Global June 2016

Texas Rangers Draft Henry Ford College Baseball Player Kyle Roberts in 5th Round

The Texas Rangers drafted Henry Ford College (HFC) baseball player Kyle Roberts in the 5th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. A left-handed pitcher for HFC, Roberts was the Rangers’ 159th overall pick. A 2014 alumnus of Allen Park High School, Roberts graduated with his associate degree in Business Administration last month from HFC. He was a member of the Hawks Academic Team for the winter 2016 semester.

Global June 2016

Family Says UNR Football Player Presumed Dead Died a Hero

The parents of a University of Nevada, Reno football player from Honolulu who is presumed to have drowned in Lake Tahoe say their son died trying to save others. Rescue crews called off their search for Marc Ma on Monday, but officials say efforts to recover his body will continue. Ma, 20, had been on a paddle board trip with several football players on Friday when the group encountered strong winds off Lake Tahoe's west shore. Ma's board was found adrift.

Global June 2016

LaGuardia Community College Awards Associate’s Degrees to More than 1,500 Graduates at 44th Commencement

More than 1,500 graduates celebrated earning their associate’s degrees at the 44th Commencement of LaGuardia Community College held earlier today. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, a long-time champion for higher education, gave the keynote address. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has been a dedicated advocate on behalf of LaGuardia Community College—having allocated $2.75 million to LaGuardia programs including the development of high-quality, customized technology-driven and entrepreneurial training center.

Global June 2016

Study finds global legalization trial escalates elephant poaching

Two researchers who examined elephant poaching data and the ivory trade say policymakers who consider legalizing some illicit trade may be relying on a faulty theory that legalization makes black markets collapse. The admonition comes in a paper posted today by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Solomon Hsiang, a University of California, Berkeley, public policy professor and director of the campus’sGlobal Policy Lab, and Nitin Sekar, an ecologist at Princeton University.

Global June 2016

13 Firefighters Hospitalized after Blaze at Newark College

Essex County College is closed following a fire that left more than a dozen firefighters hospitalized after suffering heat exhaustion. The campus is closed Monday because Sunday's fire left it without electricity. Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose tells NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1YmcAs0 ) workers reported a possible electrical fire in the sub-basement of a building. Officials say the building was evacuated and the fire was extinguished.

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.