By A.J. Panian When Michael J. Kennedy knew he was ready to lead a school of his own, it didn't take him long to focus on the Valley School of Ligonier. In 1987, Kennedy -- an associate headmaster at the Pomfret School in Connecticut -- submitted his resume to a professional search firm.

LATROBE, Pa., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Richard King Mellon Foundation has awarded a $7 million grant to Saint Vincent College toward construction costs of the Sis and Herman Dupre Science Complex that will house the Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing.

By Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct. 23--Rebecca Flora spends much of her time trying to convince Pittsburgh business leaders and decision makers to go green. As the executive director of the nonprofit Green Building Alliance, Ms.