New Virginia College at Charleston South Carolina to Host Open House

New Virginia College at Charleston South Carolina to Host Open House

Visitors can tour campus, get a free career assessment on Saturday, September 12

Charleston, SC (PRWEB) September 11, 2009

The new Virginia College at Charleston South Carolina campus will open its doors to the community during an Open House, 10:00 am until 2:00 pm, Saturday, September 12. The Charleston campus, located at 6185 Rivers Avenue, offers Associate degrees and certificate programs in business and healthcare.

Prospective and enrolled students, families and friends are encouraged to attend the Open House. Visitors can tour the newly completed campus, and receive a free, no obligation career assessment.

"We want everyone to come, have a good time, and see our beautiful new facility, classrooms and labs," said Campus President, Tim Bush. Classes start at the Charleston campus on Monday, October 5.

Students at the newest Virginia College campus will enjoy the small class sizes and individual attention from instructors that are the hallmark of every Virginia College student experience.
Virginia College programs prepare students for success by utilizing faculty members with real-world work experience who know what employers are looking for.

Admissions Associates and Financial Planners are helping students decide on which career path to pursue and how to pay for their education with minimal obligation after graduation. For more information about the new Charleston campus of Virginia College, visit www. vc. edu/charleston (http://www. vc. edu/charleston) or call (843) 614-4300.

Virginia College recently opened on-ground campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Augusta, Georgia. The new Charleston campus brings the total number of schools to 13. Virginia College also offers online college degrees via the Internet.

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Harcourt Assessment Introduces The Assessment Academy

Harcourt Assessment Introduces The Assessment Academy

New professional development services help teachers leverage assessment data to drive learning gains in the classroom.

San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) October 4, 2007

Leading test publisher Harcourt Assessment today introduced The Assessment Academy, a comprehensive professional development program to help educators make the most of assessment data. The Assessment Academy's initial offerings include more than 12 different courses to ensure educators are able to use the assessment data to make informed instructional decisions to maximize student learning.

"Assessment data is a valuable resource for all educators, but can sometimes be confusing and overwhelming," said Kelly Goodrich, Vice President of Education Services and Support at Harcourt Assessment. "With these new professional development courses, Harcourt's assessment experts help educators to not only understand this valuable data, but to make data-based instructional decisions to maximize the achievement of their students."

The Assessment Academy's professional development courses are taught on location by experienced assessment experts. Courses range from three to six hours in length and will accommodate 30 to 50 participants. Through the courses offered, teachers will have the knowledge they need to provide challenges for gifted students, intervention for students who lag behind and instructional strategies for everyone in between.

Courses offered by The Assessment Academy include:
Assessment Literacy  -A course to help educators understand the role of assessments, important decisions that need to be made, and how assessment data should appropriately impact everyday classroom instruction.
NCLB Annual Yearly Progress: What is the instructional impact of achieving the state's academic standards?  -This course, designed for ELL classrooms, helps educators understand state accountability data and how a "complete" assessment system impacts their classroom.
Balancing Assessment Results in the Classroom: Making Instructional Decisions to Maximize Student Learning  -In this three-module advanced course, teachers learn an instructional planning process and how to utilize assessment results to effectively monitor student progress.
 -Modules include Standards Prioritization, Aligning Instruction with Assessment and Differentiating Instruction.
Using Stanford 10® Assessment Results to Improve Student Achievement Using the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test® to Improve Student Achievement Using the Stanford English Proficiency Test® to Improve Student Achievement Using the Stanford English Proficiency Test® Results to Improve Student Achievement Using Learnia® Assessment Results to Improve Student Achievement

Additionally, the Assessment Academy also offers custom courses to inform teachers how to use the results from their statewide assessments to improve student achievement and positively align their school leadership.

With Assessment Blueprint for School Districts, The Assessment Academy offers a previously unavailable service. With this offering, Harcourt Assessment's assessment experts will analyze the assessment practices of a school district to help administrators determine if their assessment plan provides educators with the information they need to ensure maximized student learning. Harcourt's experts will help administrators to ensure their assessment plan is effective and efficient, while helping administrators to identify and eliminate assessment overlaps that may result unnecessary testing.

The Assessment Academy provides professional development on a broad range of topics for teachers, administrators, special education assessment personnel and technology coordinators at state, district and school levels. In the 2006-07 school year alone, Harcourt Assessment's experts have provided on-site professional development courses and Webinars for large-scale summative and for district-level formative assessments in 20 states and 20 school districts, delivering more than 100 professional development sessions to more than 1500 teachers.

For more information on The Assessment Academy, visit http://Harcourtassessment. com/AssessmentAcademy (http://Harcourtassessment. com/AssessmentAcademy)

About Harcourt Assessment, Inc.
Based in San Antonio, Harcourt Assessment, Inc. is a leading provider of high-quality assessment instruments and testing programs published under two brand names -- Harcourt Assessment and The Psychological Corporation. For more than 85 years, Harcourt Assessment and The Psychological Corporation have been providing insight about children and adults; informing instruction, curricula, and clinical practice; providing professional development to educators; collaborating with educators and clinical professionals; assisting human resources, admissions and credential professionals; and creating assessment innovations, in order to provide the most effective assessment solutions for the success of all individuals.

The company is a unit of Harcourt Education, a global education provider serving students and teachers in PreK through grade 12, adult learners, and readers of all ages. Harcourt Education is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc. (www. reedelsevier. com), a world-leading publisher and information provider. It is owned equally by Reed Elsevier PLC (NYSE: RUK) and Reed Elsevier NV (NYSE: ENL).

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Actress Marisol Nichols Returns to Her Hometown of Chicago Armed with Effective Solutions to Society’s Problems

Actress Marisol Nichols Returns to Her Hometown of Chicago Armed with Effective Solutions to Society’s Problems

Actress Marisol Nichols Returns To Her Hometown Of Chicago Armed with Effective Solutions to Society’s Problems. US Premiere of "ABLE International's World Solutions Exhibit - new solutions for drugs, education & criminal reform

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 11, 2006

Marisol Nichols, TV and Film star, who prepared for her role in Stephen Bochco's Blind Justice on ABC by beating the streets on patrol with the NYPD, has become a dedicated supporter of the effective solutions to society’s ills offered in the traveling “World Solutions Exhibition”, which she hosted at the Union League Club in her hometown of Chicago. The Exhibit is sponsored by the Association for Better Living and Education International and stopped in Chicago as part of its world tour.

It was during her experience with the NYPD that Ms. Nichols first witnessed the almost fruitless results of America’s current penal system. A system where dedicated law enforcement officers risk their lives to lock away criminals, only to have them re-released months, years or sometimes days later.

While Chicago’s crime rate has gone down between 1990 and 2000, the murder rate is above the national average. There are 125,000 gang members and drug sales in Chicago generate an estimated $500 billion per year. Illinois expenditures of $1.30 billion annually result in a 44% recidivism rate – criminals becoming more criminal.

Ms. Nichols – who has also starred in "Resurrection Boulevard", "Vegas Vacation", "Big Momma's House 2", ABC's "In Justice", and is about to start playing as the head of CTU on Fox TV's"24" - decided to help by providing effective life skills programs to inmates through Criminon, so that when offenders are released they become productive citizens instead of more hardened criminals. “The way you end social problems of criminality – individual by individual – is through these programs”, she said. “I support these programs because they are real help – real solutions.”

These solutions are found in the secular social betterment methodologies developed by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. The programs provide life-skills and criminal reform courses in a program called Criminon, a drug-free drug rehabilitation program called Narconon, Applied Scholastics International’s education and literacy programs, and The Way To Happiness Foundation for reversing the decline of moral standards. ABLE has serviced millions of people through their nearly 1000 programs in 121 countries.

Chicago’s Criminon group has provided services to 800 inmates in 58 prisons in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri. There is also a program in the Illinois Youth Center, which began in 2005 endorsed by State Representatives and Senators which is servicing 47 juveniles with 20 having graduated various of the programs that are offered.

Joining Ms. Nichols to help launch ABLE Chicago’s two-day exhibit are Illinois State Representative and co-Founder of the Illinois Legislature's Hispanic Caucus Edward Acevedo and ABLE International President Rena Weinberg.

The World Solutions exhibit is the first of its kind, comprising 2,700 square feet of state-of-the-art displays with video, each describing ABLE-supported social betterment programs. As well, the exhibit accommodates a seminar room and a film room to aid training.

ABLE International President Rena Weinberg said the World Solutions Exhibition offers not only workshops and training sessions as an orientation to the Hubbard-based social betterment programs but also a Needs Assessment service to help local, regional, provincial and federal agencies tailor programs to suit their specific needs.

For information on the ABLE World Solutions Exhibition, contact Dan Drach at (312) 218-2114. For information on Ms. Nichols’ media availability, contact ABLE International President Rena Weinberg at (323) 823-2062.

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Nexlogic Technologies, Inc. Certified For Pb-Free Assembly By Kester University

Nexlogic Technologies, Inc. Certified For Pb-Free Assembly By Kester University

Ready to serve customers in medical, military/aerospace, semiconductor and industrial markets for PCB design, turn-key and lead-free manufacturing

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) October 10, 2005 -–

Nexlogic Technologies, Inc., a premier PCB service provider and ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturer announced it has received Kester University certification for completing an intensive Pb-free/RoHS compliance course. By satisfactorily completing the Kester University course and meeting Pb-free assembly requirements, Nexlogic Technologies’ processes and personnel are certified to perform Pb-free assembly.

Zulki Khan, founder and president of Nexlogic Technologies, Inc., said, “We are highly pleased with the training and recommendations from Kester’s professional team of consultants, educators, and assembly specialists. This high-caliber training and guidance they provided allow us to smoothly transition to Pb-free design, assembly, inventory control and management, and component procurement.”

The three-day onsite Kester University course covered classroom training of all Nexlogic Technologies’ personnel and a comprehensive audit of the company’s design, fabrication, assembly, test, and procurement systems and procedures. Personnel trained included design engineering teams, CAD/CAM engineers, customer service, sales, technicians, procurement, process, rework, and inspection.

As a result of the technical audit, Nexlogic invested in new equipments such as a wave solder system with six pre-heaters front and back for Pb-free assemblies, an automatic inspection system, and an x-ray machine to assure defect free, Pb-free assembly of BGA and CSP-populated boards. Investment for the new equipment totaled $350,000.

Mr. Khan said, “The x-ray machine is very powerful at 120 KVA rating with 500X magnification power. This capability allows us to eliminate open shorts and other defects when we perform Pb-free assembly of flip-chip, BGA, and CSP populated boards.”

About Kester University

Kester University is the educational division of Kester with its training and consulting services offered only in the North American region. Founded in 1899, Kester is a world-renowned supplier of solder and related materials and services to the electronics assembly, micro-component, industrial soldering, hardware/retail and wholesale plumbing markets. Kester is known for high quality, advanced technology and superior technical support. With headquarters in Des Plaines, IL, Kester has additional manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Taiwan, and Malaysia. Its worldwide manufacturing and technical capabilities provide the support required to serve major electronics manufacturing services providers and OEMs.

About Nexlogic Technologies Inc.

Nexlogic is a leading electronic manufacturing services provider that offers total integrated circuit board solutions. This includes board design layout, fabrication, assembly, component procurement, and related ancillary services, all at one San Jose, CA location. As a 10-year industry veteran, Nexlogic is ready to serve many major OEMs in R&D projects, for RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and WEEE compliance products and new technologies that requires state of the art facility in time to market issues.

Nexlogic just celebrated their tenth Anniversary with expertise in board design layout of multi-layer, analog and digital, ultra high-speed, differential pairs, and controlled impedance designs. This is achieved by utilizing industry standard tools from such companies as Cadence and Mentor Graphics. We offer PCB fabrication of multi-layer PCB up to 30 layers, as well as PCB assembly for surface mount technology (SMT), through hole, fine pitch, BGA and uBGA (Micro BGA) devices. Nexlogic also offers BGA reballing & rework. 

1995-2005 10th anniversary year

An ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company

Nexlogic is a premier PCB service provider with key services such as board design layout, fabrication, component procurement, assembly, and test. The company was established in 1995 and serves over 100 customers in North America. Nexlogic’s mission is to be the best electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider to the markets it serves through high quality and an efficient manufacturing process.

Http://www. nexlogic. com (http://www. nexlogic. com)

Contact:

Dan Garza

DGPR, Inc.

(408)364-0126

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Folk Alliance Announces Final Nominees for Second Annual Folk Alliance Awards; Award Winners To Be Presented in Memphis, Tenn in February 2007

Folk Alliance Announces Final Nominees for Second Annual Folk Alliance Awards; Award Winners To Be Presented in Memphis, Tenn in February 2007

Nominees Announced for the Second Annual Folk Alliance Awards. The Folk Alliance Awards are to honor merit and achievement within the Folk Music field. The award recipients will be recognized at the 19th annual North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance International Business Conference in Memphis, Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at the Cook Convention Center.

Memphis, Tenn. (PRWEB) December 6, 2006

Nominees Announced for the Second Annual Folk Alliance Awards. The Folk Alliance Awards are to honor merit and achievement within the Folk Music field. The award recipients will be recognized at the 19th annual North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance International Business Conference in Memphis, Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at the Cook Convention Center.

The final nominees for the Second Annual Folk Alliance Awards are:

SONG OF THE YEAR

"Bring Them Home", Burns Sisters

"People Look Around", Catie Curtis and Mark Erelli

"Seems So Real", Chris Smither

"Pony", Diana Jones

"Folk Is the New Black", Janis Ian

TRADITIONAL RELEASE OF THE YEAR

Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome-The Seeger Sessions

Crooked Still - Shaken By a Low Sound

Les Tireux d'Roches - Papier y Ciseaux

Madrigaia - Pleiades

Pine Leaf Boys - Pine Leaf Boys Two Steps

CONTEMPORARY RELEASE OF THE YEAR

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer - Seven Is the Number

Greg Greenway - Weightless

Jeffrey Foucault - Ghost Repeater

John Gorka - Writing in the Margins

Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker

TRADITIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Guy Davis

James Keelaghan

Natalie MacMaster

Odetta

Old Crow Medicine Show

CONTEMPORARY ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Chris Smither

Darrell Scott

Greg Brown

Janis Ian

Wailin' Jennys

EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Amy Speace

Anais Mitchell

Crooked Still

Diana Jones

Pat Wictor

WORLD MUSIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Kiran Ahluwana

Lache Cercel and His Roma Swing Ensemble

Lila Downs

Mamadou Diabate

Marisa Monte

FOLK BOOKING AGENCY

Fleming Artists

Folklore Productions

Mary Granata

Mongrel MusicRoots Agency

SMALL FOLK VENUE (under 250 capacity)

Cactus Cafe - Austin, Texas

Cafe Carpe - Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Cafe Lena - Sarasota Springs, New York

Club Passim - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Hugh's Room - Toronto, Ontario

LARGE FOLK VENUE (over 250 capacity)

The Ark - Ann Arbor, Michigan

The Birchmere - Arlington, Virginia

Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Iron Horse - Northampton, Massachusetts

Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago

FOLK FESTIVAL

Falcon Ridge Festival

Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival

Kerrville Folk Festival

Philadelphia Folk Festival

Winnipeg Folk Music Festival

FOLK DJ

Dick Pleasants, WUMB

Gene Shay, WXPN

Rich Warren, WFMT

Susan Forbes Hanson, WHUS

Suzanne MiIlsap, KRCL

Folk Alliance Mission: The North American Folk Music And Dance Alliance exists to foster and promote traditional, contemporary and multicultural folk music, dance, and related performing arts in North America. The folk Alliance seeks to strengthen organizational and individual initiatives in folk music and dance through education, networking, advocacy, and professional and field development.

For more information or to register for the business conference please go to www. Folk. org or call 901/522-1170.

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Sun Tzu, Dale Carnegie, and Steven Carter Top Brazil's Bestseller List

Sun Tzu, Dale Carnegie, and Steven Carter Top Brazil's Bestseller List

Two are gone and one hasn't written a book in almost ten years, yet all three authors dominate shelf space in Brazil's bookstores, topping the Country's biggest bestseller lists month after month.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 1, 2008

Going into a bookstore in Brazil is a bit like traveling back in time. Yes, you'll find J. K. Rowling and Paul Coelho, but the shelves are dominated by three iconic authors from the past. There are at least half a dozen different versions of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", piles of Dale Carnegie's positive-thinking classics, and at least two giant stacks of the Steven Carter/Julia Sokol self-help classics, "What Smart Women Know" and "Men Like Women Who Like Themselves."

Clearly the message being sent from this very progressive South American country is clear: New is not always better. These non-fiction classics have been topping the bestseller lists in Brazil for years, handily competing with every new book title that comes along.

Brazil has continued to surprise the world in recent years with its intelligent investments, particularly its investments in alternative fuels. And Brazil's women, the primary driver of book sales, have more discretionary income as they accumulate more wealth and independence in a rapidly transforming society. Clearly, Brazilian women are investing that money in books.

The Los Angeles Times recently published an article about Steven Carter's stunning success in Brazil. Carter's self-help classic, "What Smart Women Know" has been on every major bestseller list, including Epoca Magazine, Folha de S. Paulo, and Brazil's most prestigious list, Veja Magazine. Carter recently celebrated his 103rd week on the Veja list, a truly extraordinary accomplishment.

The 15-year old sequel to "What Smart Women Know", "Men Like Women Who Like Themselves", has been following right behind its sibling since it was released in Brazil in April of 2008.

Steven Carter's Brazilian publisher, Marcos Pereira, co-owner of the self-help/spirituality publishing company GMT Sextante (also publisher of one Sun Tzu translation), has not been completely surprised by Carter's feat. He knows how strongly Brazilian women are responding to well-written books with a psychological slant.

"The role of women in the Brazilian culture or economy has evolved," explained Pereira. "If you think of the U. S. 20 years ago, I think this is happening now in Brazil. Women are rethinking their roles, enjoying their independence, embracing their success." Translation: Brazilian women are taking the reins and using time-tested books to help them plan their futures.

To read the article published in the Los Angeles Times, visit: http://articles. latimes. com/2008/jul/26/entertainment/et-self26 (http://articles. latimes. com/2008/jul/26/entertainment/et-self26).

About author Steven Carter

Author Steven Carter specializes in non-fiction, self-help and humor. Carter is a distinguished graduate of Cornell University, member of the Quill and Dagger society, past president of the Ho Nun De Kah honorary and winner of the 1977 William K. Kennedy Dean's Prize. Carter also holds a Master's Degree in Education and a Master's Degree in Psychology. He is the author of 20 books, including the New York Times bestseller "Men Who Can't Love" and seven other National Bestsellers.

Contact:

Rick Friedel
Info@caspublishing. org
323-571-8376

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Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Reaches Development Milestone

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Reaches Development Milestone

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education has awarded preliminary accreditation to the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

(Vocus) February 3, 2010

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (http://www. lcme. org/) has awarded preliminary accreditation to the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (http://www. oakland. edu/medicine).

The LCME is the national accrediting authority for medical education programs in the United States and Canada. To obtain preliminary accreditation, Oakland University filed an application with the LCME in August 2009 and was visited by an LCME survey team in November 2009. At a February meeting in Chicago, the LCME voted to grant preliminary accreditation to the school based on its survey team’s report.

“We are delighted that the LCME has recognized the quality and value of our team’s efforts to create a dynamic learning environment to produce highly competent, patient-centered doctors with a commitment to lifelong learning,” said Robert Folberg, M. D., founding dean of the medical school. “This important milestone keeps us on track to begin instruction in August 2011."

Along with providing new medical education opportunities for students, the school will help to create jobs and infuse the region’s economy with millions of dollars. It will also enhance medical care throughout the region by ensuring a future supply of physicians, advancing medical research and attracting top-level medical leaders and students from around the country.

“This is a historic day for Oakland University and for Southeastern Michigan as a whole,” said Dr. Virinder Moudgil, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Oakland University. “This significantly expands our commitment to the role higher education will play in the region and the state, and it shows that we’re ready and able to build an innovative, knowledge-based economy for the future.”

“Beaumont has long been a national leader in providing post-graduate residency and fellowship training for physicians,” said Ananias Diokno, M. D., chief medical officer at Beaumont Hospitals. “Our involvement in this new medical school will attract even more medical talent to us and to the region -- benefiting our patients and the communities we serve.”

As part of the OU-Beaumont partnership, students will receive instruction in basic sciences and research at the school of medicine on Oakland University’s campus in Rochester, and take part in clinical training and applied research at Beaumont Hospitals (https://www. beaumonthospitals. com/).

Operation of the school will be supported with revenue from tuition, commercialization of intellectual property, partner contributions, research grants and philanthropy.

Contact:
Ted Montgomery, Oakland University (248) 370-4346 tmontgom(at)oakland(dot)edu

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