Thursday, July 22, 2010

“Mediabistro and Miami Ad School Announce New Online Education Partnership” plus 3 more

“Mediabistro and Miami Ad School Announce New Online Education Partnership” plus 3 more

Mediabistro and Miami Ad School Announce New Online Education Partnership

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 04:00 AM PDT

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mediabistro.com (a division of WebMediaBrands Inc., Nasdaq: WEBM), the leader in online education for media professionals, and Miami Ad School, the leader in global advertising degree programs, today announce a new initiative in online advertising education.

Mediabistro and Miami Ad School will partner to create online education for aspiring copywriters and designers as well as mid-level advertising and design professionals who want to stay on top of current trends and technologies.

Carmen Scheidel, Director of Education for Mediabistro, said, "We're excited to collaborate with Miami Ad School. Their world-class reputation and innovative approach to advertising and design education is a great fit for our audience."

Pippa Seichrist, Founder of the Miami Ad School, said, "Mediabistro's extensive experience in online education complements our professional and graduate programs. We're eager to bring a taste of our state-of-the-art training to a larger audience."

The program is expected to launch in the fall of 2010 and will also serve the audiences of Mediabistro's sister sites, Ads of the World and Brands of the World.

About mediabistro.com

Mediabistro.com is the leading content, career, and event resource for media, technology, and business professionals. This community comes to mediabistro.com to follow industry news, take courses, attend events, and find work on the industry's best job board.

About WebMediaBrands Inc.

WebMediaBrands is a leading Internet media company providing content, education, trade shows and recruitment services for media and business professionals. Our online business includes: (i) mediabistro.com, the leading blog network providing content, career and educational resources about major media markets and industry verticals including new media, TV news, advertising, public relations, publishing, design, mobile and the semantic web, and which also includes the industry's leading online job board; (ii) SocialTimes and AllFacebook, which provide industry-leading content about the latest developments in social media, social networks and social gaming; (iii) other leading content Websites including Ads of the World, Brands of the World, Semantic Web and TVNewser; and (iv) e-commerce websites including Freelance Connect and Stock Logos.

About Miami Ad School

Founded in 1993, Miami Ad School is known as the "School for Pop Culture Engineering" and offers innovative education programs which go where no other institution has dared. Miami Ad School is the only truly global educational network for the marketing communications industry, offering students the opportunity to study and intern in different locations around the world including: Miami, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Hamburg, Madrid and Sao Paulo.

For the past five years the Gunn Report, which ranks agencies globally, has named Miami Ad School among the most awarded schools in the world, based on the quality of awards received by students.

All current WebMediaBrands press releases are online at www.webmediabrands.com/corporate/press.html.

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Minot State offers online Master's degree in special education

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Beginning this fall, the Minot State University Department of Special Education and the Graduate School are offering a developmental disabilities/autism-spectrum disorders emphasis under the Master of Science degree in special education. Designed in an online format, the special education department tailored this DD/ASD master's degree emphasis for teachers, human resource professionals, allied health professionals and parents.

"MSU's new developmental disabilities/autism-spectrum disorders online option will help overcome the training limitations for professionals who live in rural areas and want to advance their scholarly understanding of DD/ASD," said Jennifer Hefter, instructor of special education. "The program also meets the needs of parents of children with developmental disabilities and autism-spectrum disorders."

The DD/ASD emphasis includes coursework in assessment, behavior management, program development and implementation, provisions of physical care and sensory issues, rehabilitative techniques, assistive technology, collaborative techniques, social training and use of various team-planning models. After demonstrating mastery of core competencies, students will participate in public schools or community-based agencies to fulfill a practicum component.

In addition to the online format, students have the opportunity to participate in two on-campus summer residencies. These two-day summer residencies will focus on assistive technology and assessment.

Program participants can complete the program in two years, depending on their individual program of study. The coursework complies with standards from the Council of Exceptional Children and incorporates evidence-based practices derived from the National Standards Report. 

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Online master’s students visit UNK for first time

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:32 AM PDT

KEARNEY — They had never stepped foot into a classroom or shook hands with their professors. They had never met the other students in their classes.

But, last week two University of Nebraska at Kearney eCampus students came to campus to experience the place that was providing their education.

John Stratton of Ankeny, Iowa, and Erick Wadsworth of Boise, Idaho, met with history professors and eCampus staff and toured the campus Friday.

"It hits home that this is their campus," said history professor Mark Ellis. "It's real. They can touch the buildings and meet the professors."

The students are enrolled in the history graduate program online, which started in January.

"There was a need. People that are place-bound needed a program to get their master's degree," Ellis said.

Before the online program, the master of history program had about eight students. Now, 150 students are enrolled in the program.

Ellis said students from at least 30 states and a student from Japan are taking classes in the program.

Stratton was one of the first students to enroll. He works as a seventh-grade American history teacher and began pursuing his master's degree because he hopes to teach at a college or university after his retirement.

"This type of program is good for people in my realm, someone who is working and looking for something to do from home," he said.

Wadsworth is a new student and will begin taking classes this fall.

"I was looking for a good school for someone nontraditional," Wadsworth said. He came upon UNK's master of history program after a Google search.

Wadsworth earned his bachelor's degree in family history from Brigham Young University, where he finished nearly 50 credits online.

Wadsworth works full time for a building materials center.

He said he enjoys history and is pursuing his degree for personal fulfillment.

Those interested in pursuing a master of arts in history must have a bachelor's degree with at least 18 hours of history courses.

Classes are offered both on campus and online. Students can take all classes online or take a blend of online and on-campus classes.

Courses offered include Civil Rights Movement; U.S. Military History; Environmental History; War, Memory and Film; Women's History; The Sixties; and Medieval England.

Ellis said very few online students visit campus.

"I wanted to see what was here. It's very impressive. At most larger universities you wouldn't be sitting here talking to your professors," Wadsworth said.

Stratton hopes to finish his degree by fall 2012. When Ellis asked if the students plan on attending graduation he joked, "Could we have an e-ceremony?"

"I would absolutely come. I wouldn't miss it," Wadsworth said.

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Education Briefs - July 15

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 08:36 AM PDT

Harvey awarded Iowa

Masonic Scholarship

Karmen K. Harvey, a senior from South Page High School in College Springs, has been awarded a $1,250 scholarship from the "Mark Earl and Esther Ruth Spencer Technical Scholarship" endowment fund of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Karmen was one of 20 Iowa high school students selected to receive this scholarship. Iowa Masons awarded scholarships each year in recognition of a student's academic performance, community activities, leadership and financial need. The endowment fund was established to promote education for students who desire to become skilled with a basic trade.

At present, Karmen plans to study to become a Veterinary Technician at Iowa Western Community College.

Truman State University Announces Spring 2010 President's List

Truman State University has released the Spring 2010 President's List. To qualify for this list, an undergraduate student must attain a semester 4.0 grade point average and must complete 12 semester hours of credit.

Being named to the President's List was Beth Anne Lundgren of Essex, majoring in Agricultural Science.

Truman State University, founded in 1867, is Missouri's only highly selective public liberal arts and sciences university. Truman has the highest graduation rate of all Missouri public institutions. More than 50 percent of Truman's graduates pursue an advanced degree immediately upon graduating. Truman enrolls approximately 5,800 students.

Middle School Trimester Honor Roll

Clarinda Middle School has released their 3rd Trimester Honor Roll for the 2009-2010 school year. To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must maintain a 3.5 to 4.0 grade point average, and to be on the B Honor Roll, students must have a gpa of 3.0 to 3.49.

Fifth grade students on the A Honor Roll include Samuel Baldwin, Cynthia Best, Benton Bielfeldt, Austin Gardner, Delayne Glassgow, Cody Hayes, Donevan Kelley, Jared Kirsch, Cassidy Marcum, Cody McClarnon, Thomas McGregor, Joshua Nuzum, Cori Owens, Hannah Sunderman, and Antonia Wallin. Fifth graders on the B Honor Roll are Celeste Burroughs, Skie Campbell, Colbie Carden, Grace Davidson, Joshua Degase, Deitrich Engstrand, Natalie Fidler, Jasper Fine, Mikaela Fine, Christopher Johnson, Lindsey Langley, Tyler Luckado, Whitney McElroy, Jonathan McNees, Hanna Ohden, Shelby Olesen, Malaci Osthoff, Clayton Pattavina, Connor Pirtle, Carlton Rahn, Lucas Shatava, Logan Stickler, and Chandler Strough.

Students in the sixth grade who made the A Honor Roll are John Clark, Allison Fast, Misa Hamanaka, Attalissa Latham, Jacob Poore, Shelby Powers, Lauren Shane, and Hannah Snow. On the B Honor Roll are Cori Bebout, Iroha Bochi, Madison Cabbage, Chance Cade, Sydney Casteel, Jacob Degase, Emily Herrington, Cynthia Jones, Kersey Salway Dawson, Janie Long, Sayj Martin, Shelby Meyers, Morgan Pulliam, Paetyn Rock, Abby Ryckman, Mary Jane Samuelson, Rachel Schaner, Lauren Schmidt, Jacob Slough, Taylor Stansbury, Josey Stanton, Alexander Stull, and Trevor Whitehill.

Seventh grade students on the A Honor Roll include Lexie Brown, Madalyn Davidson, Jared DeVoe, Clint Fine, Shelby Foster, Alexandria Guthrie, Brianna Haffner, Dedric Kettwick, Jett Kettwick, Jaydan Landess, Elizabeth Mayer, Brittany McClarnon, Wyatt Meseke, Jaedra Moses, Taylor Owens, Sydney Prather, Austin Smith, Emma Steeve, Brook Stephens, Dylan Strait, and Baillee Warren. Students on the B Honor Roll for seventh grade are McCoy Baker, Rodney Baldwin, Adam Carroll, Mallory Degase, Mackenzie Farlin, Lucas Gray, Kahner Hodge, Skylee Landess, Christian Lauritsen, Molly Lederer, McKayla Long, Mikayla Marcum, Erika Mullen, David Rahn, Mary Sickels, Victoria Sickler, Trey Stickler, Kristen Trusty, Chance Turner, Allison VanVactor, Dylan Warrick, Sara Williamson, Alec Wilson and Tre Wilson.

Clarinda Middle School eighth grade students on the A Honor Roll include Troy Aldrich, Kirsten Arnold, Heather Auffert, Emily Beadle, Justin Cabeen, Dakota Calfee, Holly Crawford, Darian Culbertson, Paige Fast, Jennifer Fulk, Ciera Hansen, Jason McCall, Haley Owens, Taylor Prather, Haley Snow, Colin Sunderman and Jaime Swanson. Those eighth graders on the B Honor Roll are Trent Aldrich, Megan Calfee, Amanda Coverdell, Isaac Durfey, Kennedy Gray, Nathan Jones, Edward Love IV, Stephanie Marsh, Taryn Maxwell, Madison McBride, Anthony McGlade, Torrie McGlothlin, Kelsea Price, Sam Rarick, Todd Rensch and Samantha Swanson.

Dorothy Miller Reading Awards given at Clarinda Middle School

Several Clarinda Middle School students were recipients of the Dorothy Miller Reading Award given at the end of the school year.

Fifth and sixth graders receiving the award were Colton Robinson, Carlton Rahn, Dovavan Kelley, Cody Hayes, Jared Kirsch, Hannah Sunderman, Chandler Strough, Annie Wallin, Delayne Glassgow, Tyler Luckado, Benton Bielfeld, Cassidy Marcum, Lindsay Langley, Cody McClarnon, Alyssa Foote, Hannah Snow, Paetyn Rock, Atty Latham, Misa Hamanaka, Jacob Brooks, Trevor Whitehill, Owen Gibson, Morgan Pulliam, Cody Trusty, Taylor Stansbury, Chance Cade, Cori Bebout, and Jacob Fidler.

Seventh grade recipients include Alec Wilson, Evan Boltinghouse, Tre Wilson, Nathaniel Brown, Tori Sickler, Brittany McClarnon, Adrianna Sickels, Kristin Trusty, Taelor Hodge, Molly Lederer, Emma Steeve, Elizabeth Mayer, Emma Pullen, Jaedra Moses, Dylan Warrick, Amanda Cruz, Luke Strong, Brook Stephens, Dedrick Kettwich, Leanne Hobson, Dawn Hurley, and Sara Williamson.

Dorothy Miller Reading Awards went to eight graders Darian Culbertson, Cierra Hansen, Jenna Fulk, David Martin, Tyler Jones, Robbie Leach, Megan Pittman, Kirsten Arnold, Derrick Woodsmall, Holly Crawford, Trent Aldrich, Dakota Calfee, Haley Snow, Torrie McGlothlin, Kelsea Price, Madison McBride, Jacob Reid-Smith, Emily Beadle, Dusty Swindler, Blake Luckado, and Collin Sunderman.

Buena Vista University Professional & Online Dean's List announced

An area student from Buena Vista University has been named to the Dean's list for terms three and four.

Lindsay Phipps from Essex has been named to the list. Students named to the Dean's List must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the two terms, based on a 4.0 grade point system, and must have taken at least 12 hours of coursework.

Phipps received a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the two terms. Phipps takes classes through the online program of Buena Vista University Professional and Online Studies.

Buena Vista is a regionally acclaimed university that relentlessly focuses on learning with innovative and imaginative programs. The faculty, staff and students set and meet the highest standards of academic achievement, character, conscience, and compassion.

Peru State College Announces Spring 2010 Dean's List

Peru State College (PSC) has released the names of students who earned a place on the Dean's List for the spring 2010 semester.

To make the Dean's List students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or higher for the semester, have completed at least 12 college credit hours during the past semester and have no incomplete grades for the semester.

Named to the Dean's List was Luke John Berning, a junior from College Springs and Toni DeAnne Ratliff and Mary Lucille Wilson, both juniors from Shenandoah who earned a 4.0 for the semester.

PSC's "Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state's first college, Peru State offers a unique mix of innovative online and traditional classroom undergraduate and graduate programs, including online graduate degrees in education and organizational management. 

PSC is a member institution of the Nebraska State College System. For more information, visit www.peru.edu or call 1-800-742-4412.

Buena Vista University Storm Lake Campus announces Dean's List

An area student from Buena Vista University has been named to the Dean's List for the 2010 spring semester.

Kyle Auffert, a sophomore from Clarinda, has been named to the list with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester. Jema Swanson, a sophomore from Clarinda, was also named to the Dean's List.

Stephanie Swanson, a senior from Coin, was named to the list with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Catherine Lynn, a senior and Clairita Lynn, a sophomore, both from Farragut, were named to the list. Christopher Jones, a senior and Jennifer Rolf, a senior, both from Storm Lake, were named to the list with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Buena Vista University is a regionally-acclaimed institution providing a comprehensive curricular and co-curricular experience for its student body. Students are engaged in experiential, hands-on learning and mentored by distinguished faculty who inspire students to be innovative and imaginative in their academic and professional preparation.

Clarinda Lutheran School announces fourth quarter honor roll

Clarinda Lutheran School recently announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter.

Students on the 4.0 Honor Roll have a grade point average of 4.0, A Honor Roll students have a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99, while B Honor Roll students have a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49.

Students making the 4.0 honor roll for eighth grade were Jenny Bair and Leah Brooke.

Those on A Honor Roll for eighth grade were Karyee Buch, Charity Espinosa and Darcy Sunderman.

The eighth graders who made the B Honor Roll are Noah Bix, Nick Clement, Bailey Mellencamp and Jordan Tait.

Accomplishing the 4.0 Honor Roll for 7th grade was Abby Brown.

Seventh graders on the A Honor Roll were Nicole Johnson and Kayla Rogers.

B Honor Roll designation for 7th grade was Mariah Mullen and DJ Robberts.

The sixth grade student achieving 4.0 Honor Roll status was Sarah Cabeen.

Members of the A Honor Roll for sixth grade were Logan Brooke, Lauren Jones, Joshua Espinosa, Brevin Moser, Ashley Nordhues and Jordan Sunderman.

Qualifying for B Honor Roll for sixth grade were Rachel Bair, Jacob Carlson, Hannah McCormick and Will Mellencamp.

Northwest announces spring trimester graduates

The Office of the Registrar and the Graduate School at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, have released the names of students who completed requirements for degrees at the conclusion of the 2010 spring trimester.

Clarinda residents receiving degrees during the spring trimester were Alexis Grace Ehlers, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of science in Finance: Financial Services; Holly Anne Fisher, receiving a bachelor of science in Pre-Professional Zoology; Anthony Frederick Murray, bachelor of science in Psychology/Sociology; Schylar Glenn Reed, bachelor of science in Management Information Systems; Amy Roberts Robinson, bachelor of science in education in Elementary Education; Jodi Mae Shum, bachelor of science in Business Management and Shelby Gayle Wright, bachelor of science in Pre-Professional Zoology.

Gravity resident Amanda Christine Davison graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor of arts in Public Relations.

Summa Cum Laude graduates received a cumulative grade point average of 3.95 to 4.0 on a 4.0 scale and Magna Cum Laude received a cumulative GPA of 3.75 to 3.94.


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