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The School of Imagination Awarded Dublin, California's Organization of the Year
DUBLIN, CA - March 25, 2008 - The School of Imagination (SOI) announced today that it has been named Organization of the Year 2007, by the Mayor and City Council of Dublin, Calif. The school, which provides individualized programs tailored to the care and learning nee...
Jordan Brand Announces Application Deadline Extension for its Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program
BEAVERTON, OR - March 17, 2008 - Jordan Brand, a division of Nike, Inc., today announced the extension of its application deadline for this year's Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program through April 15, 2008. Through Jordan Fundamentals, some of the country's most dedicated edu...
United Technologies Corp. Scholarship Program to Increase Support for FIRST Robotics Teams
HARTFORD, Conn., March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced a new scholarship program to support new FIRST Robotics Competition teams. The program opens this year for new high-school teams that have never competed and plan to en...
A New Business Model Has Emerged In Vermont
BURLINGTON, VT "“ March 12, 2008 - Vermont business leaders have redefining the classic business model by building successful, profitable, and socially responsible enterprises. These innovative business owners have demonstrated that what works for the planet and for people ...
"Educating Executives in Sustainability," an event hosted by Presidio School of Management
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March 4, 2008 - Presidio School of Management is hosting an event focused on educating executives in sustainability. The event will introduce the school's five-month Executive Certificate in Sustainable Management that begins in July 2008.
NEF Offers One Million Scholarships to Fight Recession
ALEXANDRIA, VA - February 26, 2008 - Dr. Appu Kuttan, Chairman of the National Education Foundation (NEF) CyberLearning, the global nonprofit leader in digital education, announced today a nationwide initiative to provide scholarships to a million low and middle income indiv...
Accounting Educators Converge on Scottsdale for 43rd Year of Deloitte Foundation/American Accounting Association Trueblood Seminars
SCOTTSDALE, AZ "“ February 19, 2008 "“ Approximately 70 financial accounting and auditing professors will gather in Scottsdale, Arizona, once again for the 43rd annual Robert M. Trueblood Seminars for Professors in February and March. The Seminars, which are sponsored by th...
The Deloitte Foundation Announces 2008 Ph.D. Fellowship Grants
WILTON, CT - February 1, 2008 "“ The Deloitte Foundation, a not-for-profit arm of Deloitte LLP, today announced the 2008 recipients of the organization's Doctoral Fellowship Program grants. Grants totaling $250,000 will be awarded to 10 doctoral students in accounting, who ...
Deloitte Establishes Endowed Professorship in Accounting at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School
WILTON, CT - November 26, 2007 - Continuing a tradition of support for Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, the people of Deloitte and the Deloitte Foundation, a non-profit organization of Deloitte & Touche USA, has established the Deloitte Foundation Leader...
Barrick Gold and CARE Tanzania Education Partnership Doubles Enrollment
November 19, 2007 - A six-year partnership between Barrick Gold Corporation and CARE International Tanzania has raised academic standards and improved the quality of education for thousands of children and youth living near the company's Bulyanhulu mine in Tanzania.