Rutgers University Selects Careerminds as Exclusive Provider of Career Transition Services

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Careerminds Group, Inc., a national consulting company specializing in web-based outplacement and career transition services, is pleased to announce a partnership with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey’s Institute for Management and Executive Development (IMED) to be the exclusive provider of career transition services.
The Camden, N.J.-based Rutgers University Institute is a leading provider of [...]

The City Wide Council of Presidents of the New York City Housing Authorities’ Residents Pledges $1.5 Million Toward Securing the AMBER Ready Program for 30,000 Families in NYC Public Housing

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Reginald H. Bowman, President, The City Wide Council of Presidents of the New York City Housing Authorities’ Residents, which represents the 178,000 families that live in the Public Housing of the New York City Housing Authority, announced today that the organization has made a commitment to invest $1.5 million in the AMBER Ready program on [...]

USA TODAY and the National Milk Mustache “got milk?(R)” Campaign Name the 2009 Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Award Winners

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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. [...]

2009 AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Film (SB&F) Prizes, Sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc., Help Promote Science Literacy

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Children’s science books exploring sibling relationships in the animal world, global climate change, and neuroscience earned top honors in the 2009 AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Film (SB&F) competition, sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.
The 2009 prizes, intended to promote science literacy by drawing attention to the importance of good science writing and illustration, honored 10 [...]

Brown University and Providence, Rhode Island Residents To Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Expansion

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In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. The new site increases wireless voice and data coverage to the Brown University campus, as well as the surrounding area.
Verizon Wireless has invested more [...]

Saint Barnabas Medical Center Pioneers New Program Bringing Humanities and Humanism to Medicine

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What do poetry, art, literature, film and history have to do with medical practice? “Everything,” according to Richard S. Panush, M.D., Chair of Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, who has pioneered an innovative program bringing humanities to the bedside for residents in internal medicine.
“Studying the humanities helps us restore the ’soul’ of medicine,” explains [...]

Hope for the Homeless in Time for the Holidays — Eva’s Village, Paterson, New Jersey, Reinvents the Shelter in New Jersey

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Eva’s Village, Paterson, NJ, has reinvented the homeless shelter for mothers and children in New Jersey.
With the support of private charitable foundations, New Jersey businesses and hundreds of volunteers, a former convent will now provide a home for up to 30 mothers and 70 children.
Inspired by popular television shows such as “Extreme Makeover, Home Edition”, [...]

CommVault Goes Live with New Online Data Management Training Program

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CommVault :
? Enhancing the educational resources for its Simpana® data and information management software, CommVault today announced a new web-based training program intended for personnel responsible for the day-to-day administration and management of CommVault® software.
? This new Online Training resource makes it even easier for IT administrators to learn how to deploy and use the [...]

College Attributes Greater Student Achievement to McGraw-Hill Higher Education’s Digital Solution by ALEKS Corporation

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Students nationwide who are required to take developmental math in college continue to struggle and fail at rates as high as 50 percent due mainly to inaccurate course placement and a lack of prerequisite knowledge necessary for the pace and rigor of college-level math courses. But a program at Middlesex County College in New Jersey [...]

Walden University Announces Educator for a Day Grant Recipients

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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 [...]

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