Aug 15
JupetongCollege, Education, Training Programs, University
Southwest Airlines, in conjunction with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), announced today the students of its annual “Lanzate/Take Off” education travel award program. The program, the theme of which is “Dandole Alas a Tu Exito/Giving Flight to Your Success,” started on June 5. More than 500 students from across the nation completed [...]
Dec 01
JupetongTraining Programs
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”, [...]
Nov 26
JupetongEducation, School
Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) announced that its staff, in an effort to give back to the Chester community for the Thanksgiving holiday, has collected and donated $300, and more than 700 canned-good items, to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and City Team Ministries, for their annual food bank and shelter programs.
The three-day-long drive engaged [...]
Nov 24
JupetongSchool
Dec. 1 will mark the 11th anniversary of the Heath High School shooting in Paducah, Ky., one of the nation’s first mass school shootings. Just as it did in 1997, that date will fall this year on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Eight students in a prayer circle that morning were shot by 14-year-old freshman Michael Carneal. [...]
Nov 10
JupetongEducation
Dr. James Cook, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), says he has a very unhappy holiday tradition — treating pets that have become sick due to holiday excesses.
“From Thanksgiving through Christmas and into New Years, we’ll see it every year at my practice, and, unfortunately, some of them can’t be saved,” Dr. Cook [...]
Nov 04
JupetongSchool
For many children around the world, ghouls and goblins are a lot less frightening than the daily need for food and clothing. This Halloween, York Prep School helped ameliorate this real-life horror by participating in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, a fundraising campaign that assists children in developing countries who can’t afford necessities like clothing, school supplies, [...]
Oct 31
JupetongEducation, Finance Education, Financial Aid
Dalbey Education is donating over 700 turkeys to the Denver Rescue Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive. The donation of $10,000 worth of turkeys contributes to the Mission’s goal of raising 6,000 holiday birds by kicking off the annual “Turkey Drive Challenge” to the area businesses.
Over the last three years, Dalbey Education has helped the Denver [...]
Oct 28
JupetongFellowships
While Oconee County students enjoyed a much deserved break from school, which continues through today, teachers and school district staff participating in in-service activities Monday took a little time off for some food, fun and fellowship.
Employees pitched large tents, set up lawn chairs and ate hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream and other cookies and candies [...]
Oct 21
JupetongEducation, Study Abroad, University
While the rest of the country may be looking for ways to save on its summer plans, some students will be able to travel abroad next summer on Brown’s dime. Fifty-five sophomores and juniors have applied to Brown’s new International Scholars Program, which will provide 10 winning applicants with $5,000 to study internationally during the [...]
Oct 19
JupetongScholarship
Members of the El Paso Art Association are still mourning the loss of one of their own, Catherine “Kitty” Kistenmacher, who died Oct. 3.
The association has established the Catherine Kistenmacher Memorial Art Scholarship Fund. To help raise the initial money for the scholarship, a painting by internationally acclaimed artist Lyuba Titovets will be auctioned through [...]
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