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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sydney McQuiggan has been selected to represent her classmates as the College of the Liberal Arts’ student marshal at Penn State’s summer 2023 commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 12. The Schreyer Scholar and Philadelphia native will graduate this summer with bachelor’s degrees in German and world languages education and a minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). McQuiggan has spent her four years at Penn State learning diverse strategies to build community both inside and outside the classroom. “I knew I wanted to be a teacher before I even came to Penn State,”…
Finance Ministry released revised salaries for public servants yesterday Rinzin Wangchuk The government has to stimulate the country’s economy, according to experts, as they anticipate that the revision of salaries for public servants will potentially boost economic activities, assuming individuals increase their spending. With the adoption of Pay Revision Bill 2023 by the Parliament on July 4, public servants received their revised salaries ranging from 55 to 74 percent from yesterday along with an existing 20 percent housing allowance. “The Ministry of Finance has released revised salaries to the public servants through budgetary agencies yesterday,” an official from the ministry said.…
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After asbestos was found in a Harrison District 2 building, an entire middle school has to relocate — two weeks before school starts. Signs taped to all the doors at Panorama Middle School read: “DANGER. Asbestos. Biohazard. Keep out.” The asbestos was found two weeks ago during a multi-million dollar renovation to the middle school, as part of the school district’s six-year $180 million bond. “When we begin those remodels — disturbing floors, grinding down and taking layers out — sometimes asbestos is found, as was the case in Panorama just a few weeks ago,”…
The arrangement with the financial arm of the Chinese technology conglomerate, Tencent Financial Technology, will allow Flywire to “further streamline” the payment experience for students looking to make international tuition and other education-related payments from China, the software company said. “This partnership ensures that for Chinese students studying internationally at institutions that use Flywire, we essentially become their ‘pay’ button, by offering localised and seamless payment capabilities, which benefit students, families and institutions alike,” said Mohit Kansal, senior vice president of Global Payments and Payer Services at Flywire. “Flywire has long offered Weixin Pay as a payment method, but the direct connection with…
The University of Cambridge has developed what is believed to be the first ever visiting fellowship into Indentureship Studies, the controversial system that replaced slavery in the British Empire. Selwyn College has appointed Professor Gaiutra Bahadur as the Ramesh and Leela Narain visiting bye-fellow in Indentureship Studies. Professor Bahadur is the author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. It is a study of the lives of Indian women who became indentured labourers to colonial plantations in the 19th century. Selwyn College and the Ameena Gafoor Institute – whose director is novelist, poet and…
JAIPUR, India, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Meridean Overseas Education Consultants PVT LTD, a leading overseas education consultancy in India, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking webinar on the topic of ‘Multidisciplinary Function of AI’. This exclusive online event will be presented by the esteemed ‘Astronaut Maker’ himself, Dr. Ravi Margasahayam, a prominent figure at NASA.The event will take place on 09.8.2023 at 10:00 am and will last for 55 minutes. The event will be in the form of a webinar. Meridean Overseas’ groundbreaking webinar on the topic of ‘Multidisciplinary Function of AI’ presented by the esteemed ‘Astronaut Maker’ Dr. Ravi…
Amanda Bright | Nieman Lab For most of our journalism majors, reporting for The Oglethorpe Echo is akin to studying abroad. With only 15,000 residents served by a single stoplight and grocery store, Oglethorpe County is quite different from its neighbor Athens, home of the University of Georgia, or the Atlanta suburbs from which many of our students hail. We started this news-academic partnership — stepping in to prevent a news desert — because we knew it would be mutually beneficial. Students would gain exposure to (and perhaps learn to love) community journalism, and the residents of a rural county…
Alvernia University students and alumni studied abroad through the Sustainability Immersion Program on Grand Manan Island in Canada to gain a better understanding of creating a more sustainable community and the leadership needed to help create this change. (Courtesy of Alvernia University) Seven Alvernia University students and alumni studied abroad through the Sustainability Immersion Program in Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada. This one-week study abroad experience offers college students an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the components involved in creating a more sustainable community and the leadership approach necessary to help create this change. Participants included Alettya…
The tools aim will be to connect edX’s students with further undergraduate programs at US institutions on top of its own courses. The catalogue of programs, which is provided by Shorelight – an international agency mostly sending to US institutions – features over 3,000 courses at institutions including University of Illinois Chicago and American University. Students will be able to evaluate their best-fit programs and apply directly through Shorelight’s system to eventually enrol. “We’re excited to introduce edX learners to the diverse programs offered through Shorelight, bridging geographical boundaries and expanding the horizons of countless students,” said Shorelight CEO Tom…