College partners with safety division (Gresham Outlook)
People taking workplace safety training courses through the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OR-OSHA) will soon be able to use those courses to obtain credit toward a degree in Mt. Hood Community College?s environmental health and safety program....more...PBS Frontline/World: 'Extraordinary Rendition' (Washington Post)
Frontline/World correspondent Stephen Grey was online Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his film, "Extraordinary Rendition," an international investigation of the United States government's controversial, extralegal detention and interrogation program. The film includes the voices of several CIA "ghost prisoners" speaking for the first time on U.S. television. ...more... Law professor leaves to direct Chicago law center (The Daily Texan)
After a 13-year career in Texas, law and philosophy professor Brian Leiter will leave the state next summer to become the director of the University of Chicago's new Center for Law, Philosophy and Human Values....more... New Research, a New Law and New Regulations Could Hold the Key to Reducing Rising Skin Cancer Rates (Newswise)
It is estimated that more than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2007. While most skin cancers have excellent cure rates if detected and treated early, dermatologists stress that prevention is still the best medicine....more... Criminal Justice Degrees are in Demand (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - As America wages the war on terrorism, the need for criminal justice professionals is growing quickly. From police officers to border guards to homeland security experts, there are many ways to put a criminal justice degree to work for you....more... School hiring falls short (The Sacramento Bee)
Two months into the school year, Sacramento City Unified School District still has not hired enough teachers to handle more than two dozen core academic classes at Hiram Johnson High School ? leaving nearly 400 of the district's most struggling students in the hands of substitute teachers....more... Aerobics/Dance/Yoga (El Paso Times)
Gary Del Palacio Center "Jazz Funk" classes: Hip Hop class every Friday. Plaza Theater Performing Hip Hop class every Monday and Wednesday. Fee: $20.00, and new Jazz Funk class on Fridays, $10.00....more... Puzzling it out: Tuesday's election is important for schools, but will many people turn out? (The Davis Enterprise)
Published Nov 04, 2007 - 01:04:53 CDT. Voters - at least, those who haven't already cast absentee ballots - will go to the polls on Tuesday. And, for the moment, Yolo County Clerk-Recorder Freddie Oakley is predicting a fairly light turnout, much to her disappointment....more... September 2007 (Watertown Daily Times)
Alice L. Baumann, 86, of Watertown, died Thursday afternoon, Sept. 27, 2007, at the Watertown Memorial Hospital, from pneumonia, following a major stroke. She was proud to have survived two courageous bouts with cancer....more... |