Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc., announced today that it will collaborate with The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) to make a series of scholarship endowments at the CIA. On May 31, 2006, Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc., the country’s largest distributor of wine and spirits, made its first of a series [...]
Northcentral University (www.ncu.edu), a leader in accredited 100% online education programs for those seeking bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees, announced today that the NCU Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Claudia Santin to the position of President of Northcentral University. “It is my pleasure to announce Dr. Santin’s appointment, and I am confident she will [...]
This year, more New York college students are expected to study abroad than ever before. Research from the Institute of International Education in New York shows that the number of American students taking advantage of international study programs for college credit has more than doubled in the last decade.
In the Northeast, New York ranks highest [...]
Benjamin A. Israel, a 2006 graduate of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in Rumson, N.J., was recently named the first recipient of the College of William and Mary’s Michael Hardy Edwards Scholarship.
The Edwards Scholarship honors the memory of William and Mary alumnus Michael Hardy Edwards, a Garden City native who died on September 11, 2001, [...]
Northern Nevada is home to 45 of the state’s 90 high school seniors named as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the organization has announced.
The students are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide who have the opportunity to continue in the competition for one of the 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $33 million, that will be offered [...]
When local legend Anna Sloggett turns 100 this month, 400 friends from around the world and throughout her life will be there, including students from her third-grade classroom at Kapa‘a Elementary School. Friends from Canada, New Jersey and Florida are also expected, she said.
Sloggett, whose father, William Hyde Rice, was the last governor of Kaua‘i [...]
A new scholarship, named after former Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County and Kansas CEO Nick Mork, has been awarded.
Desirae Sheffler won the endowed scholarship, worth $1,500. Sheffler is a freshman majoring in social work at Wichita State University.
The scholarship was recently established there for students who are former little brothers [...]
Texas students seventh grade and up will take standardized tests one of two ways this year: by logging onto the Internet and clicking a mouse, or the old school way with paper and a freshly sharpened No. 2 pencil.
Texas joins 21 other states this year by offering its standardized test, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge [...]
PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it has acquired the publishing and continuing education business of the Academy of Dental Therapeutics and Stomatology and Odontos World Media from the Company’s founder and president, Michael Florman, DDS. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Established in 1998 by Florman, an [...]
The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce Kate Napolitano of Ringwood, New Jersey as the 2006 recipient of the Marshall Cavendish Scholarship.
The $3,000 scholarship was established with a donation from the Marshall Cavendish Corporation in Tarrytown, N.Y., publishers of illustrated reference books for libraries. It is awarded to a person pursuing a [...]