U.S.-based New Horizons Worldwide proudly announced it was open for business in London and throughout Great Britain with a spectacular grand opening celebration. The Grand Opening event was attended by over 100 clients and guests including representatives from New Horizons key worldwide partners.
Microsoft Learning’s Chris Pirie, Worldwide General Manager of Sales and Marketing, spoke about [...]

Motorola Inc. announced that Motorola Technology Sdn Bhd (”Motorola Penang”) has set up a new MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab at Multimedia University (”MMU”), Cyberjaya, providing a conducive wireless network environment for students and faculty members to conduct applied research on the latest wireless broadband technologies. The Wireless Broadband Technology Lab is the first [...]

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 [...]

With the baby boomer generation aging and beginning to retire, the University Medical Center is initiating a scholarship program to help combat a nationwide problem: nurse shortages.
The scholarship program is a product of the University’s Health Task Force, an umbrella organization for several sub-task forces composed of nurses and representatives in the University Medical Center [...]

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 [...]

LearningPoint, a provider of e-learning technology solutions, announced today that it has received a $175,000 Transformation Fellowship from Idea Foundry. The Fellowship consists of $100,000 in cash and $75,000 worth of consulting support. The award will be used to accelerate the launch of the company’s new rapid e-learning development solution called CollaborateTM.
Collaborate puts the [...]

Menomonee Falls, Wis. — During its recent conference in Chandler, Ariz., Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Copesan, held a raffle to benefit two worthy programs.
The first is the Pi Chi Omega Scholarship Fund. Pi Chi Omega, a pest management industry fraternity, provides scholarships to entomology students who are the future of the pest management industry. The second [...]

Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that American Student Assistance (ASA), the nation’s original student loan guarantor, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, has selected the LearnCenter® talent management suite to develop, deliver, and track interactive on-demand training and development for employees of all levels throughout their organization.
“After reviewing the talent management [...]

The Thurgood Marshall Corporate Leadership Award is presented annually to a corporate entity whose record of commitment to public HBCUs, education and diversity has advanced the overall mission of developing a new generation of leaders. This award is the highest annual award presented by the TMSF and serves as a model for others to emulate.
“Microsoft [...]

Marco, a St. Cloud business, recently established the Northwest Technical College (NTC) Scholarship-Intern Program.
Marco selected NTC as a partner to help hire future skilled sales specialists in various areas of technology solutions.
Program highlights include 50 percent second year tuition reimbursement, a paid internship and a sales position offer after successfully completing the sales marketing and [...]