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New Centerstone center to offer training for health care jobs

June 2nd, 2010

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New Centerstone center to offer training for health care jobs:Centerstone, the state’s largest provider of community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment services, has launched a new center to train people for jobs in health care.

Starting July 1, the Centerstone Career Resource Center will operate from offices in Tullahoma and Columbia, Tenn. The center is funded with a $5 million federal stimulus grant.

The center is expected to create nearly 300 new jobs through offering health care education opportunities, job training, employment placement assistance and support services to 600 people in five Middle Tennessee counties: Bedford, Coffee, Lawrence, Marshall and Maury.

Centerstone is partnering with the local schools and hospitals and government entities such as the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development to offer the training and to create jobs. The center also will offer participants assistance such as help with child-care and interview preparation training.

The center will begin reviewing potential participants on June 15. More information about the center is available at www.centerstone.org/careerresourcecenter or 1-888-519-5190.

Kids book offers craftsy, educational fun in any language

June 1st, 2010

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Looking for fun, educational activities that don’t cost much? Dallas Moms blogger, lawyer and author Annabel Lugo Hoffman likes to do crafts with her daughters, Meredith, 13, and Natalie, 9. You can find these in Come Into My World! / Entra a Mi Mundo, a book of 365 games and activities for every day of the year, which Hoffman co-wrote with Lina Cuartas.

Annabel Lugo Hoffman (left) and daughter Meredith shake extra glitter off their starry galaxy project.

The book is available in both English and Spanish versions.

Most of the crafts call for recyclable materials or items that can be found at home or in nature. Here’s a sampling of crafts that Hoffman and her girls did recently:

Starry galaxy: Meredith used cut-outs of stars from colorful construction paper and added glue and glitter to make various constellations. Natalie used white typing paper to trace and cut small circles, then used a black marker to show the different phases of the moon.

Universities reject A-level grades obtained in resits

May 30th, 2010

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PUPILS taking their A-levels have been told by some universities that any grades they obtain by resitting exams will be ignored.

Institutions that have adopted a retake “ban” include the medical school at University College London (UCL) and Bath University’s architecture course, one of the most respected in the country.

Critics argue that the methods used to weed out candidates are becoming so complex and change so frequently that they are unfair on pupils and schools.

Other universities are making increasing use of the A* grade at A-level, which will be awarded for the first time this summer.

Churchill College, Cambridge, which has published admissions requirements for 2011, will require candidates wanting to study law to obtain two A*s, the toughest standard offer in the country.

Many pupils are entered for A-level exams in January of their final year at school, allowing them to retake the paper in the summer if they think they can get a better result.

D.C.’s New Community College Brings Continuing Education Online

May 28th, 2010

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In a super-competitive job market that puts a premium on specialized knowledge and skills, opportunities for continuing education have never been more vital to D.C. area residents. Now even the busiest would-be students can find education and training—literally at their fingertips—in more than 1,000 online courses offered by the Continuing Education program at CCDC.

The College designed its Continuing Education program for learners of all ages, whether they want to update their professional skills, earn a certificate to help launch a new career, or just enjoy the chance to explore something exciting and new. From website design to wedding planning, from income tax preparation to positive parenting, there’s a class for every interest.

“Our online courses open doors to personal, professional, and civic growth,” says CCDC Continuing Education Director Neil Richardson. “We’ve placed special emphasis on skills for work in the region’s hottest industries, but we cover the full range of subjects for both personal and professional development.”

Semester system rejected for Science courses at DU

May 27th, 2010

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Science teachers at the Delhi University (DU) have decided to follow the English and Mathematics departments in refusing to teach the new course module introduced with approval from the Academic Council under the new semester system.

A General Body meeting took place on Wednesday which was attended by around 350 teachers of DU from various science departments such as Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Electronics and Computer Science. It was unanimously decided by them to reject the new course.

The Academic Council had met on May 13 and decided that the semester system would be implement in all science courses except B.Sc.(H) Mathematics and B.Sc.(H) Chemical Sciences.