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Colgate’s 191st commencement to be webcast live Sunday

Eliza Torr — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:04:30 +0000

Mark H. Murphy 77, president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers and former football captain and athletics director at Colgate, will deliver the keynote address at Colgates 191st commencement on Sunday.

Commencement begins at 10:30 a.m. in Sanford Field House. For those who cant attend it will be webcast live through www.livestream.com/colgateuniversity.

Each webcast is now optimized for viewing on mobile devices.

Book trailer for The Beautiful Music All Around Us

Christopher Melba — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:31:47 +0000

Stephen Wades forthcoming book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience will be published in September 2012. Visit Stephens information page for details on his new CD and upcoming concert dates.

Jeremy Lin Invited to William and Mary Senior Formal via YouTube

Ali Gaby — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:14:50 +0000

Ahh young love. Its fantastic, isnt it? You get butterflies in your stomach whenever you see them, your heart pitter-patters, and you might feel weak in your knees. OK, so those symptoms also sound like a really bad illness, but when its love, its great. Trust me on this one.

But what do you do when the object of your affection is one of the popular kids? Someone who you normally dont stand a chance of getting? Or even worse, what if your special someone is celebrity basketball player Jeremy Lin?

Lina Yeh, a senior at the College of William and Mary in Virginia found herself in this position.

Transforming the Way We Learn: Games that Make You Smarter

Eliza Torr — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:20:04 +0000

Gaming: it seems to be the hottest trend in education right now. Just this week a study was released that found half of K-8 teachers surveyed incorporated digital games into the classroom at least twice a week, some, daily. And why not? Games are engaging, they encourage mastery, provide immediate feedback, and kids love them. But can playing a game actually make you smarter? The answer, according to some researchers, is yes.

Athens Resident Receives an ACCESS Scholarship for an Online College…

Ali Gaby — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:55:07 +0000

I’m really enjoying the lessons and I hope to be finished in time for the graduation ceremony.

The Ashworth College Continuing Education for Student Success (ACCESS) Scholarship program was developed by the online school and awards up to $25,000 annually to prospective diploma and degree students who are interested in pursuing their education online in one of Ashworth College’s or sister school James Madison High School’s 115+ diploma, degree and online certificate programs.

“I have a dream of starting my own small business so I’m working very hard to finish the program at Ashworth” said Farmer, whose entrepreneurial spirit enables her to work, study and volunteer in her local community. “I’m really

Two killed in Greene County wreck

Ali Gaby — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:46:33 +0000

Greene County,Tenn– Two people were killed in a two-vehicle accident Sunday morning onU.S. Highway11E.

Zu J. Wang, 45, of Greeneville and Jason Liu Gao, a 4-month-old infant, were killed when their vehicle collided with a tractor trailer driven by John H. Esmond, Jr. on Highway 11E and Bridge Burners Blvd. at approximately 8 a.m. Sunday, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.

A third passenger in Wang’s vehicle, Mulian Gao, 33, suffered unspecified injuries, according to the report.

Esmond, ofMcDonald,Tenn., was traveling on Bridge Burners Blvd. and

Speaking for fluency in public, and for accuracy in private

Christopher Melba — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:13:36 +0000

If you think about it, we need to give children plenty of listening practice in order to help them speak. Its logical. It follows the natural route of language acquisition: given the right conditions, input will become output .

So, one of the best ways to get children speaking English is to provide them with lots of listening practice and guide them into spoken production. Children may not see the point in learning another language: it has no reality in their world. But they have less of a problem in using or repeating another language when they are having fun.

How can we make this happen in the classroom? Lets look at one way of doing this.

An animated story is a perfect vehicle for moving children from listening to speaking.

Book signing at MoMA’s Philip Kaufman film exhibition

Christopher Melba — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:50:06 +0000

Annette Insdorf, author of Philip Kaufman, the latest volume in our Contemporary Film Directors series, will be on hand at the exhibitions opening on April 11 to sign copies of the book.

The signing is at 6:30 p.m. and The Unbearable Lightness of Being begins at 7:30 p.m.

Video: March Flashback at Gustavus

Eliza Torr — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:58:55 +0000

As the month of March comes to a close, Gustavus students will leave campus and head to various destinations for the Colleges Spring Break and Easter Recess. March was a busy and exciting month on campus. Gustavus winter athletics teams enjoyed much success and students kept busy with annual events like the Building Bridges Conference, the Moe Lecture, and the Presidents Ball. Watch the following video to get a snapshot of just some of the events that took place in the last 30 days.

Net Price Calculator Helps Cure the Sticker Shock of Higher Education

Ali Gaby — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:47:26 +0000

When most students start receiving information about the financial costs of a higher education, they are seniors in high school. Up until that point, many are simply told that college is expensive and they should start saving, but thats about it. Now, a new tool has been designed to help families understand how much a higher education will cost, which allows families to then begin planning on how to pay for it.

This tool is called the Net Price Calculator (NPC) and was created to be in accordance with 2008s Higher Education Opportunity Act. Under this act, every institute of higher education that allows students to use federal aid to pay for their education must have an NPC on their website so that students can calculate the price of attending that school.

Army major reports from Afghanistan

Eliza Torr — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:12:35 +0000

When he visited Colgate, Major Fernando Luján, an Army Special Forces officer who has spent time embedded with Afghan National Security Forces, likened his perspective to one of the blind men in the fable who touches — and hence only knows — one part of the elephant.

If so, then one could argue that Lujáns hands have been on the elephant’s heart. And when

Jerry’s Artarama $1,000 Year-End Giveaway – JerrysArtarama.com

Ali Gaby — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:14:34 +0000

Starting this spring, discount art supply retailer Jerry’s Artarama is pleased to announce the opening of its $1,000 Year-End Giveaway, culminating on December 17th, 2012. Customers and website visitors of JerrysArtarama.com, the choice for amazing savings on art supplies will have multiple chances to participate in a scavenger hunt-like game to collect points for the chance to win one of multiple prizes, including $1,000 in cash.

Giveaway participants will be familiar with Jerry’s Artarama as a leader in the art supply industry, specializing in fine art materials including artist paintbrushes, artist drawing supplies, watercolor, oil and acrylic paints, canvases, art papers, art instructional DVDs, pastels, markers, easels, art studio furniture, frames and much more. The

Silva’s St. Paul schools superintendent contract extended

Ali Gaby — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:51:55 +0000

ST PAUL, Minn. The St. Paul school board has extended the contract of Superintendent Valeria Silva for three years. Her new contract will take effect when her current deal expires in December.

With a 2 percent raise and a possible 1 percent performance bonus, she’ll make about $193,000 a year.

Silva can get similar pay hikes in following years, along with an $11,000 annual longevity payment for having worked for the district for more than two decades.

School Board Chairwoman Jean O’Connell praised Silva’s performance.

“We feel that she’s done really solid work in communications, strategic planning, leadership of the team, instructional leadership.

Attend The CollegeWeekLive Online College Fair – March 21-22, 2012

Eliza Torr — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:47:14 +0000

Starting tomorrow,Wednesday March 21 10A -10P EST,CollegeWeekLive, will be holding a two day online college fair. It’s a great opportunity for students to connect with admissions reps, live video chat with current college students and ask questions of admissions experts during the event, which will feature over 400 colleges and universities.