Financial Aid Workshop Offered for College-bound Students

Latino/Diversity Day Draws 500 Students from N.J. High Schools to Stockton

About 500 Latino and other minority students and their guidance counselors from high schools in Atlantic, Camden, Union and Passaic counties today heard about the importance of getting a degree from two Stockton administrators who came from backgrounds like theirs and were the first in their families to go to college.

Utah Valley University Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Unveiling of 200-foot-long Stained Glass Wall of Windows - Roots of Knowledge

Marking the culmination of its 75th anniversary, Utah Valley University (UVU) will unveil for the first time Friday a massive stained glass window project now 12 years in the making called "Roots of Knowledge." The 10-foot high, 200-foot wide 80-pane panorama pays tribute to the finest human achievements in art, architecture, music, law, literature, philosophy, medicine, science and technology. The Roots of Knowledge unveiling bookends a year-long celebration for UVU as its 75th anniversary year draws to an end. Home to more than 35,000 students, UVU began as a vocational school during World War II, and in the seven decades since has evolved into a technical school, community college, state college and, finally, a comprehensive regional teaching university.

FAU National Poll Shows Hispanics are More Cautious about Holiday Spending and the Economy

Hispanics are more cautious about their holiday spending this year with 1 in 5 saying they will not be shopping at all, according to a national survey by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI). The number of respondents who said they would not shop in 2016 has increased by 10 points since the 2015 survey, from 11 percent to 21 percent. Others plan to delay holiday shopping. Earlier shopping has declined, with 18 percent of Hispanics saying they already started to shop, compared with 20 percent in 2015 and 24 percent in 2014.  Hispanics will rely more on debt this year, with 29 percent using credit cards to pay for their purchases compared to 25 percent in 2015.

Centenary ranks #1 among colleges sending students abroad

Centenary College of Louisiana ranks #1 in the percentage of undergraduate students participating in study abroad programs among baccalaureate colleges in the United States. The Institute of International Education (IIE) partnered with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to compile the annual Open Doors Report on International Exchange Data released on November 14.

Iowa Community College Pitches $14.5M Security Bond Issue

Iowa Western Community College is asking voters to support a $14.5 million bond issue to upgrade security on its campus. The Daily Nonpareil reports (http://bit.ly/2eJGYhD ) the special election on the bond issue will be held in parts of 13 western Iowa counties on Dec. 6. College spokesman Don Kohler says the plan calls for installing new locks and doors throughout the campus, adding new cameras and upgrading the college's computer system to better monitor activity.