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YES Communities Announces 2024 Building Futures Arrupe High School Scholarship Winner

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fredag, maj 31, 2024
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Denver, Colorado, May 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YES Communities, a Denver-based operator of manufactured housing, announced that one of the 2024 winners of the Building Futures Scholarship is Camila Alvarez Salsas, a local Arrupe Jesuit High School student.

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  • Denver, Colorado, May 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YES Communities, a Denver-based operator of manufactured housing, announced that one of the 2024 winners of the Building Futures Scholarship is Camila Alvarez Salsas, a local Arrupe Jesuit High School student.
  • “Arrupe Jesuit is grateful for all the support that YES Communities offers our students.
  • Arrupe's partnership with YES Communities makes a profound difference in the lives of our students," said Arrupe’s President, Michael J. O’Hagan.
  • Since the inception of the partnership with Arrupe Jesuit High School in 2010, YES Communities has provided 60 Corporate Work Study opportunities to students.

Tennessee Board of Regents Institution, Motlow State Community College, Selects the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to Serve Multiple Campuses and Locations

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fredag, maj 31, 2024
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Motlow State Community College, a Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) institution, has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to provide an all-in-one video and media creation, hosting, storage and distribution solution across its multiple campuses and locations.

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  • Motlow State Community College, a Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) institution, has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to provide an all-in-one video and media creation, hosting, storage and distribution solution across its multiple campuses and locations.
  • The TBR system is the largest system of higher education in Tennessee with 37 community and technical colleges across the state.
  • The institution was seeking a comprehensive video platform with user-friendly features that seamlessly integrates into the D2L Brightspace Learning Management System.
  • The Video Platform will enable users to enhance teaching and learning with capabilities such as captioning, video quizzing, and sharing content among a variety of audiences.

CVRx Announces Key Senior Leadership Team Hires

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torsdag, maj 16, 2024
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Bonnie Handke will join as Senior Vice President of Patient Access, Reimbursement, and Healthcare Economics

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  • Bonnie Handke will join as Senior Vice President of Patient Access, Reimbursement, and Healthcare Economics
    MINNEAPOLIS, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CVRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVRX) ("CVRx"), a commercial-stage medical device company, today announced three additions to its senior leadership team.
  • "We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Adamson, Bonnie, and Jennifer to the CVRx leadership team.
  • These three executives will play an important role as we seek to move our Barostim therapy towards standard of care," said Kevin Hykes, President and CEO of CVRx.
  • Dr. Adamson joins CVRx from Abbott Laboratories, where he serves as Divisional Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Heart Failure division.

The Wistar Institute Awarded Second National Science Foundation Grant to Expand Award-winning STEM Training Program

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tisdag, maj 14, 2024
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PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PHILADELPHIA — (May 14, 2024) — The Wistar Institute was awarded a $649,971 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the continued expansion of its award-winning Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) Pre-apprenticeship Program .

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  • PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PHILADELPHIA — (May 14, 2024) — The Wistar Institute was awarded a $649,971 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the continued expansion of its award-winning Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) Pre-apprenticeship Program .
  • The grant supports Wistar’s reach to community colleges in New Jersey and Delaware who may have limited or no access to hands-on laboratory training and internships.
  • “As the Greater Philadelphia Region’s life science sector continues to expand, there is greater demand for laboratory technicians in both academic and industry labs,” said Dario Altieri, M.D.
  • , president and CEO, director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center , and the Robert and Penny Fox Distinguished Professor of The Wistar Institute.

Massachusetts-Based Bristol Community College Selects YuJa Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform To Improve Accessibility of Course Content

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fredag, maj 17, 2024
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Massachusetts-based Bristol Community College has selected the YuJa Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform to enhance the accessibility of digital media and course content and to drive inclusivity across its locations in Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, and Attleboro, Massachusetts, and Bristol Online.

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  • Massachusetts-based Bristol Community College has selected the YuJa Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform to enhance the accessibility of digital media and course content and to drive inclusivity across its locations in Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, and Attleboro, Massachusetts, and Bristol Online.
  • In addition to meeting these needs, YuJa Panorama provides an accessibility gauge and enables content creators to pinpoint and correct issues as content is created.
  • YuJa Panorama provides users with an LTI app and customized website accessibility profiles that can be applied to web pages.
  • YuJa Panorama’s Remediation Engines identify, prioritize, and automate the correction of inaccessible content in documents, including documents, images, and more.

Labster Opens Registration for May 29-30 Science ImmersEd Conference

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tisdag, maj 14, 2024
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Labster ( www.labster.com ), which offers the world's leading edtech platforms for immersive digital simulations, is introducing Science ImmersEd , a professional development conference for the science educator community.

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  • Labster ( www.labster.com ), which offers the world's leading edtech platforms for immersive digital simulations, is introducing Science ImmersEd , a professional development conference for the science educator community.
  • “The Labster Science ImmersEd Conference is our way of giving back — and paying tribute to — the many dedicated members of the Labster STEM community.
  • Live attendees at the online Science ImmersEd Conference receive related bonus content and access to short videos of conference highlights and key takeaways.
  • Check out the full two-day agenda for the free Labster Science ImmersEd virtual conference and register to attend: https://www.labster.com/science-immersed#Agenda .

Roane State Community College Selects YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform to Ensure Exam Integrity Across Nine Locations in East Tennessee

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fredag, maj 10, 2024
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Roane State Community College, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, has selected YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform to replace its former test proctoring vendor.

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  • Roane State Community College, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, has selected YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform to replace its former test proctoring vendor.
  • The Platform will help ensure exam integrity across the college’s nine locations in East Tennessee.
  • Institutional leaders were seeking a user-friendly test proctoring platform that offered live proctoring options.
  • YuJa Verity allows instructors to create and administer proctored assessments, safeguarding the integrity of assessments with robust features that help prevent cheating.

THE INSTITUTE OF CULINARY EDUCATION CELEBRATES 2024 GRADUATES IN THIS YEAR'S COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES

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måndag, maj 13, 2024
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) will celebrate the achievements of the 2023-2024 graduating class at commencement ceremonies for its New York City and Los Angeles campuses later this month. Graduates have completed at least one of ICE's in person or online diploma or Associates degree programs in various fields of study, including Culinary Arts, Pastry & Baking Arts, Plant-Based Culinary Arts, Restaurant & Culinary Management and Hospitality & Hotel Management.

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  • NEW YORK, May 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) will celebrate the achievements of the 2023-2024 graduating class at commencement ceremonies for its New York City and Los Angeles campuses later this month.
  • Graduates have completed at least one of ICE's in person or online diploma or Associates degree programs in various fields of study, including Culinary Arts , Pastry & Baking Arts , Plant-Based Culinary Arts , Restaurant & Culinary Management and Hospitality & Hotel Management .
  • Bailey is a culinary visionary and graduate from ICE's Culinary Arts program in 2001.
  • Megan Fogarty, the west coast graduate speaker, completed both the Culinary Arts and Restaurant & Culinary Management programs for a dual diploma in 2021.

CIEE Selects Four Colleges to Each Receive $1 Million Grant To Lead Change in Study Abroad

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fredag, maj 10, 2024
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BOSTON, May 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) has selected four nationally recognized institutions of higher education to receive $1 million over four years to establish new study abroad programs that will advance institutional goals while improving student outcomes. Each of the four winners pledged to match CIEE's $1 million grant resulting in a total of $8 million in funding over four years for students to study abroad in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe.

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  • Each of the four winners pledged to match CIEE's $1 million grant resulting in a total of $8 million in funding over four years for students to study abroad in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe.
  • Announced in November 2023 at the 76th Annual CIEE Study Abroad conference in Paris, CIEE's Pledge to Lead Change in Study Abroad seeks to show how a well-designed international exchange program can improve college enrollments, student retention rates, student graduation rates, and perhaps most importantly, enhance student employability and economic mobility.
  • Each recipient of CIEE's Leading Change in Study Abroad Challenge will receive a grant of $1 million over four years from CIEE and provide $1 million in matching funds from a donor or institutional funds, resulting in a pool of $500,000 each year to implement these bold programs.
  • We look forward to working with these four globally-minded and student-centered organizations over the next four years to help them lead change in study abroad at their institutions and serve as role models for the field of higher education."

American Council of Learned Societies Awards 2024 Project Development Grants

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fredag, maj 10, 2024
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NEW YORK, May 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2024 ACLS Project Development Grant recipients. The $5,000 grants are designed to support scholars in teaching-intensive faculty roles whose research is poised to make important contributions to knowledge in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

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  • NEW YORK, May 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2024 ACLS Project Development Grant recipients.
  • The $5,000 grants are designed to support scholars in teaching-intensive faculty roles whose research is poised to make important contributions to knowledge in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
  • "ACLS is committed to expanding opportunities for faculty with significant teaching responsibilities to pursue their research agendas," said John Paul Christy, ACLS Senior Director of US Programs.
  • "Project Development Grants recognize exceptional scholarship while offering flexible support to meet the specific needs of each awardee's project."