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STAND Strength Team teaches anti-bullying lesson

Written on November 15, 2011 – 8:21 am | by Christopher Tulloch

LAKE LINDEN — Students from Lake Linden-Hubbell Public Schools watched the STAND Strength Team rip apart phone books, bend metal poles and destroy baseball bats, but this wasn’t just any kind of show.  It was a part of an anti-bullying awareness campaign.

The STAND Strength’s message is to motivate and encourage students through positive teachings and demonstrations.

“We need to invest in the lives of our young people and teach them those good morals and teach them those good values of being respectful, being honest, being upright, having integrity, helping your neighbor, and caring for others,” said STAND Strength Team founder, Terry “Shrek” Nalin.

These muscle men have been around for nearly 20 years, and they perform at different schools across the country.

If you’re interested in meeting some of the athletes, they will be at the Glad Tidings Church in Hancock Friday night at 7 p.m.  The event is free and will continue throughout the weekend.

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Conference To Discuss The 20th Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Soviet Union

Written on November 15, 2011 – 6:02 am | by Matthew Hovell

The Utah International Mountain Forum along with Utah Valley University’s Office of International Affairs & Diplomacy and the Department of History & Political Science will host a three-session video-conference on Nov. 21 on the commemoration of the 20^th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. It will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the UVU Library, room 120.

The event will consist of three roundtable discussions broadcast through Skype including “Views from Russia” with representatives from the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Higher School of Economics in Russia and local nongovernmental organizations; “Views from Washington, D.C.” with Jack Matlock, a former U.S. ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), William Miller, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and Alexey Semyonov, president of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation and other distinguished guests; and “Views from a New Generation of Leaders” that will include student leaders from the Moscow Higher School of Economics, Stanford University and UVU.

“This gathering gives quite a unique chance for students and faculty of UVU to learn more about the events which led to the creation of a new global order free from oppression and totalitarian thought 20 years ago. It is also an o

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Higher-ed leaders say they’ll push technical majors

Written on November 13, 2011 – 3:33 pm | by Christopher Tulloch

The state university system wants to show Gov. Rick Scott and all those who want more science and math graduates that the answers should come from inside, not just outside, the universities.

Here are a few suggestions from the Board of Governors meeting on Thursday:

• Charge lower tuition for STEM degrees — science, technology, engineering and math — and higher tuition for non-STEM courses.

• Change the Bright Futures scholarship to encourage students to take science and math classes, creating perhaps a STEM-only scholarship.

• Let students get credit while working with high-tech employers in their junior and senior years.

Scott sent the universities an audit-type list of questions last month asking, for instance, how many of their students found jobs after graduation and how much their highest-paid employees make.

Earlier, he circulated a report from a Texas think tank that proposes major higher education changes, including a cost-benefit analysis of how professors are paid.

He has made it clear he plans to focus on higher education in the coming legislative session.

The universities should take the lead in any discussion of changes, said Board of Governors Chairwoman Ava Parker, considering they will have to implement whatever the Legislature decides to do.

State universities are doing better than people seem to think, said University of North Florida President John Delaney, who led a work group on university productivity.

Though their budgets are being cut, they have boosted the percentage of students receiving science and technology degrees in recent years, he said. But

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Importance of Eating Healthy in Childcare

Written on November 11, 2011 – 10:13 am | by admin

When a child is placed in childcare for the day, many parents wonder if they are eating the right foods. Nothing in the world is more beneficial to a child than consuming healthy and beneficial food in childcare. The healthy food will ensure the child is getting all the correct nutrition he or she needs in order to remain healthy. A healthy diet is mostly important in a child’s life. This is for the simple reason that a child is always developing. A developing body is often in need of nutrition and vitamins to help form into a successful adult body. Food available in childcare should be filled with fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. If one were to run a successful childcare he or she should consider their food options.

Presenting a small child with cookies may often make the child happy, but in no way will it benefit the child. There are always ways one can make consuming healthy foods fun. A fun environment should make a child look forward to consuming foods that will aide in their proper growth. Teaching children that a balanced diet is a positive thing will ensure healthy choices later in life. Read more…

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How to Talk to Your Student About Different Types of Internships

Written on November 8, 2011 – 9:54 am | by Matthew Hovell

Internships are an essential way for your student to gain experience and skills in today’s competitive employment marketplace. Not only do most college programs require at least one internship for a student to graduate, but also many entry-level jobs require internship experience to apply (and employers want candidates who have that experience under their belt!).

There are several types of internships for students to consider when looking for an opportunity. What’s the difference, and which one is right for your child?

Paid

Paid internships can be hard to come by in some industries and obviously can be highly sought after, depending on the opportunity. It’s important to remember that just because it’s paid doesn’t mean it’s the right opportunity for your child. As I’ve said before, pay doesn’t always equate to the experience you will receive. In fact, I would argue that it doesn’t correlate most of the time. As you’ve probabl

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How CSU East Bay made list of competitive colleges

Written on November 6, 2011 – 2:21 am | by Christopher Tulloch

One of the nation’s most competitive universities – tied for 39th place with UC Berkeley in a new ranking, and tougher to get into than Tufts – is an unlikely campus in that cutthroat category: Cal State East Bay.

The humble Hayward campus is part of California State University, which admits all students who complete high school requirements with at least a C average and live within the school’s attendance area.

So why does it rank high in a new list of the nation’s 100 most competitive colleges from U.S. News & World Report? The ranking notes that Cal State East Bay admitted just 22 percent of applicants for fall 2010 – the same as UC Berkeley, and a lower rate than UCLA (23 percent) and Tufts (24 percent), among others.

“How interesting!” said a laughing Greg Smith, associate vice president for enrollment at Cal State East Bay.

He said the campus actually admitted 33 percent of applicants – more than the reported 22 percent, but a far lower rate than just a year earlier.

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