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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Chestertown, Perry Hall, Northwestern University, Awards and Prizes, Journalism
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Virginia Tech president Steger stepping down
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Steger is scheduled to give the commencement speech at Virginia Tech’s graduation Friday. Steger has been the school’s president since 2000. “When...
Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech, Research, Engineering, Teaching and Learning
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Coastline's distance learning works for vets
Navy veteran Sean Roberson is a Southern California native and student at Coastline Community College, but his graduation Saturday will be the first time he steps foot on the school's campus. In September 2011, he started taking classes at the Orange...Tags: Memorial Day, Armed Forces, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Two Nixa grads caught with meth at Project Graduation
NIXA, Mo.-- Two teenagers from Nixa High school graduated Sunday afternoon, then later that night were jailed for possessing meth at Project Graduation. Project Graduation is intended to keep kids out of trouble. The seniors are 17 and 18 years old. ...
Tags: Methamphetamine (drug)
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Panel recommends changes at Coppin State
Coppin State University should enroll higher-caliber freshmen, focus more on transfer and returning students, and reorganize its academics and administration, a committee plans to report Wednesday to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents....
Tags: Coppin State University, University System of Maryland, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Centre commencement to be streamed live
Centre CollegeCentre College’s 189th commencement will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts. The 2013 graduation exercises will begin with the baccalaureate ceremony, which also will take place in Newlin Hall at 11 a.m....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, American Civil War (1861-1865), U.S. Department of State, Education
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The road to readiness
Graduation season has arrived, and with the accompanying recognitions of hard work, we have something else to celebrate: this year's passage and today's signing of the College Readiness and Completion Act of 2013. Never before has the state of Maryland...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, High Schools, Education, Schools, Students
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Bill helps students make better decisions on higher education
In today's competitive, knowledge-based global economy, a college education is one of the most important investments an American student can make to succeed. It can also be one of the most expensive. The importance of accessing and completing a higher...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Teaching and Learning, Employment, Labor Legislation, Students
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University system board approves tuition, fee increase
Maryland's in-state undergraduates will pay a few hundred dollars more per semester this fall under a new tuition-and-fee plan approved Wednesday by the university system's Board of Regents. Out-of-state students will be hit a little harder, paying as...
Tags: University System of Maryland, University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting
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Four candidates running for spot on Meade 46-1 School Board
STURGIS, S.D. - Four people are running for the three available seats in the Meade School Board election on June 4. Vying for the three three-year terms are Bryce Richter, Sturgis, Ezra Hays and Curtis Nupen, both of Piedmont, and Robert Burns, the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Habitat for Humanity International, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts to speak at N. Ind. high school he graduated from in 1973
LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will return to northwest Indiana to give the commencement speech at the Roman Catholic boarding school he graduated from in 1973. Roberts is scheduled to speak at the May 24...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, John G. Roberts, Jr., Judges, Justice System
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Salina teen sent to jail after graduation
Tara Pfeifer just graduated high school, but instead of entering the work force or going to college, she'll spend the next three months in jail. She's serving time for a deadly accident that occurred two years ago in Salina. "What happened is...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Prisons
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