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 [...]

The LEGO(R) Experience Tour Hits the Road With Building Fun for the Entire Family

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LEGO Systems, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of construction toys and experiences for families, starts a nationwide tour, called The LEGO® Experience, this weekend, August 15 and 16, at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.
Scheduled to visit 23 cities throughout the United States, The LEGO Experience lets children and adults alike immerse themselves in the best that [...]

Olympus Integrated Technologies America Delivers IR Inspection and Measurement System to SEMATECH for 3D-TSV Interconnect Program at UAlbany NanoCollege

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Olympus Integrated Technologies America, Inc., a subsidiary of Olympus Corporation of the Americas and a leader in advanced inspection and defect review systems, announces that it has provided an infrared (IR) inspection and defect review system with metrology software to SEMATECH, the global consortium of semiconductor manufacturers, for its 3D R&D Center at the College [...]

Cincom Partners with Griffin Tate Group to Offer Project Management Training

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Software and services provider Cincom Systems, announced its partnership with The Griffin Tate Group to offer project management training to its global client base.
Unlike generic, packaged courses, Griffin Tate Group’s workshops are led by certified project management professionals and can be tailored to the client’s requirements. Individuals can earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward recertification [...]

Career Coaches on 40 City Empowerment Tour Gain and Share Insight Into Career Crisis in America

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Now in its fourth week, the Career Stimulus Package Empowerment Tour, presented by eLearners.com, has provided hundreds of people with one-on-one career coaching from Denver to Atlanta. The 40-city RV trek across the country is helping adult Americans face up to the crisis of undereducation and underemployment. The Career Stimulus Package Empowerment Tour RV (www.careerstimuluspackage.com) [...]

National PTA Chooses Just Between Friends for Safe, Enhanced Online Communications Among Millions of Members

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Just Between Friends, a growing company dedicated to making life easier for parents and the leaders of the community groups to which they belong, announced it has been awarded a contract by the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to implement its suite of online communications tools among the PTA’s more than 25,000 local school-based [...]

U.S. News Media Group Launches Online University Directory

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U.S. News Media Group announced the launch of U.S. News University Directory, an online portal focused entirely on higher education and professional and continuing education opportunities.
Complementing the U.S. News rankings, the long-preferred tool for the assessment of excellence in higher education, the University Directory helps potential college-bound students and working adults further invest in [...]

‘Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs’ Opens June 27 at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

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Doors will open tomorrow for “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” a touring exhibition featuring more than 100 authentic artifacts from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh King Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites. The exhibition will be on display at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis from June 27 to October 25, 2009, [...]

New Support Program Assists College Students

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Launching July 1, 2009, a new program aimed at assisting students in U.S. colleges and universities will be available through AffinityCare, Inc. The program consists of a wide range of prepaid services including relationship, emotional wellness, financial, and legal consultation.
As a population, college students report that when they become stressed or feel anxious, depressed, and [...]

Currency Exchanges and YMCA Partner to Provide Back 2 School Supplies to Needy Children

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The Community Currency Exchange Association of Illinois and its 525 Chicagoland Currency Exchanges launched its fifth annual Back 2 School program in partnership with the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. Now through August 31st, donations will be accepted online at www.mycurrencyexchange.com. Funds collected will help to ensure needy YMCA children and their families have all [...]

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