educational travel

Medical Professionals to Exchange Ideas with Global Colleagues in China, Vietnam, India, South Africa, Russia, Egypt and Rwanda to Improve Care

October 16th, 2008

People to People Ambassador Programs, a subsidiary of Ambassadors Group, Inc., a leader in global educational travel experiences, announces its Citizen Ambassador Programs fall travel season with unique opportunities for healthcare professionals to meet and share ideas with international colleagues.
Various groups of trained healthcare professionals comprised of surgeons, nurses, speech pathologists, mental health experts, cardiovascular [...]

VMware Announces New Global Education Services and Certification Programs

August 7th, 2008

VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced new educational services and certification programs designed to help IT professionals build world-class virtual environments. The programs are designed for varied positions, including systems administrators, design architects, operators and managers who are interested in enhancing their knowledge and [...]

Australian Government Scholarships

March 31st, 2008

It was announced on the 26 April 2006 that Australia will double the number of educational scholarships it offers in the Asia-Pacific region. The new program, will be called Australian Scholarships, and will provide nearly $1.4 billion in funding over five years for more than 19,000 scholarships. (Note tables below) The program was announced as [...]

Rotary scholarships available for Wilton college students to study abroad

November 28th, 2007

College sophomores, juniors and seniors who want to study a language and live abroad starting any time after July 2009 for three months or for a full academic year should apply by March 1 for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.
Interested students should look at the rotary.org Web site to download the Ambassadorial Scholarship [...]

FraternityLive Establishes Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) Scholarship

August 21st, 2007

FraternityLive today announced that it has instituted a twenty-one thousand dollar endowment to create a Financial Management Scholarship for members of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity. The annual scholarship will award two students, with the goal of facilitating the International Fraternity’s financial leadership and chapter operations.
The endowment was initiated by Kris White, a collegiate [...]

Going abroad to study, work? No need for Dilli Chalo to get certificates attested

June 27th, 2007

Some red tape has been cut. Come July 1 and there’s good news for those wishing to go abroad for education or employment. They don’t have to come all the way to New Delhi to get their academic certificates “authenticated” by babus at the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry. They can go to their respective [...]

Sallie Mae Executive Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on Private Loans and College Affordability

June 8th, 2007

Sallie Mae Senior Vice President Barry Goulding today testified at the Senate Banking Committee hearing, ‘Paying for College: The Role of Private Student Lending’ to demonstrate how Sallie Mae serves students and parents in the private education loan market.
Goulding emphasized Sallie Mae’s ‘1-2-3 approach’ to paying for college: 1) after tapping personal financial resources such [...]

Hamm scholarship winners announced

May 6th, 2007

Eight Van Buren High School graduating seniors have been awarded Harry O. Hamm scholarships providing them a college education. Stephen Chapman, Lauren Clark, Leanne Cushman, Natasha Harris, B.J. Huffstetler, Caitlin McBride, Meredith McCabe and Daniel Sharp join 61 other recipients of the prestigious scholarship.
Hamm, who attended Sophia Meyer School, valued his education and the influence [...]

A Student Loan Alternative That’s Not Far from Traditional

February 25th, 2007

Everyone knows that getting an education is expensive. Student loans are available to most students for tuition, but what about the other expenses? You need books and supplies, a lap top as well as funds for room and board. To make matters even more challenging; should you decide to take on a full load of [...]

Mutual understanding is benefit of studying abroad

January 22nd, 2007

Study-abroad programs offer more than a semester or year of vacation in another country for high school and university students.
They’re small acts of diplomacy.
Barbara Decker, director of student services for the Council for Educational Travel office in Grand Rapids, said foreign students learn during their study abroad experiences that American life isn’t like that depicted [...]