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LU Enrollment Nears Pre-Rita Levels
Lamar University�s fall 2007 headcount is 10,379 students, up 4.8 percent over last fall�s enrollment of 9,867 students and just slightly below the pre-Hurricane Rita headcount of 10,595 students in the fall of 2005. The total semester credit hours students are enrolled in has risen 2.3 percent to 115,178 hours from last fall�s total of 111,739 hours. �This headcount almost returns Lamar to pre-Hurricane Rita levels and reflects the fruits of several enrollment rebuilding initiatives,� said Kevin Smith, Lamar University�s senior associate provost. �We are very pleased. It is the result of a lot of hard work. We expect the momentum to continue into the spring semester and into the future.� Enrollment rebuilding initiatives include new distance education sites in Baytown and Lumberton, more online courses and degrees, additional scholarships, new degree programs and the innovative partnership with Higher Education Holdings.
College, university programs to be available by January
A wide variety of post-secondary certificate, diploma and degree programs will be locally accessible as of January. The Bruce County Access Centre will be the distance education and e-learning link to seven college and universities. An Open House was held Sept. 20 to celebrate its establishment at the Bruce Technology Skills Training Centre Lambton, Georgian and Conestoga Colleges, College Bor�al, along with the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University are on board locally, offering a range of programs and courses. �It�s the beginning of a new way of serving residents in smaller communities,� said Luc Comeau, executive director of Contact North�s Eastern and Southern Access Centres. �Bringing education to these communities makes sense for these areas. It�s structured according to people�s needs.
U's Tahdooahnippah takes new course
Forrest Tahdooahnippah's life was going well at Stanford last spring. The former Minneapolis Southwest long-distance runner was going to graduate with honors, with a bachelor's degree in public policy. He was looking forward to law school in the fall and his final cross-country season. By Roman Augustoviz, Star Tribune Last update: September 26, 2007 – 11:02 PM .
College approved for online degree
NORTH PLATTE -- Mid-Plains Community College students are now able to earn an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business completely online, thanks to recent approval by the Higher Learning Commission. In a letter notifying the college of its approval, the HLC said the Institutional Actions Council had voted to extend the college's accreditation to include distance delivery of degree programs without prior Commission approval. This came as good news to college administrators and faculty, who have been working for several years to enhance and expand MPCC's distance learning and online offerings and develop degree-oriented online curriculum. .
Thomas the Tank Engine comes to Spencer this weekend
SPENCER Thomas the Tank Engine is set to roll into Spencer for the Day Out With Thomas 2007: All Aboard Tour. The event, which takes place Sept. 28-30 and Oct. 5-7, will be hosted by the N.C. Transportation Museum, at 411 S. Salisbury Ave. Spencer. Activities will include a 25-minute ride with Thomas the Tank Engine, the opportunity to meet and take a photo with Sir Topham Hatt�, Controller of the Railway, storytelling, video viewing and live music, a 20-minute performance by special guest, Bob the Builder, and a Thomas and Friends Imagination Station, featuring stamps, temporary tattoos, hands-on arts and crafts activities and coloring sheets Also at the museum will be a magic show, model train layouts, live railroad-themed music, the Operation Life Saver Locomotive, a Caboose Train, and more.
Disgraced Fundraiser Hsu Still Wanted
Even as he sits in a suburban jail, Norman Hsu is still a wanted man. Jilted investors who sunk $63 million into Hsu's alleged Ponzi schemes are competing for whatever financial crumbs they can shake from the disgraced Democratic fundraiser. At the same time, state and federal prosecutors are wrangling over where he should be jailed. .
McCarthy willing to 'go the distance' for autism
Actress Jenny McCarthy is attempting to raise public awareness about autism through a new book discussing how she is raising her son, who suffers from the developmental disorder. "I'm really willing to go the distance to kind of spread the word and really share my emotions on the issue, because it's so close to home," McCarthy told CTV's Canada AM. "Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism" is McCarthy's fourth book. In the book, McCarthy talks about how people in public are unsure how to react to a child with autism because they may have temper tantrums. "You kind of have to let them have their outburst," McCarthy said, "and a parent might look at you and go 'God, you're a bad parent. You don't know how to tame your child.' And you want to go -- 'It's not my fault.'" McCarthy's motherly instincts about her son's autism were raised when he began to have seizures.
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