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WIFA Skillanation in Cooperation with Chikitsak Samuha’s Patkar-Varde College Announces Sports Management Dual Certification Programs for Bachelors & Masters

WIFA Skillanation and Patkar-Varde College, Best College of the University of Mumbai 2017, have introduced a new set of dual-certification Programs from this academic year onwards for students wishing to pursue: · 3 year Bachelors in Management Studies – Sports Management · 2... - May 24, 2019 - Skillanation

Author, Nicole Thompson Seeks to End the Mental Health Stigma in Black Communities with Newly Released Book, Black Therapists Rock: a Glimpse Through the Eyes of Experts

Black Therapists Rock: A Glimpse Through the Eyes of Experts seeks to end the mental health stigma in Black communities. Since trauma is healed better collectively, each author shares personal accounts of depression, abuse, grief, and other forms of trauma that is often ignored in the community. The authors’ vulnerability gives hope to people with similar experiences. Nicole’s chapter reveals childhood memories of her mom’s depression that ended with her lifeless body lying next to her at age 8. - May 23, 2019 - GOAT Educators

Posse Foundation Gala Celebrates 30 Years, Features Chaka Khan and Lesley Stahl

Lesley Stahl will preside at the 2019 Posse Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2019), the Foundation announced today. The annual gala is expected to raise $3 million to help public high school students with extraordinary leadership potential. - May 22, 2019 - The Posse Foundation

Principled Technologies Updates Report Comparing the Durability of Three Chromebooks from Dell, HP, and Lenovo

In a hands-on testing update, Principled Technologies (PT) found that the Dell Chromebook 3100 survived more hinge cycles and more micro-drops than the HP Chromebook 11 G6 EE and the Lenovo 100e Chromebook. - May 22, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.

Malaysian Ministry Witnesses Partnership Between FinTech School, UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center and FinTech Lab

With the rapid growth of FinTech in Asia, the need for tech capacity building in the ASEAN countries has increased. Taking a cue from this, Malaysian government takes the opportunity to collaborate with organizations around the world to work together with Malaysia’s FinTech Lab and FinTech... - May 22, 2019 - FinTech School

The VR/AR Association Publishes the Universities & Colleges Report with Over 40 Institutions That Offer Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Courses & Programs

An educated workforce is a more than a qualified workforce; it is citizenry embracing curiosity. That very curiosity, encouraged by educators, creates the realm of possibility for a thriving, human-centered global populace. Enterprise may develop novel and innovative products with the latest VR/AR... - May 22, 2019 - The VR/AR Association

Virginia Union University Appoints New Dean of Arts and Sciences

Virginia Union University President & CEO Dr. Hakim J. Lucas has announced the appointment of Dr. Ted Ritter to serve as Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, effective July 2019. During his eight years as a faculty member at VUU, Ritter has chaired the Department of History and Political... - May 22, 2019 - Virginia Union University

FinTech School Partners with the Government of Bermuda to Make FinTech Education Accessible to Bermudian Citizens

With the mission of making FinTech education accessible, FinTech School has partnered with the Government of Bermuda to launch an online program where any citizen of Bermuda will be able to access FinTech courses developed by FinTech School. FinTech School really appreciates the vision of the... - May 21, 2019 - FinTech School

CommLab India Poised to Meet the Demands for Flash to HTML5 Conversion

CommLab India, the most sought-after rapid eLearning solutions provider is all set to help organizations beat the end of Flash by 2020 with its streamlined Flash to HTML5 conversion. They will help you achieve scale in converting Flash to HTML5. - May 21, 2019 - CommLab India

APTQI Commends Introduction of Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act (H.R. 2802) in House of Representatives

Bipartisan bill addresses the physical therapist professional shortage by enabling physical therapists to participate in the National Health Service Corps student loan repayment program. - May 18, 2019 - Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation

New Age Expands Once Again

New Age Marketing Continues to Expand in the Charlotte Area. Now Hiring Entry Level College Graduates to help Expand its new Client portfolio. - May 18, 2019 - New Age Marketing Inc.

Yardstick Management Expands Leadership Team with the Appointment of Several Talented Senior Consultants

Yardstick Management Welcomes Jeana Brown, Melanie Calhoun and Gil Rodriguez to Leadership Team. - May 18, 2019 - Yardstick Management LLC

Homeland Security Foundation of America (HSFA) Brings Active Shooter Awareness to Kansas City

Homeland Security Foundation of America (HSFA) announces it will host an active shooter town hall meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, with keynote speaker from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Protective Security Advisor (PSA) team. - May 16, 2019 - Homeland Security Foundation of America

Reality Changers Launches Fundraising Campaign to Celebrate 18th Birthday

Reality Changers Launches Fundraising Campaign to Celebrate 18th Birthday. Throughout the Weekend of May 16-19, 2019 All Funds Given Will be Doubled. - May 16, 2019 - Reality Changers

The Largest Teacher Job Fair in the Gulf Coast Region to be Held June 10-11 in Houston, TX

Region 4 Education Service Center will host the 2019 Annual Gulf Coast Teacher Job Fair June 10-11, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at M.O. Campbell Educational Center, 1865 Aldine Bender Road, Houston, Texas 77032. Registration is available at www.esc4.net/jobfair. - May 16, 2019 - Region 4 Education Service Center

Braun Ink Launches Braun Collection, Multi-Format CEO Biography Series

"Billion or Bust!: Growing a Tech Company in Texas," a book by Lanham Napier, former CEO of Rackspace®, is the first release in the Braun Collection. - May 16, 2019 - Braun Ink

iSpring Has Scheduled a Live Webinar on How to Build an Interactive Mini Game for an eLearning Course

iSpring Solutions, a leading vendor of eLearning authoring tools, announced that it has scheduled a webinar entitled: How to create a mini-game: PowerPoint vs iSpring. - May 16, 2019 - iSpring Solutions, Inc.

ShelterPoint CEO Richard White Helped Raise Over $560,000 for the College of Mount Saint Vincent

Richard White and Mary Griffin honored at the College’s Annual Scholarship Tribute Dinner. - May 15, 2019 - ShelterPoint

RSLFC Receives A Rating Raise on Portfolio from S&P Global Ratings

S&P Global Ratings has raised the ratings on student loan portfolio where RSLFC is the master servicer and administrator. - May 15, 2019 - iHELP Student Loan/RSLFC

MedicalFieldCareers.com Announces Its Top 10 Online Nursing Programs for 2019-2020

MedicalFieldCareers.com, a free online resource for students training for careers in healthcare, has revealed its official 2019-20 list of the Top 10 Online Nursing Programs. “With online resources and education growing at record levels every year, we want to show our support for those... - May 15, 2019 - MedicalFieldCareers.com

Waldorf Publishing and ShaggyPup.com, Both Based in Grapevine, Texas Are Thrilled to be Donating Over 55,000 Books to Goodwill with a $750,000 Retail Value

Waldorf Publishing and ShaggyPup.com strives to benefit local causes and create a feel good story in a world that is in need of more stories to make people smile. - May 15, 2019 - Waldorf Publishing

Book Claims Trump, Authoritarianism, Capitalism Made Worse by Sex on the Wrong Brain

In “Sex On The Wrong Brain,” author Ard Falten throws a monkey wrench into the nature vs. nurture debate on human behavior and blames many of humanity’s problems on the diversion of reproductive urges to wrong parts of the brain. - May 14, 2019 - Ard Falten

Foster Homes Needed for Exceptional Dogs

Medical Mutts, a nonprofit service dog training organization, specializing in training dogs to help with diabetes, seizures or PTSD, is looking for very special people to foster their dogs. “Our dogs need to spend times in regular homes,” explains Melissa Morris, Director of training at... - May 09, 2019 - Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc

APC by Schneider Electric Presents $10,000 to Wisconsin School for IT Makeover Contest

Does your school or district have a problem IT area that’s keeping your school from creating the best interactive learning environment? If so, plan to enter the 2019 K-12 IT Makeover Contest sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric’s IT Solutions for Education for a chance to win $10,000... - May 07, 2019 - APC by Schneider Electric

HCA Healthcare/HealthONE’s Swedish Medical Center Offers Free Trigeminal Neuralgia Seminar

Swedish Medical Center has a non-surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia that may change your life. - May 05, 2019 - HCA HealthONE Swedish

Riverview Academy of Math and Science Announces New Principal

Riverview Academy of Math and Science Governing Board and Charter School Associates are pleased to introduce Marcy Ringdahl as new the Principal. - May 05, 2019 - Charter School Associates

The Way to Happiness Association of Tennessee Holds Earth Day Cleanup

The Way to Happiness Association of Tennessee had a community cleanup for Earth Day this April and successfully cleaned up a Hermitage neighborhood. - May 04, 2019 - The Way to Happiness

App-Garden Adds Its Second Cloud-Based Solution in 30 Days: Travel Tracker - Routing Software

With Travel Tracker for Routes, administrators can easily plan, coordinate, and optimize bus routes and schedules from any WiFi capable device with a web browser. - May 01, 2019 - App-Garden

Advanced Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Announces the Launch of STUDENT TELE-HELP 24/7(sm)

STUDENT TELE-HELP 24/7 is a virtual access mental health service that has been developed to support college and university students as they develop the coping skills needed to navigate through life’s challenges. STUDENT TELE-HELP 24/7 gives students another option to obtain counseling, therapy and provider services for mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, grief, guilt, PTSD due to sexual assault, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, etc. No insurance needed or accepted. - May 01, 2019 - Advanced Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

Grok Global Launches Global Access Service

Grok Global Services, a global higher education service company, launches Global Access, a new line of service for institutions seeking to diversify their recruitment efforts. - May 01, 2019 - Grok Global

Reading Rocks in Rockford 2019

Author and award-winning editor Kim Childress joins Author Row for Reading Rocks in Rockford 2019, at the Krause Memorial Library in Rockford, MI, and she will be featuring The Legend of the Fairy Stones and other titles, with book-give-aways complements of Girls' Life Magazine and ChildressInk.com. - April 27, 2019 - Childress Ink

Annette C. Short Commemorated as a Professional of the Year for Two Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Annette C. Short of Burtonsville, Maryland has been commemorated as a Professional of the Year for two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and high level of success for over 20 years in the field of medical... - April 26, 2019 - Strathmore Worldwide

Volunteer at HCA Healthcare/HealthONE’s Swedish Medical Center Named National Frist Humanitarian Awards Finalist

Community Volunteer Recognized with Highest Honor from HCA Healthcare. - April 25, 2019 - HCA HealthONE Swedish

iGrad Receives Pension & Investments Eddy Award for Enrich™ Financial Wellness Platform

iGrad recently was recognized with a Pension & Investments Eddy Award for its Enrich™ financial wellness platform. iGrad was honored along with Virginia Retirement System (VRS), an independent state agency that offers the Enrich platform to its 700,000 members. iGrad and VRS received the... - April 24, 2019 - iGrad

ELPS Private Detective Agency is Now Providing NJ SORA Training in Pennsylvania, Because There is No Formalized Security Officer Training in Pennsylvania

ELPS PDA will bring formalized New Jersey Security Officer Training to you in Pennsylvania. ELPS is pleased to announce that, Jeff Stein, president of ELPS Private Detective Agency has successfully completed the State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of State Police, Security Officer Instructor Certification: Security Officer Registration Act (SORA). - April 23, 2019 - ELPS Private Detective Agency

The Pi Shop, Product Incubator Announces Event Led by Tesla Co-Founder Marc Tarpenning

On April 25, 2019, Tesla Co-Founder Marc Tarpenning will be visiting The Pi Shop in Downtown Fresno to deliver a fireside chat regarding entrepreneurship, Tesla, environmental concerns, and the future of technology. - April 20, 2019 - Pi Shop

Boiler Operator Courses Starting May 6th and May 11th, 2019

Ohio Boiler License preparation classes are being taught in Brook Park, Ohio. The classes can lead to a new career where operators are in high demand, have good benefits and are offer good wages. - April 17, 2019 - Lifetime Learning LLC

The Black Women’s Health Imperative & The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Aim to Increase Impact with New Partnership

The Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) announced a strategic partnership with the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) to address health disparities and provide more health education. - April 17, 2019 - Black Women's Health Imperative

Reinventing Modern Recruiting for Colleges and Universities in the Digital Age - Thompson Rivers University

LinkedIn and other social networks are becoming the bridge between millenial students and the academic world. Dean Mike Henry of Thompson Rivers University demonstrates how modern recruiting works without geographic boundaries and time zones. Under his watch and initiatives, enrolment soared by over 500%. - April 16, 2019 - Thompson Rivers University

"GEMS" Will Now be Known as "JUNO Campus" in Its New Avatar

Governing Education Management System, an ERP system popularly known as "GEMS" in academic circles will be now be known as "JUNO Campus" in its new avatar. The decision to affect this name change was taken to bring the name of the most popular ERP system being used by education institutions, more in line with the name of the company. - April 16, 2019 - JUNO Software Systems Private Limited

National Association for Community Colleges Names Colleges of Excellence

National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) recognizes entrepreneurial excellence in Community Colleges; NACCE Announces College of Excellence Winners - April 15, 2019 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship

An Evening with Temple Grandin: "Calling All Minds" - Baltimore, Maryland

Future Horizons will be hosting An Evening with Temple Grandin on May 27, 2019. - April 13, 2019 - Future Horizons, Inc.

MarbleJam Kids Dinner Benefit - Celebrating the Music of Life

MarbleJam Kids 12th Annual Dinner Benefit - Celebrating the Music of Life Edgewood Country Club, 449 Rivervale Rd, River Vale, NJ 07675 will host MarbleJam Kids, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, "Celebrating the Music of Life," benefit dinner event. Live entertainment by The Willies with Willie Wilson MC and special celebrity guests. - April 12, 2019 - MarbleJam Kids Inc.

Atlanta Businessman Woodard Inducted Into UTC Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Honors Albert Woodard - April 11, 2019 - KaZee Inc.

$10,000 SDWR Autism Service Dog Grant Awarded to 8-Year-Old Boy in Gaithersburg, MD

SDWR has awarded several grant opportunities to help families with loved ones on the Autistic Spectrum alleviate funding efforts for their very own Autism Service Dog. - April 10, 2019 - Service Dogs by SDWR

CyberCrunch Announces Contest for Students in Celebration of Earth Day

Winners of the #CyberCrunchRecycling social media contest will receive $1,000. - April 09, 2019 - CyberCrunch

IndieGo Publishing Announces the Release of "Daisy Has Autism," by Aaron J. Wright, a One-of-a-Kind Book About Autism & Special Needs Education

In honor of World Autism Month, IndieGo Publishing is proud to announce the release of "Daisy Has Autism," by Aaron J. Wright, a work of creative nonfiction that serves as an act of public participation and a call to action. "Daisy Has Autism" is the story of one family’s harrowing experience with public special education and their struggles to educate their daughter according to her unique needs. - April 08, 2019 - INDIEGO Publishing