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NEW YORK, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Ernest Grant, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, and current president of the American Nurses Association, has been selected by the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day Planning Committee as the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award. Members of the U.S. standards and conformance community will honor Dr. Grant during the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day on October 28, 2021.
Named for the late U.S. Secretary of Commerce, the Ronald Brown Award recognizes demonstrated leadership in promoting the important role of standardization in eliminating global barriers to trade. The U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day is an annual event that honors the U.S. standards and conformity assessment community and recognizes its efforts to promote American competitiveness in a global marketplace, safeguard the environment, and improve the quality of life for workers and consumers around the
As the pandemic in the U.S. appears to be winding down and society opens up, many people are eager to reconnect with friends they haven t seen in person for months or even longer, while others have discovered reasons to reconsider long-term relationships strained over the past year.
Education roundup: Jackson, Green students receive Believe in Ohio STEM scholarships
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Snehal Choudhury of Jackson High School and Grant Daly of Green High School are among the 46 Believe in Ohio Statewide STEM Scholarship recipients this year.
Each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship at attend any Ohio college, university, post-secondary career center, or vocational school.
Funded by the State of Ohio through the Department of Higher Education and operated as a program of The Ohio Academy of Science, Believe in Ohio is a Student STEM Innovation and Scholarship Program that helps prepare students for the future by increasing their engagement in the learning process through STEM and entrepreneurship. Students are challenged to solve problems and innovate solutions by developing new products or services or problem solutions with a STEM Commercialization Plan or STEM Business Plan. The program emphasizes the importance of STEM and an entrepreneurial mindset t
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Washington State Public Four-Year Colleges Go Test Optional, Permanently
May 21, 6:18 a.m. Public four-year colleges in Washington State have gone test optional, permanently. The decision to move to permanent test-optional policies reaffirm our sector’s commitment to reduce barriers for students. Further, as we enter a period of post-COVID-19 recovery, we continue our commitment to learn from this historic challenge and embrace long-term changes that best serve our students and state, said a joint statement from the provosts or vice president of academic affairs of the eight universities.
They are Central Washington, Eastern Washington, Washington State and Western Washington Universities, Evergreen State College and the Universities of Washington at Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma.