Aug 18
Education, Scholarship No Comments
Four outstanding Roanoke students have been named 2009-10 Virginia’s Future Leaders Scholarship winners by Cox Communications and the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association (VCTA). Recipients and the college or university they will attend include:
* Kathryn Norbo, University of Virginia
* Craig Tripp, Virginia Tech
* Tim [...]
Jun 24
Schools in Hawaii showed they know what it takes to recycle more than 16 tons of outdated Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages Directories during the “Think Yellow, Go Green” Recycling Contest hosted by HYP Media Finance LLC (“HYP Media”), the official publisher of the Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages. This year’s recycling program took place on the [...]
Feb 14
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 [...]
Jan 03
The 10th annual Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders’ Scholarship application is now available online at www.carlsjr.com/promotions. Applications are accepted only during the month of January. Carl’s Jr.® has granted more than $400,000 in scholarship monies since the inception of its scholarship program in 1999.
Carl’s Jr. founder Carl N. Karcher passed away last year on [...]
Dec 29
Humana Military Healthcare Services (HMHS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Humana Inc., proudly announces its sponsorship of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. The sixth annual college bowl game recognizes and pays special tribute to active duty and veterans from all branches of the United States Armed Forces with various patriotic events held throughout the [...]
Dec 19
Education, University No Comments
International research collaborations seeking new ways to fuel transportation will get kick-started by a $2.2 million program sponsored by the University of Michigan and Fraunhofer.
The program will award seed money grants of up to $200,000 annually for two years to projects that explore alternative energy innovations for transportation. Each project must have researchers from both [...]
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 [...]
Nov 19
Education, Online Education, Training Programs, University No Comments
Training magazine has named Capella University PhD student Tracy Lendi as a Top 10 Young Trainer. Lendi, who is director of training and development for Standard Parking Corporation, was evaluated on her leadership skills, technical competence, success in meeting difficult training challenges, and experience developing innovative training solutions and programs. As a Top 10 Young [...]
Nov 19
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 07
Education, Online Education, University No Comments
Architecture students at Ball State University will learn how to save the environment one building at a time as Dave Sommer, business leader for Trane Indiana, discusses how green architecture incorporates innovative designs and technologies to significantly reduce a building’s negative impact on the environment.
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Green building efforts often begin from the ground up [...]
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