Life News (Education)

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The CSU recognizes Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month.

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To address the statewide shortage of K-12 credentialed teachers who teach Asian languages, Cal State Fullerton’s College of Education will lead the California State University Asian Language Bilingual Teacher Education Program Consortium.

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Students in the International Business Club at Saint Louis University have compiled a business library. Now, they are shipping this 10,000-book, ready-made library to the Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) in Pakistan.

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In seven separate ceremonies, distinguished speakers will take the stage to offer advice and praise during the spring 2023 commencement exercises honoring students who will be receiving their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, as well as those receiving their J.D. and M.D. designations.

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Since becoming Salisbury University’s 10th President in July 2022, Dr. Carolyn Ringer Lepre has worked to advance the institution as it nears its landmark 100th anniversary in 2025. During her investiture ceremony on May 5, she spoke about SU’s past, its present and a future that is just beginning.

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A new study led by Indiana University researchers finds that incoming students who participated in an online belonging exercise completed their first year as full-time college students at a higher rate than their peers, but only when their institution had strong strategies and resources in place to support diverse students’ belonging.

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AACN nd QGenda are pleased to announce the launch of a new scholarship program to support the preparation of new nurses and those seeking to advance their education. Open to nursing students pursuing baccalaureate and higher degrees at AACN member institutions, this program will award nearly $50,000 in scholarships through 2025, which will be administered by AACN’s Foundation for Academic Nursing.

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Nearly 2,000 kids filled Sandia National Laboratories’ Albuquerque site, and another 200 filled the Livermore, California site, to see the cool things their parents and relatives do as part of Kids Day, the highest attendance ever recorded. It’s the first time Sandia has opened its gates like this since the pandemic hit, allowing a day of learning and exploration for kids invited by Sandia employees.

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Brianna Romasky – who attended community college before moving to Australia, returning to the U.S. and enrolling at Rutgers–New Brunswick – is focused on plasma-based particle acceleration.

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System have announced a collaboration with Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) to launch the Einstein Discover Research Program. This unique research experience provides hands-on laboratory and scientific training for students from groups historically underrepresented in science and medicine, resulting in Master of Science (M.S.) degrees from CUNY.

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UWF Usha Kundu, MD College of Health School of Nursing students graduating this Saturday will be some of the first groups of students who were able to experience real-life scenarios by practicing with UbiSim virtual reality training.

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Five students and alumni have been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program – the largest number of UTEP Fulbright Award recipients ever in a single year. Awardees will have the opportunity to research, study and teach overseas in places such as Brazil, Romania, Lithuania and Ireland.

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Members of the Fullerton and surrounding communities will gather on the morning of May 5, for the 38th annual Fullerton Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. Fram Virjee, president of Cal State Fullerton, will serve as the keynote speaker.

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According to new data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the number of students in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% last year, ending a 20-year period of enrollment growth in programs designed to prepare new registered nurses (RNs). With declines also recorded in master’s and PhD programs, collective action must be taken to strengthen pathways into nursing to ensure the nation’s healthcare needs are met. Despite the decrease in enrolled students, nursing schools turned away thousands of qualified applicants last year due largely to a shortage of faculty and clinical training sites.

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Annual Hill Day events brought students and university leaders together in the nation’s capital to advance federal legislative priorities.

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Michael Keane, PhD, was recently named the Wm. Polk Carey Distinguished Professor in Business at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

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As the distinguished Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars (FNS) program ends, a special section of an issue of the journal Nursing Outlook offers an in-depth review from University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) leaders about the program’s success and its long-lasting impact on nursing scholars, faculty, and institutions.

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A group of University of Arkansas at Little Rock students won a national Real Estate Challenge in Chicago, winning a $5,000 scholarship that will be used to support finance/real estate students at UA Little Rock. UA Little Rock was the Undergraduate Division Winner of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation’s Annual Real Estate Challenge, which matches teams from selected universities in a competition focusing on a high-profile development/redevelopment project in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

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University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that Esa Matius Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP, a nationally recognized leader in family and community medicine and population health, has been appointed as the inaugural Associate Vice President (AVP) for Community Health at the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) and Senior Associate Dean for Population and Community Medicine at UMSOM, effective July 1, 2023.

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In a two-part lecture, Araujo will present an overview of the Calabi problem, describing some of the important recent developments in connection with birational geometry.

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UWF's fifth annual #UWFDayofGiving breaks record by raising nearly $219,000 and connecting with more than 1,380 donors from around the world during the 24-hour event!

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Graduate programs and professional schools at the University of California San Diego have once again been recognized for their excellence by U.S. News & World Report. The 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings, released today, named nine of the campus's graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.

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The University of Texas at El Paso and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso unveiled MedFuture, a joint initiative that will create a pathway for very highly qualified students in the Borderplex to be admitted to attend college and medical school in their hometown of El Paso right out of high school.

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It’s been almost a year since 10 Black people were shot to death by an avowed white supremacist at the Tops Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo.

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CSU partnerships connect students with internships, streamlining the college-to-career pipeline.

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The state-funded office will provide culturally responsive support for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students across the university system.

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The Fletcher School at Tufts University is offering a unique, limited enrollment, online executive education course on climate diplomacy taught by Dean Rachel Kyte, former World Bank special envoy for climate change and leading expert in both climate diplomacy and the economics of climate action.

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Several Florida Atlantic University graduate programs are included in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Programs” for 2023-24.

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Highlighted by the program in education, nine fields of advanced study at the University of California, Irvine placed in the nation’s top 20 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 graduate school rankings, published online today, marking UCI as one of the leading locations in the country for students to pursue graduate degrees.

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A nearly $2.5 million grant from the Maryland State Department of Education will allow child care workers and instructional assistants earn their bachelor's degrees and teaching certifications at Salisbury University as part of a statewide education enhancement effort.

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The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) is ranked No. 1 in the nation for its doctor of nursing practice program (DNP) and No. 2 for its nursing master’s program, according to U.S. News & World Report 2024 rankings.

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While some ambitious high school students may load up on extracurricular activities to help them get into college, a new study suggests they may be trying too hard.

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Saint Louis University’s Center for Ignatian Service has received a one-year $1.3 million grant from the Thomas R. Schilli Foundation to build upon the work the Center has done in its inaugural year. The Center was established in 2022 by a $612,495 pilot grant from the Schilli Foundation.

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Hundreds of UNC students have shared the same passion as Caltrider over the years, prompting the development of a Sustainability minor in 1970, a bachelor’s degree in 2011 and the creation of LEAF in 2012, which was originally proposed by students as part of a senior seminar class.

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During the first week in April, 10 educators from Belize, comprised of six teachers and four principals, traveled to the United States to teach in Colorado classrooms. Less than six months prior to this, the roles were reversed and around 20 educators from the U.S. went to teach in classrooms in Belize including three UNC professors; School of Teacher Education Assistant Professors Jean Kirshner, Ph.D., and Christine Kyser, Ed.D., and Professor Suzette Youngs, Ph.D.

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A vice president of Chevron with a petroleum engineering degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology is highly involved with her alma mater, as well as the nonprofit organization she founded, to help instill sustainable practices into daily life.

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After COVID-19 moved classes online in 2020, a West Virginia University expert in adapted physical activity discovered that apps aren’t created equal when it comes to accessibility.

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A 2019 Florida Department of Health survey showed that 12.7 percent of Florida high schoolers had carried a weapon; 21.2 percent were involved in a physical altercation; and 11.3 percent and 14.9 percent were bullied electronically or on school property, respectively. In addition, 15.6 percent reported they had seriously considered attempting suicide. Alarmingly, results indicated a 50 percent increase in the suicide attempt rate for black females. These numbers demonstrate the need for timely, immediate prevention and intervention in mental health services for Florida youth.

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MTSU management professor Jackie Gilbert has spent years researching the topics of civility and bullying in the workplace and is building on that expertise with the development of a new online course addressing the unique challenges brought about by the pandemic.

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The new field of quantum information science has been growing across the U.S. and around the globe, and now it has been developed for students and scholars to study at Middle Tennessee State University.

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An academic leader with nearly three decades of classroom and administrative success will be Salisbury University’s next provost and senior vice president of academic affairs when Dr. Laurie Couch steps into the position on June 30.

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Victor C. Shih has been appointed as the new director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, effective July 1, 2023. Shih, the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, is a highly regarded scholar with expertise in a broad range of subjects related to China.

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As California continues to promote the importance of climate change education, a majority of students are being left behind.

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Green Bronx Machine, an impact driven, non-profit organization, has been named a Finalist in the 2023 Classy Awards.

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Eleven California State Universities were recently awarded a combined $35 million to increase the state's supply of staff trained to provide behavioral health care.