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WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Archives presents a special series of programming including author lectures, panel discussions, a musical performance, and a film screening throughout May inspired by its new major exhibition marking the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, Discovering the Civil War.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- By congressional resolution and presidential proclamation, May is Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM).

Business Wire founder and Portland native Lorry Lokey has granted $1.5 million, through the Lorry I. Lokey Supporting Foundation of the San Francisco Jewish Community Endowment Fund, to establish the Lorry I. Lokey Chair in Judaic Studies at Portland State University.

Gaining acceptance to and succeeding in college becomes a greater challenge for American high schoolers every year. This places a large burden on primary and secondary schools to adequately prepare students for the rigors of the college acceptance process and then life as a college student.