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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI), a provider of innovative solutions that advance learning, donated one dollar for every ticket sold for last night's Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl to San Diego's Freedom Station. A total of 56,313 tickets were sold to college football fans, but Bridgepoint Education decided to increase the donation and presented Freedom Station with a check for $59,000. Freedom Station opened in May of this year...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI) has appointed John Higgins as the company's vice president of Talent Management. Reporting to Charlene Dackerman, senior vice president of human resources, Higgins will lead the newly created talent management team to provide an integrated model of talent development to Bridgepoint Education employees. The talent management team will integrate recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI), a provider of postsecondary education services, has promoted Edward C. Stepanow to Vice President and Corporate Treasurer. Reporting to Dan Devine, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Bridgepoint Education, Stepanow is responsible for managing the Treasury Department for the NYSE-traded company, analyzing and implementing the company's ongoing cash and liquidity management policies, capital...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Attendees of the 2011 Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning will be treated to a tour de force of online teaching, learning and publishing knowledge. Experts from Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI) and Ashford University will be anchoring several Sloan-C presentations, speaking at sessions with topics ranging from university publishing to online faculty and mobile app development. Representatives from...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI), a provider of post-secondary education services, has hired Bryan Talbot as the Vice President of Strategy. Reporting to Doug Abts, senior vice president of strategy and corporate development, Talbot will be responsible for enhancing the long-term student value proposition of Bridgepoint Education's offerings. Talbot will manage the comprehensive strategic planning process that develops near-, medium-, and...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI) will release its third quarter 2011 financial results before market open on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. The Company will host a conference call and webcast for investors and analysts to discuss these results at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)/8:30 a.m. (Pacific Time) the same day. Participants should call 888-221-3884 (United States/Canada) or 913-312-1472 (International) and request the Bridgepoint Education call or...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With the newest versions of Ashford Mobile and Rockies Mobile, students and instructors at Ashford University and University of the Rockies can access their online classroom with native iPad® and Android®-tablet apps. The expansion of Ashford Mobile and Rockies Mobile to support these devices is another step in the universities' ongoing quest to provide students with innovative learning technology. Originally introduced for Apple's iPhone®,...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI) a provider of postsecondary education services, will participate in the BMO "Back to School" conference in New York City on September 15, 2011. The company's participation will include a presentation by Andrew Clark, chief executive officer, and Dan Devine, chief financial officer, from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. The presentation will include an overview of the postsecondary education industry, Bridgepoint's...
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BridgePoint Medical, Inc., a Minnesota-based medical device company, has announced that they have enrolled their first patient in the Peripheral Facilitated Antegrade Steering Technique in Chronic Total Occlusions (PFAST-CTOs) study. The company received approval from the FDA in July, 2011 to move forward with the US based IDE for the peripheral devices and is now actively enrolling patients. The 10 center, 100 patient U.S. PFAST-CTOs study is...
LONDON and NEWPORT, Wales, August 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SPTS Technologies, formerly known as SPP Process Technology Systems (SPTS), a leading manufacturer of etch, deposition, and thermal processing equipment for the semiconductor and related industries today announced the completion of the transaction by SPTS management and Bridgepoint to acquire the company from Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. (SPP). The deal closed with an enterprise value of nearly $200m. SPP will...
