Financing October 2018

Murray State Offers Tuition Discounts For Military Students

Murray State University is offering tuition discounts for military students who are pursuing either an undergraduate degree or a graduate degree. The university is providing free textbooks, waving course fees and matching remaining tuition costs that are not covered by the U.S. Department of Defense Military Tuition Assistance Program.

Financing October 2018

SDCCD Receives $1.6M To Support Foster Youth

The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) has received $1.6 million to support foster youth. Current and former foster youth attending San Diego City, Mesa and Miramar colleges now have access to additional resources that will help them achieve their educational goals.

Global October 2018

Rutgers U To Serve As NJ’s Center On Gun Violence Research

Rutgers University will serve as New Jersey’s Center on Gun Violence Research. The new initiative focuses on the university’s expertise in public health, criminal justice and other fields that deal with the nationwide problem. New Jersey will now have their own research center that will fill in the knowledge gap between the federal government’s inaction and the obstruction from the gun industry.

Hispanic Community October 2018

ACLU Sues Dodge City Over Voting Access For Hispanics

The ACLU is suing Dodge City in Kansas for moving the only polling site in the city to outside the city limits. According to the lawsuit, this will make it more difficult for the majority of the city’s Hispanic population to vote because of issues with work schedule flexibility and access to transportation.

Financing October 2018

UNH Expands Tuition-Free Program

Students who transfer to the University of New Hampshire from the state’s community college system can now qualify for the school’s tuition-free program. The program guarantees that New Hampshire students who receive federal Pell grants will not have to pay tuition to go to UNH.

Global October 2018

Suspect In Synagogue Shooting Due In Court; Survivors Recall Ordeal

Robert Gregory Bowers is due in federal court today. Bowers is the suspected gunman in a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, which resulted in 11 deaths. Survivors of the attack are giving firsthand accounts of the shooting.

Global October 2018

Parent-Led Group Hopes To Help Hungry Kids In Minnesota

Feeding Area Children Together, a parent-led group, has distributed more than 23,000 meal packs to St. Cloud-area children in a little more than a year. This is roughly the equivalent of the combined student populations of St. Cloud Community & Technical College, St. Cloud State University, St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict.

Global October 2018

UVA Launches New Engineering Systems And Environment Dept

The University of Virginia Engineering has launched a new department: Engineering Systems and Environment. This move comes in response to the growing need for engineers to be trained in solving complex global problems of the 21st century. This is the first new department for UVA Engineering in more than 40 years.

Global October 2018

Trump Far Off Track On Birthright Citizenship

President Donald Trump’s claims about his ability to end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen and about the United States being the only country that automatically grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. have been fact checked by the Associated Press.

Global November 2018

Top 4 Featured Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

The top 4 featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook’s job board are from the University of Washington; the Iowa State University Department of Computer Science; Cornell University, Department of History; and Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Positions include assistant and associate professors.

Global November 2018

US Adds Robust 250,000 Jobs

U.S. employers have added 250,000 jobs during the month of October, according to a recent economic report. U.S. employers have also raised average pay by the most in almost a decade, and the unemployment rate remains at 3.7 percent, a five-decade low.

Health Care November 2018

MU Researchers Study Cat Genomes To Treat Human Allergies

Researchers at the University of Missouri in Columbia are studying the genomes of cats to better understand a host of human diseases and ailments, including human allergies. Humans and cats share many common diseases such as asthma, obesity, allergies and diabetes.

Global November 2018

Virginia Awards Record Number Of College Degrees In 2017-18

Virginia awarded 119,980 college degrees during the 2017-2018 school year, an increase of roughly 1,000 from the previous year. These degrees included undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees and undergraduate certificates. The numbers also included 24,655 science, technology, engineering, math and health (STEM-H) degrees.

Global November 2018

Top 4 Latest Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

The top 4 featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook’s job board are from the University of Utah - College of Fine Arts; CSU Stanislaus; UAA Justice Center; and Swarthmore College. Positions include assistant professors and the chair of the Department of Film & Media Arts.

Hispanic Community November 2018

CSUSM To Increase Number Of Latino And Latina Teachers

California State University San Marcos has received a $2.7 million grant to increase the number of Latino and Latina teachers. Teachers across the nation do not measure up to the demographics of the students they are teaching including San Diego County. Hispanic students in particular make up 48 percent and only 20 percent reported their race or ethnicity according last year’s state data.