Global June 2016

CSUF Education Programs Sweep Accreditation Standards

Cal State Fullerton’s College of Education has received the highest possible rating for continued accreditation for all of its educator preparation programs from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC). A joint accreditation team representing NCATE and CTC gave the college high marks across all of the standards that ensure educators are prepared for preschool through 12th-grade school settings.

Global June 2016

Climate change could trigger tropical evacuations, researchers say

Solomon Hsiang, Chancellor’s Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, andAdam Sobel, a professor of applied physics and math at Columbia University, foresee dramatic population declines in Mexico, Central America, Africa, India and other tropical locales if ecosystems or humans move due to climate change. In their analysis, the pair used a model to demonstrate how climate dynamics in the tropics can dramatically magnify the consequences of climate change as it is experienced on the ground. This means even small climate changes can have dramatic impacts.

Global June 2016

Struggling Long Island College Gets a Reprieve

A struggling liberal arts college on Long Island says it's staying open following negotiations with a London-based academic investment firm. Dowling College said Wednesday that its trustees had rescinded their motion to close the school after talks with Global University Systems. A spokesman said school officials expected a deal to be finalized soon. Dowling's president, Albert Inserra, scheduled a press conference on Thursday.

Global June 2016

Students get a taste of working for Ocean Spray

Two DelVal food science students, Erin Nese ’18, of Roselle Park, New Jersey, and Melanie Mayhew ’18, of Bridgeton New Jersey,  took second place in Ocean Spray’s Student Product Development Competition during the spring 2016 semester. Ocean Spray was founded in 1930 and produces cranberry products that are sold by retailers all over the world. Students participants were challenged with coming up with a new cranberry product for consumers.

Global June 2016

Plans Unveiled for New Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Education Center at LaGuardia Community College

At an event held earlier today at LaGuardia Community College, which was attended by Lloyd Blankfein, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Jack Dorsey, and Michael Porter, plans were unveiled for the new Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Education Center located on the LaGuardia Community College campus. The event marked the 20th graduation of 10,000 Small Businesses in New York, a program created through a partnership between Goldman Sachs and LaGuardia Community College.

Global June 2016

UPDATE: Presidential Primaries

Hillary Clinton won four of the six states from yesterday’s presidential primaries, including California. According to AP, Clinton now has a combined total of 2,755 pledged delegates and superdelegates.  Clinton’s opponent for the nomination, Bernie Sanders, has a combined total of 1,852 pledged delegates and superdelegates.  The next round of presidential primaries is scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C. on June 14.

Global June 2016

Latest Presidential Primaries

Although the next round of presidential primaries is taking place today, some early reports have Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party’s probable presidential nominee. Today’s round of presidential primaries are taking place in the following states: North Dakota, California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. The next round of presidential primaries is scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C. on June 14.

Global June 2016

Bill Would Give Private Campus Police More Authority

The University of Detroit Mercy wants its campus safety officers to be able to help Detroit police officers help patrol neighborhoods around the school. University President Antoine Garibaldi said Thursday at the Mackinac Policy Conference that he's been working with Michigan lawmakers on a law that would allow campus police to make arrests on property that is not owned or leased by the university. House Bill 4588 was passed by the state House in May and has been referred to the Senate judiciary committee.

Global June 2016

CSUF Model United Nations Team Wins Top Award

Cal State Fullerton’s Model United Nations team received an Outstanding Delegation Award at the 2016 National Model U.N. Conference in New York City. The award is the highest honor given at the annual event. Competing this spring as the delegation from Togo, the Titan team also received accolades for five position papers, as well as a peer award. Cal State Fullerton’s team of 20 students included Kwan’ze Stewart of Ontario, who cited bolstering his negotiation skills among the benefits the political science major gained from the spending a week interacting with students from other counries.

Global June 2016

Nurse is first UofL alum to attend Harvard Research Scholar Initiative

Louisville native Amanda Speller will hone her research path at one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Speller, a 2015 B.S.N. graduate from the University of Louisville School of Nursing, has been accepted to Harvard University’s Research Scholar Initiative, a post-baccalaureate program that aims to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in doctoral programs. Through mentored research and training, the program strengthens a scholar’s competitiveness when applying to top graduate schools.

Global November 2015

Point Loma Nazarene University Student in Paris Alerted to Attacks by Father

The 19-year-old student sat with friends at the Stade de France, watching a soccer match between the French and German teams when she heard two loud booms, minutes apart. "I left my seat to go call my dad ... he told me, 'You need to get out of there,'" Bennett told the Argus Leader newspaper (http://argusne.ws/1NBc804 ).

Global August 2017 Premium

Embracing the Intersecting Identities of Student Veterans in Higher Education

More than 2.3 million U.S. service members have been deployed to serve in the Global War on Terrorism. According to National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics (NCVAS, 2012) limitless military personnel and their family and friends have been deleteriously impacted by the longest conflict in U.S. history with an estimated 1.2 million service members having disabilities resulting from combat exposure.

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Jose E. Coll & Eugenia L. Weiss