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This a study abroad program, the service in an affordable environment attracts more students to Central and South American Learning Abroad Center.

The desire to improve Spanish-speaking skills and engage in community service in an affordable environment attracts more students to Central and South American study abroad programs, according to the Learning Abroad Center.

The number of students studying abroad in Latin America during the 2006-2007 academic year rose 82 percent from the previous year, according to the center’s figures.

Scott Daby, Mexico program director, said this year’s numbers are about the same as last year.

The fluctuating dollar may have something to do with the growing number, but it’s not the only reason, Jodi Malmgren, Learning Abroad Center associate director, said in an e-mail. » Read more after the jump →

The AXIS Insurance Co. is expanding its presence in the United States by writing property/casualty insurance business on an admitted basis.

AXIS Insurance, a subsidiary of Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding company AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., will now write admitted business in 49 states and the District of Columbia, an AXIS Capital spokeswoman said.

Previously, the insurer wrote both admitted and nonadmitted property insurance through AXIS’ group of U.S. companies, which includes AXIS Reinsurance Co., AXIS Surplus Insurance Co. and AXIS Specialty Insurance Co., according to the spokeswoman.

Chicago-based AXIS Insurance is focusing on firms in manufacturing and assembly, hospitality, financial services and banks, and retail sectors. » Read more after the jump →

The Ohio Department of Insurance is targeting Hispanic-owned small businesses with the launch of a new online public education effort, “Insure U En Espanol.”

Located as a section of the department’s Web site, the information is intended to provide Hispanic small businesses with information to help them understand business risks and insurance options.

The information is provided in both English and Spanish. The site includes six categories of insurance information for small businesses: group health and disability; business property and liability; commercial auto; group life and key person life; home-based business insurance; and workers compensation (for businesses operating outside of Ohio). Users can take an online quiz after studying the information. » Read more after the jump →

Follow a information about Scholarship Milestone at Santa Clara University

Week 1 - $15,000 in pledges
Week 4 - $70,000 in pledges and approaching 100 families! (Up $40,000 from week 3 and an increase of 60 families…including our first $10,000 gift!)

Week 12 – $104,000 in gifts received! Furthermore, there remains over $20,000 in pledges to be collected. We have also received many corporate matching gifts that have yet to be tallied. Great job and thank you for your generosity!

January, 2008 - $165,000 in gifts received from over 245 families!

Our New Milestone

Due to your generosity and desire to honor Father Coz, two students will receive $4000 each for this academic year 2007-2008. Recipient names will be provided after the scholarship is rendered. Please consider making your first gift or renewing your gift commitment » Read more after the jump →

We have established the Fr. Coz Endowed Scholarship under the guidelines and criteria
of the Alumni Family Endowed Scholarship Fund. The purpose of the scholarship is to
provide financial assistance with preference to undergraduate students.

To date, over 245 families have donated in excess of $165,000 to fund this scholarship.
In addition to making donations, alumni gather for events, the most recent at
Testarossa Vineyards, to share memories with Fr. Coz and to celebrate lasting friendships.

The honor scholarship from Santa Clara University, this a generation of Santa Clara University graduates, Father Richard Coz was as much a part of college life as classes, Broncos games and the iconic mission at the heart of the campus.

There he was, at fraternity parties, a silent reminder to not get too wild. There he was, looming at rugby and soccer games, camera in hand, snapping pictures he would later hand out during class or mail at Christmastime. Coz also remained a constant presence after graduation, officiating at more than 800 weddings and baptizing hundreds of children of alumni.

Even now, as he recovers from a stroke and heart surgery in a Jesuit retirement home in Los Gatos, he’s still in their lives. Former students drop by all the time.

Last spring, SCU graduate Steve Erbst decided to establish a scholarship named after the retired economics professor. He sent out an e-mail to some friends, who passed it onto their friends and so on. » Read more after the jump →

In the summer of 2000, before football season began, Kelley sat in the office of Tom Williams, an assistant coach at the University of Washington. Kelley was in his third year at the UW, a 20-year-old linebacker with a dream of playing in the NFL.

Looking around the room, Kelley spotted a picture of his assistant coach in Spain. Williams had first traveled to Europe years earlier, he told Kelley. As an undergraduate at Stanford, he’d studied abroad in Italy.

An amazing experience, Williams told the young player. You should try studying abroad yourself.

But that’s unofficial, the assistant coach added. Don’t tell anyone around here I told you that.

At the UW, there’s the upper campus and the lower campus.

The lower campus, on the shores of Lake Washington, belongs to the football players and other athletes. This is where they play and practice. » Read more after the jump →