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GED testing enters the computer age in California
At age 59, Rita Kowalski decided she wanted to use the computer for more than emailing her kids and looking up salmon recipes. Forty-two years after she dropped out of high school to start a family, Kowalski, now a grandmother of 12, is using it to...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Colleges and Universities
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GED changing, forcing some to quickly complete the five-part exam
Daily American Staff WriterThousands of people who are working to earn their GEDs are running out of time. The American Council on Education will introduce a new General Educational Development high school equivalency test program in 2014. Tom Wojcicki, adult education...Tags: Education, Schools, High Schools
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YouthBuild to showcase student projects at open house
PETOSKEY -- The Petoskey site of YouthBuild Northwest will soon host an open house to give the community an opportunity to meet the students and see some of the projects they have been working on. The open house is planned for 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5,... -
Marie C. Vrany, secretary, had been raised in Middle River
Marie C. Vrany, a retired secretary who once foiled a pickpocket while on vacation in London, died Sunday of complications from a stroke at Carroll Hospital Center. She was 90. The daughter of a Patapsco & Back River Neck railroader and a homemaker,...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, World War II (1939-1945), Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Dundalk
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Sherwin M. Adelman, health economist
Sherwin M. Adelman, a retired U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health economist and strategist, died Feb. 4 from complications of dementia and heart failure at Sunrise Senior and Assisted-Living of McLean, Va. The longtime Pigtown resident was 77....Tags: American Red Cross, Southern Illinois University, Pigtown, Heart Failure, U.S. Army
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Charles von Nordeck, jazz guitarist
Charles Louis von Nordeck, a jazz guitarist who led a quartet and was later a wine salesman, died of cancer Dec. 25 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 66 and lived in Stoneleigh.
Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Royden Blaine von Nordeck,...Tags: Belvedere Square, Fells Point, Dining and Drinking, Timonium, Radio
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YouthBuild students build shed for fundraiser
PETOSKEY -- Students at the Petoskey site of the YouthBuild Northwest program recently constructed a shed as part of a program fundraiser. The shed is the first of two building projects funded by a $4,000 grant from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Education, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Program offered for English learners
I was delighted to read Liana Aghajanian's recent article informing your readers of the English-as-a-second language class offered through Glendale Community College's non-credit Continuing Education division (“It's never too late to tackle English,... -
Ilean H. Jennings, cosmetologist
Ilean H. Jennings, a cosmetologist who had been supervisor of barbers and beauticians at the old Crownsville State Hospital, died July 4 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at her Severna Park home. She was 84.
The daughter of a businessman and a...Tags: Christianity, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Anne Arundel Community College, Howard University, Wayne
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Adults without diploma encouraged to take GED now
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — The GED is changing and state education officials say those who haven't completed the test need to go ahead and do so. A new, more difficult and more expensive test will be in place starting January 2014. Anyone who has... -
Wildlife Conservation Society and Morgan Stanley Graduate First-Ever Class of "Future Leaders"
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Morgan Stanley will honor the first-ever graduates of the Future Leaders program – an innovative workforce development initiative organized for underserved teens and young adults at the Bronx Zoo that...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Conservation, Central Park, Endangered Species, Labor Markets
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Harry E. Sisk, accountant
Harry E. Sisk, a retired accountant and Vietnam War veteran, died Saturday of complications from an aneurysm at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Brooklyn Park resident was 66. Mr. Sisk was born in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park....Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Brooklyn Park, University of Maryland Medical Center, Highlandtown, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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