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Legal April 2018

Marshall, WVU Law School Launch Consumer Rights Project [Education News]

Marshall University is launching a joint project with West Virginia University College of Law to provide consumer-related information for people in West Virginia. Each school received $1 million to implement the programs. The Joint Consumer Assistance Project was established by lawyers involved in a consumer class action case from funds not claimed by class members.

Hispanic Community April 2018

US Says California Rejects Proposed Border Duties For Troops [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration said Monday that California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected terms of the National Guard's initial deployment to the Mexican border, but a state official said nothing was decided. "The governor determined that what we asked for is unsupportable, but we will have other iterations," Ronald Vitiello, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's acting deputy commissioner, told reporters in Washington.

Financing April 2018

Northwest Iowa College Gets $6M Gift For Science Building [Education News]

Northwestern College says it's received a $6 million gift for its new science building, the largest single gift in school history. The $24.5 million building will be named for benefactors Jack and Mary DeWitt, who live in Holland, Michigan. The building will have classrooms, laboratories and faculty offices for the college's biology, chemistry and nursing department, as well as space for student-faculty research.

Hispanic Community April 2018

Younger Party Official Faces Test As Cuba's Next President [Beyond Education]

Raul Castro travels in motorcades of imported sedans. Rings of bodyguards protect him, pistols under guayabera shirts. A different style was on display March 11 as a crowd of reporters, voters and nervous provincial apparatchiks waited outside a voting station in Santa Clara for Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the Communist Party official widely expected to take Castro's place as Cuba's next president this week.

Global April 2018

University To Host Forum On School Safety [Education News]

Virginia Commonwealth University and state Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran are set to host a forum on school safety. The April 23 event in Richmond will focus on how officials can assess and investigate potential threats at schools. Moran will also moderate a panel about the roles of school resource officers.

Global April 2018

Text Of 1990 Speech By The Late Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush gave the commencement address at the all-women Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on June 1, 1990. The speech was ranked No. 47 on a list of the top speeches of the century in 1999. The list, compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Texas A&M University, was based on a survey of scholars who ranked speeches by social and political impact and rhetorical artistry.

Global April 2018

University Of Washington To Host Career Fair Success Workshop [Education News]

The University of Washington will be hosting a Career Fair Success Workshop on Tuesday, April 24 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (PDT). The workshop will be held at the university’s Career & Internship Center, located at the Seattle Campus. Topics to be covered at the workshop include planning an effective/efficient strategy for visiting a career fair.

Hispanic Community April 2018

Excavator Blamed For Island-Wide Blackout In Puerto Rico [Beyond Education]

An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria. Officials said an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line. Officials said it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully restore power to more than 1.4 million customers as outrage grew across the island about the state of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority.

Hispanic Community April 2018

The Latest: Cuba's New President Vows Socialist Continuity [Beyond Education]

President Mario Diaz-Canel has made his first speech as Cuba's new head of state with a pledge to continue the socialist revolution led by his predecessors Fidel and Raul Castro. Diaz-Canel says in the nationally televised speech before the National Assembly that his first thoughts upon taking office are for the "historic generation" that has led the country since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959.

Hispanic Community April 2018

California Reaches Deal On National Guard Border Mission [Beyond Education]

California has reached an agreement with the federal government that the state's National Guard troops will deploy to the border to focus on fighting transnational gangs as well as drug and gun smugglers, Gov. Jerry Brown said. The announcement Wednesday came after a week of uncertainty in which President Donald Trump bashed the governor's insistence that troops avoid immigration-related work.

Financing April 2018

3 Nebraska Colleges To Hike Tuition, Room Rates [Education News]

Students can expect higher residence hall room rates and increased tuition at three Nebraska colleges. Mandatory fees, tuition and room and board rates will likely rise at Chadron, Peru and Wayne State Colleges in the fall. Chadron State and Wayne State are expected to raise mandatory fees by nearly $8 per semester for full-time students. Peru State's fees will increase by nearly $38 per semester for full-time students.

Global April 2018 Premium

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Every Friday Hispanic Outlook features the headlines that received the most views on our Facebook page in a special regular feature on our website. These headlines can include breaking news stories, as well as articles related to the field of education and/or the Hispanic community.

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