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Innovative Tools to Improve Student Success Take Top Honors at Learning Impact

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

LAKE MARY, Fla., June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Innovative tools to help educators personalize learning and students achieve success took top honors in 1EdTech's Learning Impact Awards.

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  • LAKE MARY, Fla., June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Innovative tools to help educators personalize learning and students achieve success took top honors in 1EdTech's Learning Impact Awards.
  • Penn State's Course Insights provides data and analytics to convey learning-related insights to instructors and gives them a holistic view of the student learning experience.
  • "The Learning Impact Awards program offers exemplary projects with clear evidence of improving learning impact and outcomes that other institutions can replicate.
  • Award winners are selected after presentations and interviews with educators from K-12 and higher education, and evaluations from Learning Impact conference attendees and the edtech community at large.

Duke Energy donates $75,000 to University of Central Florida to help train future engineering, computer science professionals

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

A $75,000 donation to the University of Central Florida from Duke Energy Florida will provide critical resources to support the transformation of engineering and computer science students into professionals and future leaders in their fields.

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  • A $75,000 donation to the University of Central Florida from Duke Energy Florida will provide critical resources to support the transformation of engineering and computer science students into professionals and future leaders in their fields.
  • The gift adds to the longstanding relationship between Duke Energy Florida, the Duke Energy Foundation and the University of Central Florida.
  • "For more than a decade, Duke Energy, its legacy companies and its foundation have invested in the University of Central Florida and itsEngineering Leadership and Innovation Institute," said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president.
  • Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 10,300 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 1.9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.