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Terri Boeskool, a registered nurse who relocated to Okinawa with her Marine husband in June, said finding a job — let alone a nursing job — has been tough.

“I didn’t think it would be as hard as it’s been,” she said. “As soon as we got orders I started researching Web sites.”

Boeskool was one of several to show up Tuesday at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa’s job fair to recruit civilian nurses.

There are 10 positions open, said Capt. LaFrancis Francis, a registered nurse and the hospital’s director of Nursing Services,

The hospital currently has 144 active-duty and civilian nurses assigned to its staff, although about 10 of those are deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Cuba, Francis said.
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University of Jammu adds ‘Basic B.Sc. Nursing Course’ to in its basket of wide range of under graduate programmes. This course for the first time will be introduced in Rajiv Gandhi College of Nursing affiliated to the University of Jammu.

The minimum age for this course will be 17 years and the minimum qualification will be higher secondary school certificate Examination/ Senior School certificate examination/an equivalent with 12 years schooling from a recognized board of university with science and English with minimum of 50% aggregate marks (PCBE).

The syllabi, eligibility criteria for admissions and faculty will be in tune with the requirements of Indian Nursing Council. » Read more after the jump →

AUSTIN, TX, — (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Sport Clips, the national hair care franchise for men and boys, has partnered with 360training.com to deliver online continuing education courses to its licensed cosmetologists in select states across its 588 locations across the nation. The online courses provided will provide an efficient and cost effective method for licensed stylists to stay current with mandatory continuing education obligations.
The Sport Clips “Virtual University” is comprised of a catalog of courses powered by 360training.com which covers subjects critical to today’s practicing hair stylist. Some of the course titles offered include:

– Teaching Methodology — Teaches the current or aspiring beauty school
teacher different learning methods and personality types to best manage the
classroom setting.
– HIV Sanitation — Covers all aspects of safety and sanitation
including HIV as related to the cosmetology industry.
– Easy Way to Become Successful in the Beauty Industry — Provides
learners with a “personal cheerleader” motivating them to achieve goals,
visualize future goals, careers in the salon and spa industry,
understanding apprenticeship programs, selecting employers, interview
techniques, and much more.

“Sport Clips believes very strongly in promoting education among our industry schools and by investing in a convenient and affordable method of continuing education for our stylists, we are in the best position to help them further their careers with us,” stated Julie Vargas, Director of Career Opportunity for Sport Clips.
360training.com and Sport Clips will expand upon the online course offerings to provide options for both continuing education and industry professional development. For more information about online courses mentioned in this announcement, visit: http://sportclips.360training.com.

The two-year MBA programme of the Directorate of Distance Education, Madurai Kamaraj University, will be available in semester mode from next academic year. While each semester will have five papers, the course duration remains same. A decision to this effect was taken at the Academic Council meeting held here on Thursday. The issue was raised by K. Subburaj, Deputy Registrar and council member, who cited students’ practical difficulties in appearing for all papers at one go every year. A student of this distance education course had to write 11 papers each year and it might be practically difficult for students to prepare/write all of them, he said.

After getting members’ consent, the Vice-Chancellor R. Karpaga Kumaravel approved the resolution stating that MBA non-semester pattern would be changed to semester type. “My representation is that the feedback from students should be considered and the MBA course of distance education stream should be changed to semester system for students’ convenience,” said Mr. Subburaj. » Read more after the jump →

Cesar Juarez rides the bus to school like so many college students — head against the glass, earphones streaming down his olive jacket, eyes straight ahead.

The 22-year-old was a full-time student until this semester, when he and his family discovered they were facing possible foreclosure on their San Jose home. That reality has left him a part-time student this semester, but the situation doesn’t dampen his spirits.

Juarez keeps a positive outlook because he focuses every day on being a student and helping others realize their educational dreams.

“Education and studying is essential,” he says, “but you have to practice what you preach.”

Juarez is working toward a degree in social science, hoping he might work as a teacher when he’s finished. » Read more after the jump →

The state’s first scholarship program for young people to learn professional trading and investing skills has been launched by Online Trading Academy of Colorado. It is called the Young Trader Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded three times each year to a member of each winning team in the “The Stock Market Game” in grades 10-12. The “Stock Market Game” is sponsored by the Colorado Council on Economic Education (CCEE) throughout the state’s schools to promote economic and financial literacy. This new Young Trader Scholarship comes at an appropriate time, when financial institutions and markets are in unprecedented turmoil. The scholarship supports the continuing expansion of educational programs to develop economic and financial literacy in Colorado schools. Trading and investing education is essential for anyone who wishes to manage and master their own financial future, including young people.

Online Trading Academy began in 1997 and currently operates 26 academies around the world. NASDAQ chose Online Trading Academy as its strategic partner to provide educational content on TotalView®, its premier market data product. As the only “brick and mortar” trading school in Colorado, it provides courses in stocks, options, foreign currencies, and futures using “live trading” funded with the Academy’s money. For more information about Online Trading Academy’s Young Trader Scholarship or its courses, instructors, and history, visit: http://www.tradingacademy.com/locations.htm#colorado or call 303-325-2776.
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5/17/2008 - A state appellate court ruled Thursday that two voucher programs for foster and disabled children attending private schools violate the Arizona Constitution by using public money to help private and religious schools.

The 3-0 ruling Thursday by a Court of Appeals panel in Tucson reverses a trial judge’s ruling that upheld the programs enacted in 2006 at the urging of “school choice” supporters.

The programs provide grants worth thousands of dollars for students, with the money paid in checks to parents who must endorse them over to the schools involved.

The ruling is the first major ruling by an Arizona court on a school-choice issue since the Arizona Supreme Court in 1999 upheld allowing state income tax credits for donations for scholarships for private school students.
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