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Apogee Foundation Scholars are Honored with Seven of the World's Most Prestigious Awards for Young Performing Artists (Popularity:  )
The Apogee Foundation today announced that two of its Apogee World Scholars, dancer Vadim Muntagirov and violinist Dmitrij Smirnov, had won seven of the world's most prestigious performing arts competitions in the last seven months. Muntagirov's victories were at four major events in the course of five months, and Smirnov's at three major events in the course of four months. Muntagirov's awards included the grand prize at the St. Petersburg ...
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Northeast Georgia Bank to Offer Educational Loans (Popularity: )
June 2 /-- Northeast Georgia Bank has partnered with NextStudent Inc., a Phoenix-based premier education funding company,
to offer a complete portfolio of educational lending products and services.
Northeast Georgia Bank will introduce the new program in each of its individual locations. Interested customers will have several options of obtaining information including in-branch collateral and online access to scholarship and student loan information.
"We developed this partnership because it offers new ...
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Scientific Evidence Based, Online Intervention for Cognitive Skills Enhancement Now Available for Public Subscription (Popularity: )
June 3, 2006 -- Cognitive Enhancement Systems' research evidence based, online system for cognitive skills enhancement of normal and special needs school children (3rd grade and above) and cognitive rehabilitation intervention for those with mild cognitive impairment or decline is now available for public subscription at . Challenging Our Minds (COM) was spawned out of computer presented clinical applications for rehabilitation therapy with those who had experienced brain injury, stroke, ...
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Nelnet's LoanSTAR Promotes Hendee, Durstine to Lead Marketing Efforts (Popularity: )
Nelnet recently announced the promotions of Richard (Dick) Hendee to Senior Vice President Texas Market Development and Managing Director Strategic Sales Planning and George Durstine to National Director for Sales Development and CollEDGE Loans Brand Manager.
Hendee began his tenure with LoanSTAR in 1995. His responsibilities have ranged from managing national marketing efforts and lender/vendor relationships to working with President Bill Jeffery on strategic planning initiatives. Having begun his extensive ...
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The Results Are In and They Are Bright for Students Using the Smart Way Reading and Spelling Program (Popularity: )
In less than forty-two hours of one-on-one tutoring, participating elementary school students within the School District of Lancaster (SDOL), PA, raised their reading proficiency scores by an average of 1.14 grade levels.
The grade-equivalent reading scores for alternative education middle school students in the same school district jumped 1.52 grades in only 27 hours.
In another part of the Commonwealth, 9th grade students at Chester High School showed a 1.3 ...
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Challenge Your Child to Say 'Picky Pretzel People Pick Pretzel Perfect Pretzels' This Summer to Win Auntie Anne's National Pretzel Perfect Tongue Twister Contest (Popularity: )
Kids nationwide will contort and twist their tongues this summer for a chance to win a $2,500 educational scholarship, a $500 shopping spree, a year's supply of Auntie Anne's pretzels and reign the National Pretzel Perfect Tongue Twisting Champion.
Between June 5 and July 23, kids age 6-12 years can submit a video or DVD of themselves reciting the tongue twister -- "Picky Pretzel People Pick Pretzel Perfect Pretzels." All ...
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15 common myths about cervical cancer (Popularity: )
U-M experts explain common misconceptions, fears about this largely preventable disease
January 10, 2007 - ANN ARBOR, MI – About 9,700 women in the United States will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year. It may seem like a small number, until you consider that another 1.2 million women will develop a pre-cancerous condition called dysplasia. And if left untreated, dysplasia will become cervical cancer.
“Because of Pap smears, a ...
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EPA Awards $88,866 to Three Illinois Organizations for Environmental Education Programs (Popularity: )
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $43,345 grant to the Chicago Department of Environment, a $10,000 grant to the CSA Learning Center in Caledonia, Ill., and a $35,521 grant to Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Ill., for innovative environmental education projects.
The three Illinois groups are among 10 organizations in EPA's six-state Region 5 that received a total of $187,200 in environmental education grant money ...
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Scientists Discover New Virus Responsible for Deaths of 3 Transplant Recipients From Single Donor in Victoria, Australia (Popularity: )
Scientists in the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues in the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia and 454 Life Sciences have discovered a new virus that was responsible for the deaths of three transplant recipients who received organs from a single donor in Victoria, Australia.
The previously unknown virus, which is related to lymphocytic choreomeningitis virus (LCMV), was ...
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Culinary Institute of Virginia Announces Open House and Information Session (Popularity: )
Norfolk-based Culinary Institute of Virginia is pleased to announce two upcoming events; an Open House in Norfolk, VA February 3, 2007 and an Information Session in Richmond, VA February 6, 2007.
Culinary Institute of Virginia Open House will take place Saturday, February 3, 2007 from 10am - 2pm. Admission to this event is free. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the facility, speak with students, faculty, and staff about the ...
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