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Renee's Countdown to College Graduation: May 18, 2013

Renee Nelson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:17:34 +0000

I am a college student, what they call an “adult learner”. I am more “adult” than some in my program, less “adult” than others. By “adult” I mean…old. I have been doing since fall of 2008. This May I am due to graduate from Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield. This will be my first college degree. And this is how I am managing to keep the end in sight.

'Project Login' Aims to Help Maine Students Connect to Computer Science+ IT Careers

Renee Nelson — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:06:27 +0000

This sounds interesting. Maine business and education leaders have launched an effort to double the number of computer science and information technology college graduates over the next four years. It’s called Project Login.

Indiana the New Number 1 in College Basketball

Randy McCoy — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:35:23 +0000

It was big week in college basketball as the landscape changed again this season as #1 Michigan lost to #3 Indiana 81-73, propelling the Hoosiers top the #1 spot. Indiana’s next big test is February 10, against #10 Ohio State. The Florida Gator’s jumped from #4 to #2 after beating Ole Miss 78-64. Rounding out [...]

Hey College Seniors — Your Bender is Showing and No One Wants to Hire You

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:00:43 +0000

Despite the fact that some college tuitions have reached an excess of $50,000 per year, these days colleges can't guarantee that their graduates will have jobs waiting for them. In the wake of this uncertainty, some institutions have begun to guide their students in cleaning up their social media profiles, to lower the risk of a poorly-timed facebook post ruining their shot at employment.

College Football's Bowl Season Starts this Friday

Randy McCoy — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:37:49 +0000

It all starts this Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Boise, Idaho…the college football bowl season gets underway! Friday at 1pm is the kickoff for the Gildan New Mexico Bowl between Nevada and Arizona and at 4:30pm the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl between Toledo and Utah State. Granted, minor bowl games but it has to [...]

Texas Battles High Tuition Costs With Controversial Degree Program — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:50:09 +0000

Lawmakers in Texas are exploring affordable-education options for people under the financial hammer of the nation’s exploding tuition rates. The most controversial option is a bachelor’s degree for $10,000, which would cover tuition costs and textbooks.

Have You Had Enough of All the Conference Realignments? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:12:34 +0000

On Monday Maryland announced that after 59 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it was leaving for the Big Ten. Rutgers will be following them, bringing the total number of Big Ten teams to 14. Numerical dissonance aside, are you getting tired of all this conference changing? To replace Maryland, one of its founding schools, [...]

Maryland Joins Big Ten and Other College Football Notes

Wes Glinsmann — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:48:17 +0000

Maryland announced Monday that it was accepting an invitation to join the Big Ten conference. Rutgers is expected to make a similar announcement on Tuesday. So, for those keeping track at home, the Big Ten will have 14 teams, the Big 12 has 10, and San Diego State will be in the Big East. Got it?

Here's more on the Big Ten announcement as well as some other news and notes from around college football:

Duke University Creates 'Harry Potter' Style Invisibility Cloak

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:22:11 +0000

If you’re a fan of J.K. Rowling’s hit ‘Harry Potter‘ series, you must have longed for your own invisibility cloak so that you could go off on your own magical adventures just like Harry himself. But invisibility cloaks are merely fictional, right? Wrong! A team of researchers at Duke University have created the first invisibility [...]

Duke University Offers Course In 'The O.C.'

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:35:14 +0000

College classes based on TV shows aren’t a new thing, as series such as ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘The Wire’ have made their way into course catalogs. Thanks to Duke University, the latest show to make the lecture hall is ‘The O.C,’ the popular teen drama that ran between 2003 and 2007. Josh Schwartz, the show’s creator, [...]