Feb 14
JupetongEducation, Training Programs
To celebrate National Engineers Week and promote innovative ways to teach math and science to children, Raytheon Company will host a series of child-friendly, hands-on science and math demonstrations at Epcot® Theme Park in Orlando, Fla.
The interactive demonstrations, taking place Feb. 17 and Feb. 19 from 1-4:30 p.m. in the Wonders of Life pavilion, are [...]
Jan 21
JupetongEducation, Finance Education
More than one-half million Americans turned to Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta (CCCS of Greater Atlanta) last year to avoid foreclosure, pay down credit card debt and determine if they should file for bankruptcy.
The 509,718 individuals who received credit counseling or attended educational classes in 2008 represented a 26% increase from the 403,763 [...]
Nov 24
JupetongEducation
MEDSEEK, the leading provider of enterprise portal connectivity solutions, donated its comprehensive web portal and content management system at no cost to Tennessee-based Whitwell Middle School and, this month, celebrates the school’s move to a newly constructed campus and the anniversary of the MEDSEEK-built website launch. Not only does the website enable valuable communications between [...]
Nov 19
JupetongEducation, University
The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership at Walden University, one of the nation’s largest providers of graduate degrees to P-12 teachers, announced the recipients of the university’s 2008 Educator for a Day Grants.
Walden awarded $5,000 grants to three schools hosting Educator for a Day events to foster awareness of the need [...]
Nov 17
JupetongEducation
States with teacher certification programs that provide a genuine alternative pathway for teacher candidates — those that require substantially fewer credits than the usual 30 demanded by most certification programs — have a greater representation of minority teachers and higher classroom learning gains than states that have no alternative certification or a purely symbolic one, [...]
Nov 14
JupetongEducation
The National Association of Health Education Centers (NAHEC) is pleased and proud to present Marcy Coppernoll with the 2008 Outstanding Health Educator and to honor LearntobeHealthy.org with the 2008 Richard B. Rush Award for Outstanding Innovation by a Health Education Center.
Marcy Coppernoll, RN, Curriculum Director at Hult Health Education Center of Peoria, Illinois received her [...]
Nov 10
JupetongFinance Education
A bold new media initiative, designed to help low- and middle-income families guide their children to graduate from high school ready for college, has rallied the support of the nation’s leading education foundations.
GreatSchools, an independent nonprofit initiative that empowers parents to support their children’s educational success, has been awarded $20 million to use Internet and [...]
Nov 08
JupetongTraining Programs
The William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine will both bring bright, talented medical students into Mississippi and keep them here, dean Michael Murphy told the Area Development Partnership at the organization’s First Friday meeting.
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The osteopathic school, which was announced in March, will be a four-year program with a residency. The first class made up [...]
Nov 05
JupetongEducation, Online Education, University
MEDSEEK, the leading provider of enterprise portal connectivity solutions, announced that Oklahoma University (OU) Medicine has gone live in record time with MEDSEEK’s consumer portal, in conjunction with a website strategy and design from MEDSEEK’s e-Marketing Solutions team.
“Since we launched the OU Medicine umbrella brand earlier this year, which encompasses OU Physicians, OU College [...]
Nov 05
JupetongStudent Loan
USA Funds®, the nation’s leading education loan guarantor, advises student loan borrowers who are having difficulty making their monthly loan payments that they have several options if they need temporary payment relief.
“The current economic downturn has increased the number of student loan borrowers who cannot afford their monthly loan payments,” said Gregory A. Ayers, USA [...]
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