Canada

Northrop Grumman Foundation’s Earthwatch Educator Program Announces Scholarship Recipients

June 18th, 2009

Northrop Grumman Foundation announced the scholarship recipients of its Earthwatch Educator Program, an innovative environmental education program for teachers across the country.
Twenty-two educators from communities in which the company operates have been selected to participate in an Earthwatch expedition focused on climate change or oceans preservation. This is an invaluable experience intended to be transferred [...]

New Jersey American Water Meets Young Engineers at Future Cities Competition

January 20th, 2009

Engineers from New Jersey American Water shared their expertise with aspiring seventh and eighth grade engineers from across the state at the National Engineering Week Future Cities Competition, held on Saturday, January 17, on the Busch Campus at Rutgers University.
“Water and the Economy” is the focus of this year’s Future Cities Competition. The students, who [...]

Problem-Based Medical Microbiology : A Handbook for Medical Students

November 16th, 2008

This book is a valuable supplementary test for the 2nd year medial students. This unique problem-based medical microbiology text is a product of many years of clinical service experience as a professional clinical microbiologist based at a major teaching hospital affiliated with the McMaster Univesity in Canada. The objective [...]

MAXIMUS Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.10 Per Share

October 16th, 2008

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share, payable on November 28, 2008 to shareholders of record on November 14, 2008.
MAXIMUS is a leading provider of government services and is devoted to providing health and human services program management [...]

Independent Review of MAXIMUS-Administered California SCHIP Program Yields Exceptional Results

October 11th, 2008

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services, announced today that it received exceptional results under an independent review performed by The Lewin Group for its administration of California’s State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Healthy Families program with an error rate of just 0.04%.
Under the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program administered by the Centers [...]

Kaplan University Graduates 2,278 Online Students

August 3rd, 2008

Hundreds of online Kaplan University students from all across the United States, and from Canada, Guam and the Virgin Islands, gathered at the Chicago Symphony Theatre today to celebrate a milestone event—their college graduation. Juli Norell, the student speaker, commended her fellow graduates for overcoming obstacles to achieve their dreams.
In Norell’s case, the obstacle was [...]

International Guest Scholarships 2009 – American College of Surgeons

March 31st, 2008

The American College of Surgeons offers International Guest Scholarships to competent young surgeons from countries other than the United States or Canada who have demonstrated strong interests in teaching and research. The scholarships, in the amount of $8,000 each, provide the Scholars with an opportunity to visit clinical, teaching, and research activities in North America [...]

CEA, Study Abroad Program Provider, Appoints Dr. William Davey as Vice President of Academic Affairs

November 28th, 2007

CEA, the leading global marketplace for quality study abroad programs for university and college students, announced today that it has named Dr. William Davey as Vice President of Academic Affairs. An internationally recognized expert in cross-cultural communications, Dr. Davey is charged with overseeing CEA’s academic initiatives and development with a particular focus on the signature [...]

Scholarship exemption needs study

August 21st, 2007

The decision contained in the 2006 Budget to fully exempt scholarships was one that has been greatly appreciated among students, parents and the academic world.
But as is always the case with a potential tax-free source of income, there are those who want to use the scheme in ways not contemplated by the government.
For example, we [...]

Province’s scholarship fund pumped up by oil and gas revenue

June 27th, 2007

The Alberta government is using some of its energy revenue windfall to add $227 million to the province’s largest scholarship fund.
Premier Ed Stelmach has announced a 35% increase to the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund, bringing its total value to $851 million.
The program provides annual scholarships to high school students as well as undergraduate and graduate [...]