Engineering Degree Online | Community College Student Leaders Drop POA

Posted by bposton on November 11th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

I just heard that the student trustees of the Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa, CA voted the other day to drop the Pledge of Allegiance from their meetings.

The vote came after an intense meeting during which one POA supporter called the leaders anti-American radicals.

3 of the 5 trustee board members voted for the pledge to be dropped from their meetings.

One of those voting for dropping the pledge argued that the pledge inspires nationalism, violates the separation between church and state with the phrase “under God,” and is irrelevant to the business of student government.

He used a evidence for his claim a 2002 San Francisco federal appeals court ruling that the pledge is unconstitutional when recited in public schools.

Sorry my friend, but that ruling was dismissed by the Supreme Court.

There were several students attending the meeting to support keeping the pledge. One of them waved an American flag and accused the board of “radical views and anti-Americanism.”

I guess that’s just another topic that doesn’t come up in my online classes :-)

Ben

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Engineering Degree Online | Library Scholarships awarded at ECU

Posted by bposton on November 9th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

Here’s an interesting news story I can across. East Carolina University (in my home state of North Carolina) just awarded eight scholarships to recruit students who were seeking careers in libraries.

EDU’s Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology presented the scholarships, the first for Library Science majors, to eight (and very happy) bookworms in NC. :-)

The scholarship provides full tuition in ECU’s master’s in library science, which is a completely online degree program. Over the next 3 years the plan is to award a total of 45 scholarships.

The mulaa for the scholarships came from a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The goal of the grant is to allow existing librarians to continue working in their local communities while going to school to become licensed media specialists. This in turn allows school districts in rural areas to have licensed media specialists on staff that they may not otherwise be able to recruit.

Pretty Cool, huh?

Ben

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engineering degree online : New - an Alternative Medicine Doctorate Online Degree Program

Posted by bposton on November 1st, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

I was googling through the internet the other night when I came upon a news release I thought you might find interesting.

It seems that there’s an online Doctorate program for Alternative Medicine that is just getting started over in the U.K.

It’s the very first Doctor of Science program of it’s kind, and it’s open to anyone in the traditional medicine field who wants to upgrade their current Qualifications in Alternative Medicine.

By anyone, the list is pretty long - physicians, Surgeons, Pharmacists, Dentists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Opticians, Wellness Consultants, Herbalists, Acupuncturists, Naturopaths, Healers, odiatrists, Chiropodists, Scientists, Healers,Therapists, Homeopaths, Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Nurses

It will require an intensive 12 - 36 month period of study, and while it’s primarly done online it will also require a few Residential Study Weekends at selected UK locations and all candidates will still be expected to make the usual Doctoral Presentation, backed up bye solid supporting case reports, of course.

Yep, is over in the UK, but hey, why let that stop you? :-)

Ben

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