A $2 million Department of Labor grant is expected to help ease the nursing shortage in Southwest Virginia.
The money is going to expand nursing and other health-related programs at four community colleges across the region. Mountain Empire Community College, Southwest Virginia Community College, Virginia Highlands Community College, and Wytheville Community College will each benefit from [...]

The Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Educational Foundation has announced the availability of the Virginia Firefighters Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 2001 by the Virginia Firefighters Foundation to provide tuition assistance to dependents of Virginia firefighters who wish to study at DSLCC.
According to Helen Kostel, Scholarship Chairman, initial disbursements were made to colleges [...]

The Cochise College Foundation and Cochise College provided a variety of scholarships available to students for the 2006-2007 academic year. The scholarships are listed below and students are encouraged to begin the application process as soon as possible, remember to do continuous research for other available scholarships.
If you have any questions regarding scholarships, contact the [...]

This useful handbook introduces nurses and other health care professionals to the most current application of computer-related technology in the health care environment. Included are the various forms of electronic communication and ways to use it more effectively. New coverage of web-based technology, search tools, and evaluation criteria for online material are presented [...]

Physicians and their medical practices today face innumerable problems and challenges in analyzing current market changes in the medical field.
Do they understand and have the skills and knowledge to make advantageous decisions related to the increasingly complex situations in which they find themselves? Do they merge, oversee their their

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Friday received a $1.5 million Economic Development Administration workforce development grant toward the construction of a Transportation Training Facility.
The approximate 25,000-square-foot workforce training facility is expected to result in 544 spin-off jobs including an $420 million in private investment.
The job and investment estimates are based on the college’s inquiry from about 15 [...]

Food Lion stores from across Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas and Georgia are getting ready for a variety of events to raise funds for a new scholarship to assist the company’s associates and their dependents in attending Virginia Tech.
Cookouts, casual dress days, raffles and other activities at approximately 350 stores Saturday will raise [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday awarded 72 community college partnerships $125 million for successfully competing under the president’s Community-Based Job Training Grants Initiative.
Edison Community College in Piqua was awarded $2.03 million to develop a comprehensive regional training network to deliver advanced manufacturing training to incumbent and dislocated workers in western Ohio.
Key partners include [...]

The National Labor College (NLC) announced today that Aetna has made a $50,000 grant to support scholarships for minority union members and to expand union members’ knowledge of the fast-paced healthcare industry.
“Of all benefits negotiated by union members, healthcare is among the most critical,” said Susan J. Schurman, NLC president. “We need the labor [...]

Residents of Waldo County pursuing their education in a health care field may be eligible for scholarships awarded by Waldo County General Hospital. Awards are made to graduating high school seniors; college undergraduates; and Waldo County Healthcare, Inc. employees pursuing careers in health care related fields including but not limited to the following: nursing, [...]