Jul 10
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 [...]
Jun 27
Scholarship, School No Comments
USA TODAY and the National Milk Mustache “got milk?®” campaign named 25 scholar athletes to the 12th annual Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Award.
The 25 outstanding high school athletes will be awarded a $7,500 college scholarship, attend a SAMMY 2009 weekend June 26-28 at the Walt Disney World Complex in Orlando, Fla. [...]
Apr 25
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 [...]
Feb 14
Education, Training Programs No Comments
The Certified Training Alliance (CTA) announced the first annual â??Apple Certification Weekâ? program today. CTA members will be hosting â??Open Houseâ? events and offering up to 25% discounts on Apple Certified Courses and Apple Certification Exams booked during the week of February 23rd.
â??Anyone who is interested in becoming Apple Certified should attend an Apple Certification [...]
Jan 23
Education, Online Education No Comments
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
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
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
Education, Online Education, University No Comments
Acuo Technologies®, developers of high-performance software for intelligent medical image management, data migration tools and services, announced the contracting with Rush University Medical Center of Chicago, IL, for a new vendor neutral archiving solution which becomes the basis of the Hospital’s medical image management platform. The archiving solution is based on the Acuo Technologies [...]
Dec 02
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 [...]
Dec 02
Education, Financial Aid, Online Education, University No Comments
Capella University, an accredited*, fully online university that has built its reputation by providing quality education for working adults, has released its latest Inside Online Education podcast. It features a discussion of financial aid options at Capella with Mike Nylund, the university’s financial aid director.
These regular podcasts feature interviews with Capella students, faculty and staff [...]
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