Jan 23
JupetongEducation
A visually arresting look at the plight of the Polar Bears, and a fact-filled journey through the deterioration of our water supply, earned Grand Prize awards in the 2008 Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge, sponsored by The Pearson Foundation and Nokia. The Challenge is a global, environmental filmmaking competition that provides young people the [...]
Dec 25
JupetongEducation, Scholarship
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 01
JupetongStudent Loan
Not long ago, Dan Brown and his roommate headed from San Francisco to Las Vegas. They were aiming to win big so they could pay off their student loans.
“If you don’t try, you can’t win,” said Brown, a 26-year-old marketing consultant. He’s sitting on nearly $100,000 in loans taken out to pay for his bachelor’s [...]
Nov 20
JupetongEducation, Finance Education
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, [...]
Oct 31
JupetongFellowships
Offstage, drummer Brian Blade moves with an unhurried grace redolent of his Southern upbringing in Shreveport, La. Lanky and loose-limbed, gentle and soft spoken, he radiates a calm, quiet confidence.
THE BRIAN BLADE FELLOWSHIP At Scullers (400 Soldiers Field Road) Thursday night at 8 and 10. Tickets are $24 at 617-562-4111, www.scullersjazz.com.
Onstage, Blade is all coiled [...]
Oct 30
JupetongFinancial Aid
Blackboard Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 and updated guidance for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2008.
Total revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 was $83.1 million, an increase of 35 percent over the third quarter of 2007. Product revenues for the quarter were $74.3 [...]
Oct 29
JupetongFellowships
The Kresge Foundation, long known for its national support of the arts, announced Kresge Arts in Detroit October 16 during a press conference and reception held at the Detroit Institute of Arts for more than 160 attendees representing the area’s civic and arts communities. Kresge Arts in Detroit is an $8.8 million commitment to Detroit’s [...]
Oct 28
JupetongFellowships
The Kresge Foundation, long known for its national support of the arts, announced Kresge Arts in Detroit October 16 during a press conference and reception held at the Detroit Institute of Arts for more than 160 attendees representing the area’s civic and arts communities. Kresge Arts in Detroit is an $8.8 million commitment to Detroit’s [...]
Oct 23
JupetongFinancial Aid
PepperBall Technologies, Inc., a leader in less lethal technologies with an established history of selling to law enforcement, military, and private security, today announced the new HotShot™ Personal Defense System has begun selling into consumer markets for the first time. Product and sales information can be located at: http://www.pepperball.com/personal/hotshot.html. With over 15 million PepperBall rounds [...]
Oct 21
JupetongJobs, Training Programs
Oakland officials kicked off a new training program Monday to turn underemployed workers into qualified candidates for jobs in the budding green-technology field.
A dozen construction apprentices who are part of the Oakland Green Jobs Corps attended a ceremony before they demonstrated solar panel installation at a West Oakland warehouse that has been their classroom for [...]
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