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The associate director of programming - Rod Radaker - for Clarion University’s Health Science Education Center, was on of 15 recipients of a scholarship from the National Association of Health Education Centers’ (NAHEC).

Randy and Susan Byrnes are sponsoring 15 individual $400 scholarships for Engage. Challenge. Inspire. 2008. The National Association of Health Education Centers (NAHEC) and the American Association of Health Educators (AAHE) are working together to Engage, Challenge and Inspire children and the adults to prevent disease and injury, make choices that lead to a healthy life, and build healthy communities.

Clarion University’s Health Science Education Center was established in May of 2002 under the direction of Dr. Nancy Falvo and Clarion University. The purpose of the center is to promote healthy lifestyles through interactive educational programs for individual of all ages.
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The OTA Education Foundation is now accepting applications for a scholarship which will aid one university or college student who is the son or daughter of a professional truck driver who has been killed or seriously injured while driving a commercial vehicle on the job.

The scholarship was announced last year by the Ontario Trucking Association following the tragic death of Ontario truck driver David Virgoe in June 2007. The OTA announced it was putting up $40,000 to establish a perpetual scholarship for children of Ontario truck drivers who are killed or seriously injured while driving on the job. Virgoe was called a hero by OPP officers after taking evasive action to avoid oncoming traffic as a result of a street racing incident.

An annual scholarship of up to $1,600 is available for an applicant as selected by the OTA Education Foundation. To be considered for the 2008/2009 academic year, applicants must be enrolled in or registered to attend a recognized Canadian university or college on a full-time » Read more after the jump →

The Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina has extended the deadline for submitting the BBB Education Foundation (BBBEF) Scholarship application until May 30, 2008. Scholarships ranging from $300 to $5,000 are exclusively available to BBB of Eastern North Carolina Accredited Businesses’ employees and their families.

Since 2002, the BBBEF Scholarship Program has awarded more than $38,000 in scholarship funds to local students who display academic excellence and ambition in extracurricular activities. Funds for the scholarship are raised through the annual BBB golf tournament and from a small portion of membership fees.

‘The BBB Educational Foundation is one of the offerings for BBB member business employees and their families,’ said Beverly Baskin, president and CEO of the BBB of Eastern North Carolina. ‘We encourage all eligible students to apply. The scholarship is one way we can congratulate our local students for exceptional academic performance and continued success.’
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The past two years, Como-Pickton seniors have continued to set new school records for the amount of scholarships earned overall. The first year, the students raked in more than $100,000. Last year, they broached the $200,000 mark. So far this year, the students have amassed $152,000 in scholarships, and with several still pending, are expected to once again push the total above the $200,000 mark, C-P Counselor Laurie Bult noted during Como-Pickton High School Honors and Awards Assembly Wednesday at the school.

She said the awards are the results not only of years of hard work on the part of the student, but the many community members who have helped them along the way as well as the businesses and individuals who contributed.

About a third of that amount was awarded to one student, Lorena Ledesma. Gene Mattison, who graduated from Como-Pickton 24 years ago, presented her with the Mary Bonham Educational Trust Fund Scholarship.
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Despite his daily struggles to pay for his studies, his dream is still to become an executive chef.

Morris, a native of Spanish Town, grew up with his mother and three sisters, but his mother had to take up more than one job to ensure that Morris and his siblings could go to school, even if it meant running home each day for lunch.
Morris realised his passion for cooking early. “I was always finding ways of sprucing up the meals prepared by my mom,” he shares with Thursday Food.

The day he got the call to attend UTech remains etched in his memory. “I didn’t even have the bus fare and so was forced to defer my studies.” Morris went job hunting and started saving for his tuition. “I managed to save $60,000 from my weekly salary of $4,000.” Morris also got a student loan to finance his first two years of school, while he sold snacks to students to pay for his bus fare and lunch money. Through a summer job and selling snacks, he not only financed his third year tuition on his own but maintained high grades. » Read more after the jump →

San Francisco based Health Support Systems, Inc (HSS) today announced the release of a substantial upgrade to its “Health Monitor” online wellness and disease management portal. Users can now access Health Monitor from a mobile phone and receive alerts by SMS text messages.

For example, Health Monitor now allows a diabetic user to update his Sugar, BP or Lipid parameters from a web-enabled mobile phone (WML & XHTML are supported). The phone access also provides quick health profile reports, and allows medication and other reminders to be received by SMS text messages. Health Monitor indicates if the patient’s levels are out of range, and provides coaching on corrective action that can be taken.

HSS helps individuals manage their health through a combination of self-monitoring, education and qualitative analysis. Users also have access from any PC or laptop web browser to other powerful features of the Health Monitor system like charts, graphs, risk analysis, drug search by brand, generic or symptoms, disease search by name or symptom, and management of diet, » Read more after the jump →

Over the last few months, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia has “rallied the troops” to support an overhaul of the current GI Bill. Earlier in May, AMVETS, one of the nation’s leading veterans’ service organizations with chapters representing all generations of veterans in all 50 states, rallied on the steps of Capitol Hill alongside Webb, a bipartisan bloc of Congressional supporters and fellow veterans’ service organizations seeking to restore veterans’ education benefits.

As Military Appreciation Month draws to a close, we must recommit ourselves as Americans to providing for those who sacrifice to keep us free. When the original GI Bill passed after World War II, we learned that an investment in our veterans’ education is an investment in the future of our nation. These brave men and women are proven leaders on the battlefield and they will prove to be leaders in our communities for years to come.

In recent months we have seen reports citing high rates of unemployment among our recently-returned veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. It is our obligation as a nation to see that our veterans and their family members have every opportunity to succeed. Sadly, we are failing.
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