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Puppies Help Students’ Stress During Exam Week

16 hours ago ago from Tigertail Foods

These guys have got snuggling down to an art form The LA Times ran a wonderful story on a service being provided to Chapman University students during exam week to help them cope with the stress of finals: Furry Friends for Finals .  Puppies will be available to outside the library for stressed-out, over-crammed  students that need a little time-out. The event has been organized by the university’s Active Minds club, which promotes ...

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Regarding the Leaking of Everyone's Phone Numbers

23 hours ago ago from The Claremont Conservative

Up until two years ago, The Claremont Colleges maintained a website, through HMC, of students who voluntarily released their phone numbers and campus addresses. On the CMC campus, ASCMC asked every student at Financial Registration to sign a release if they wanted to be included, and CMC staff removed the students who did not sign the release. The information was then sent to HMC, who posted it in the intranet (viewable only within the ...

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A New Way For College Students to Relieve Stress

23 hours ago ago from Great College Advice

I worked on various college campuses for over ten years and there were always programs available to students to help them relieve stress during finals week. I thought I had seen it all.  Midnight breakfast served by faculty and staff, massages, yoga classes, junk food galore in the study lounges of the residence halls, but Chapman University has a found a new way to help their students forget about all the stress of finals. The LA Times ...

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The Nonfiction Writing MFA

5 hours ago ago from John Gilmore

While I'm a fan of what Seth Abramson's effort to rank MFAs in creative writing, I think his rankings are much less useful for those seeking info on nonfiction MFAs than those seeking info on poetry or fiction MFAs. This is hardly a criticism of the ranking—I think it's great that Abramson included any nonfiction info at all. There are three reasons, I suspect, that Abramson's ranking system is a little less effective for nonfiction than ...

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Recharge Before Finals : The Daily Mustang

15 hours ago ago from The Daily Mustang

December 8, 2009 By Sarah Benchaita sbenchaita@smu.edu Finals are now here, and while we all may think we know the best way to stay on top of exams, sometimes the stress of studying can make us fall short. The Hegi Family Career Development Center has come up with one way to help frazzled SMU students. Starting on Monday, Dec. 7 through Dec. 9 the Hegi Career Center will offer free energy bars to all students. Also, any ...

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How the iPhone Could Reboot Education

21 hours ago ago from Wired.com

Sections How the iPhone Could Reboot Education How do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handing out free iPhones â and then integrating the gadget into your curriculum. That's the idea Abilene Christian University has to refresh classroom learning. Located in Texas, the private university just ...

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DeVry fall undergrad enrollment accelerates

22 hours ago ago from PopEater

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -For-profit education provider DeVry Inc. on Tuesday said fall enrollment for undergraduates at its DeVry University unit accelerated from a year ago as the bad economy drives students to school. The Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., company said undergraduate enrollments rose 22.7 percent to 64,003, up from a 16.9 percent jump in 2008. DeVry University, which offers associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs in ...

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What's the deal with the student deals?

12 hours ago ago from ZDNet Blogs

December 8th, 2009 What's the deal with the student deals? Posted by Zack Whittaker @ 5:44 pm Categories: Discussion , Environment , Money , Offers , University Tags: Student , Technology Industry , Operational Accounting , Personal Finance , Recruitment & Selection , Benefits , Strategy , Finance , Human Resources , Workforce Management There's a simple answer, and that's very . But to pad out a four-hundred word article, I'm ...

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Hothand Wireless Next Generation Mobile Advertising

21 hours ago ago from FanHouse

Hothand Wireless announced expansion of their university merchant network at UCLA. Mobile marketing is hot and now at UCLA, and soon across the nation, students can access Hot Deals on any web-enabled phone or wireless device anytime, anywhere! It is easy, free, and green. In today’s competitive environment it’s important for businesses to reach students on their phones. Students are glued to their phones. Some call their cell phones a ...

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Class dismissed at UA for National Championship game

20 hours ago ago from Media General - NBC13.com

Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Class dismissed at UA for National Championship game UA news release Published: December 8, 2009 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The University of Alabama will resume its normal operations on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 as scheduled. However, given the number of ...

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