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Emagination Computer Camps to Host an Open House Event at their Summer Camp Location at Bentley University on Saturday, March 16th

2013-03-02 23:00:39

Camp Directors to provide a program overview and campus tours. Parents and potential campers will meet Camp Directors and learn about Emagination’s 25 technology workshops and fun summer camp activities. Waltham, Massachusetts (PRWEB) March 02, 2013 Emagination Computer Camps, a national operator of summer technology camps for kids and teens, will host an Open House at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts on Saturday March 16th. Presentations by Camp Directors will run...

Celebrities Join Cat in the Hat, Read to Kids at New York Public Library

2013-03-01 16:23:55

Actors Uma Thurman, Jake T. Austin to kick off 16th annual Read Across America Day NEW YORK, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Education Association rolled out the red carpet today for a star-studded read-in at the historic New York Public Library to kick off the 16th annual Read Across America Day. Academy Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman and Jake T. Austin, star of the Emmy-winning "Wizards of Waverly Place" and ABC Family's "The Fosters," were on hand for...

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for March 1

2013-03-01 00:20:38

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) FRIDAY, MARCH 1: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Profile America -- Friday, March 1st. This is Women's History Month -- a time to recognize the often overlooked vision, courage, and accomplishments of the nation's women. One example is Mary Harris Jones, who brought the evils of child labor to...

PAREXEL International To Present At Raymond James Investors Conference And Barclays Capital Healthcare Conference

2013-02-28 08:28:42

BOSTON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL) announced today that it will be presenting at the Raymond James Investors Conference in Orlando, FL. James Winschel, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be making a presentation on PAREXEL and discussing business developments at 9:50 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. PAREXEL will also be presenting at the Barclays Capital Healthcare Conference in Miami, FL. James Winschel,...

Best-Selling Author and Harvard MD Announces Release of ‘How to be Pre-Med’

2013-02-27 23:01:21

Serving as a prequel to Dr. Suzanne M. Miller’s global best-selling ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide’, ‘How to be Pre-Med: A Harvard MD’s Medical School Preparation Guide for Students and Parents’ describes the pre-med route from start to finish using Dr. Miller’s Six Buckets model. New York, NY (PRWEB) February 27, 2013 The pre-med journey is easily the most competitive academic path in the U.S. Millions of undergraduate students start out as pre-med, but few make it...

New K12 Poll: More American Parents Customize Their Coffee Than Their Child's Education

2013-02-26 08:25:52

Industry Leader K12 Comments on Poll Findings as Online Education Gains Mainstream Acceptance HERNDON, Va., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As online education gains acceptance and becomes more mainstream, individualized learning in pre-kindergarten through high school is expected to become more the norm, as it has in other sectors, including retail, banking, healthcare and entertainment. According to a new K12 Inc.-commissioned study conducted online in February by Harris...

Introducing Knowledge Quest!(TM) Read-Aloud Collections, Curated Common Core Book Bundles For Teachers And Parents

2013-02-25 12:24:43

New Turn-Key Read-Aloud Program Bridges School-to-Home Learning to Build Vocabulary, Comprehension Skills, and a Strong Knowledge Base NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced the launch of Knowledge Quest!(TM) Read-Aloud Collections, a new pre-K-grade 3 program created by leading literacy experts at Scholastic Book Clubs, which includes themed book bundles and a guidebook for teachers...

Georgia Tech Professional Education Appoints Former Delta Executive Patrice Miles as Assistant Dean of Business Operations

2013-02-23 23:04:20

Georgia Tech Professional Education recently appointed Patrice Miles as the assistant dean of business operations. In this role, Miles spearheads the organization’s finance, communications, human resources, IT, marketing, operations and space rental sales departments. Savannah, Georgia (PRWEB) February 22, 2013 Georgia Tech Professional Education recently appointed Patrice Miles as the assistant dean of business operations. In this role, Miles spearheads the organization’s finance,...

BRG to Attend, Present and Exhibit at the 2013 IBM Pulse Conference

2013-02-21 23:00:25

BRG is pleased to announce that we are scheduled to present, attend and exhibit at the 2013 IBM Pulse Conference in Las Vegas, March 3 – 6. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) February 21, 2013 BRG is pleased to announce that the team is scheduled to present, attend and exhibit at the 2013 IBM Pulse Conference in Las Vegas, March 3 – 6. BRG is a proud member of the IBM PartnerWorld family and is excited to be an exhibiting partner for the second time since the IBM acquisition of TRIRIGA, an...

University of Maryland, George Washington University, Virginia Tech Awarded $3.75M by NSF to Launch National Innovation Network Regional Node

2013-02-21 16:32:33

Silicon Valley-Tested Initiative to Train 300 of the Top Entrepreneurial Research Teams from U.S. Universities and Federal Laboratories COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three top universities in the Mid-Atlantic region are teaming to tackle an enduring challenge: how to translate $60 billion in research funding into new products and companies that benefit society. Today the University of Maryland, George Washington University, and Virginia Tech jointly...