04
Education BioCrossroads, Bloomington, combination products, Cook Group Inc, D.C., David F. Durenberger, David Johnson, Eli Lilly and Company, Evan Bayh, FDA, FDA Science Advisory Board, Gail Cassell, Indiana, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indy, influential group, Jane Henney, medical technology, medical technology community, medical technology industry, medical technology organizations, medical technology regulation, Michael A. McRobbie, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MTLF, MTLF Board of Advisors Sen. Durenberger, non-partisan medical technology, public interest groups, Steve Ferguson, Susan Bartlett Foote, Technology Corporation campus, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, United States, University of Cincinnati, University of Minnesota, V, Washington, Washington DC
Indianapolis will be the new home of one of the premier non-partisan medical technology think tanks in the United States. The Medical Technology Leadership Forum (MTLF) is relocating from Minneapolis to Indy. To celebrate the organization’s new headquarters location, the group is holding one of their three yearly forums in Indianapolis next Monday and Tuesday, [...]
Dec 02
Financial Aid California, CFP, CFP Board, Colorado, D.C., David G. Strege, Douglas Rice, Financial Planner Board of Standards, Financial Planning Clinic, financial planning services, Institute for Financial Planning Education of Castro Valley, Internet-based financial planning module, Irvine, Miami, Minnesota, Monfort College of Business of Greeley, Northern Colorado Foundation, online system, Standards Inc., United States, University of California, University of Northern Colorado, VLSI Standards Inc, Washington
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) has awarded grants totaling $199,390 to five projects designed to help the public realize the benefits of financial planning and working with CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals.
The 2008 grant award recipients, and their programs, are:
AccountAbility Minnesota of St. Paul, Minn. will expand the financial planning services it [...]
Nov 25
University Minnesota, Patty Mattern, The Family, United States, Unity Church, University of Minnesota, William Doherty
In the midst of what has become the season for Americans to overspend, over schedule, and dwell in excess, a group of Minnesotans is pushing back against the Black Friday tradition. This group, led by University of Minnesota family social science professor William Doherty, aims to challenge the hyper over-consumption and frantic pace of life [...]
Nov 19
Education Arnie Geller, Mike Day, Minnesota, owned subsidiary, Premier Exhibitions Inc., RMS Titanic Inc., Science Museum, Science Museum of Minnesota, United States
RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., has entered into an agreement to bring Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition to the Science Museum of Minnesota. The Exhibition is scheduled to open in June 2009.
This record setting Exhibition is a chronological journey through life on board the Titanic and compassionately tells its personal [...]
Nov 10
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The Wal-Mart Foundation is celebrating Veteran’s Day by donating a total of $3.6 million in grants to 12 organizations to support programs that provide educational assistance for veterans. The American Council on Education (ACE) received a $2.5 million grant to support successful veteran educational assistance programs in 20 institutions of higher education. In addition, the [...]
Nov 07
Education, School, University bread products, Dick Stone, food science, food-service workers, healthier bread products, Hopkins, Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, Leila Sadeghi, Len Marquart, Marla Reicks, Minnesota, Renee Rosen, United States, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Housing Technology, University of Minnesota News Service
Elementary school students will eat more whole grains when healthier bread products are gradually introduced into their school lunches, a new University of Minnesota study shows.
Whole grain breads are strongly recommended as part of a healthy diet, but children and pre-teens won’t always eat them. For this study, researchers from the university’s department of food [...]
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