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ROCK SPRINGS — At the Student Government Association Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 29, Western Wyoming Community College announced two Outstanding Graduates, Mustang Awards, and scholarship recipients for 2020-2021. Western’s Honor Roll will also be published on the website after final grades are submitted.  Western’s Outstanding Graduate is selected by a committee that includes administrators, professionals, faculty, and staff. The nomination criteria and scoring rubric is based on ...

Unisa head Professor Mandla Makhanya bows out after 33 years Share Pretoria - Unisa has bid farewell to its stalwart academic and vice-chancellor Professor Mandla Makhanya, who has left the institution after 33 years of service. During a farewell function this week, Makhanya said his love for academia remains close to his heart. “This is something that has never been replaced by anything else,” he told the audience of fellow academics. Chairperson of Unisa council Mashukudu Maboa said as an...

Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Film and Media Studies, and a member of the Environmental Humanities South research program at the University of Cape Town. He has published widely on the South African film, wildlife documentary and literary fiction. He is currently working on representations of Cape Town in film. In 2013, he received a Distinguished Teacher’s Award from the University of Cape Town, and in 2014 a National Excellence in Teaching award from the Higher...

New York, NY, April 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Within the last few decades, the number of programs that incorporate horses to benefit the overall ...

Courtesy of Wellesley College Roberta Schotka (center left), who oversees peer tutoring services at Wellesley College, trains peer educators at the Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center. As the coronavirus pandemic forced college campuses to shut down last March, Tiana Iruoje scrambled to quickly transition peer tutoring services at Indiana Universitys Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering to online-only appointments. Iruoje, director of student engagement and success for th...

March 5, 2021 Tutors at work in the Ancell Commons at Western Connecticut State University. (photo credit – Peggy Stewart/contributed photo) DANBURY, CT – Western Connecticut State University’s Ancell Commons and Tutoring Resource Center have been awarded International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC) through the College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA). The CRLA is a leading professional organization and certifying body in the field of tutoring and learning assistance in...

What is equine-assisted therapy? What horses can do for your mental and physical well-being INSIDER 2/26/2021 insider@insider.com (Shaena Montanari,Andrea Stukey Colella) © Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Research on the effectiveness of equine-assisted therapy is mixed. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Equine-assisted therapy is provided by licensed professionals who incorporate horses into their treatment plans. People of all ages with diverse abilities can gain benefits from equine...

Dunwoody Learning Center tutor retires after 24 years of service COVID-19 caused the learning center to serve virtually, which caused Mona Haddad’s retirement as she prefers in-person tutoring. Photo Submitted by Mona Haddad The Georgia State Learning and Tutoring Center has offered free tutoring services to students and community members across the five Georgia State Perimeter campuses for more than 30 years. ​  After Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter College consolidated in 2015, the L...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner, has earned College Reading & Learning Associations (CRLA) International Tutor Training Programme Certification. This sets a new standard of academic support and grants GU-Q the authority to offer students professional credentials they take with them after graduation. CRLA, which serves as an international benchmark and standard for excellent tutor training programmes, grants three levels of certification...

Vyopta Announces Collaboration Intelligence Solution to Improve Distance Learning Launching first with Google Meet, it provides powerful collaboration monitoring and analytics News provided by Share this article Share this article AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vyopta, a leading provider of Collaboration Intelligence, is now offering a tailored analytics and monitoring solution for Google Meet used in Education, Healthcare, and Corporate settings. This new solution empowers organi...