Life Skills - Residential Education Program

Residential Education Program
Colgate University - The typical Colgate student spends about 2,500 hours or 104 days outside of the classroom each semester. Colgate s residential education program seeks to capture the many educational moments that occur within this time. Colgate

Women's Connection cabaret event nets $40,000
Cincinnati Enquirer - The Women's Connection, a neighborhood center that provides support and referral services to women, children and families, has received a $40,000 boost for its programs. The money came from the group's eighth annual cabaret last month at Father

Teaching in the wilderness
Caspar Star-Tribune - CODY -- The road from adolescence to adulthood can be rocky. But for teens attending Dano Camp, one memorable stretch of that road leads through 40 miles of wilderness in northwestern Wyoming. For the last decade, teens from around the Big Horn Basin

Giving technology away for free will make money
Scoop - The Computer Clubhouse a not for profit global network of community based computer centres has set up shop in New Zealand. The network, one of the largest of its kind in the world is in partnership with the Museum of Science Boston, Intel Corporation

Life Skills - South Bay School Boasts No Grades, No Tests

South Bay School Boasts No Grades, No Tests
NBC 11 - SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Some South Bay parents don t have to worry about their children ever receiving a bad grade on a report card. That s because the school their children attend doesn t give grades -- or tests. They don t even have teachers

Parent Psychology Therapy Cards for Mothers, Fathers, Children In
Israel News Agency - Tel Aviv----April 13 .. Dr. Steven Richfield, an American child psychologist, has developed a new "parent training model", one that asks parents to switch from "Parent Cop" to "Parent Coach." His resulting parenting program has received extensive

Amy Dickinson
Newsday - DEAR AMY: I'm 23 years old and I still live with my parents. I try my hardest to get on my own feet and survive on my own, but it's hard. I feel like I never learned "adult" skills. I don't know how to pay my own taxes. I don't know how to

Life Skills - Halfway house: Home or hazard?

Halfway house: Home or hazard?
Santa Fe New Mexican - Tony Acu a, a staff member at one of Dismas House New Mexico s transitional homes in Albuquerque, shares a laugh with volunteers from the Covenant Presbyterian Church during dinner earlier this month. Acu a was offered the job four years ago

Art exhibit & workshop at Harbor School
Atlanticville - Three-hundred special-needs students will display their unique and creative artwork May 11 and 12 in an exhibit at the Harbor School, 240 Broad St., Eatontown. The students attend Alpha, Gateway and Harbor Schools, located in Lakewood, Carteret and

Career counseling for teens emerging industry
Star-Banner - CHICAGO - Mary Ann Smaby didn't get much formal advice on what to do with her life when she was a teenager and she wasn't inclined to ask for it. Career planning? That waited until well into college. But the real estate broker wanted to jump-start

Life Skills - Reader s Alley

Reader s Alley
Independent Record - Hunger in America has been on the rise for five straight years with more than 38 million Americans 130,000 Montanans living on the brink of hunger. Congress is currently considering a tax bill that would provide unprecedented tax incentives

e-TQM College signs MoU with Dubai Autism Center to emphasise the
AME Info - As per the MoU, e-TQM College will conduct training programs for the administrative staff of DAC, and also present best practices and studies in the field of quality. DAC will also actively participate in the series of quality-focussed seminars and

Now, it's career counseling for teens
Arizona Daily Star - Mary Ann Smaby didn't get much formal advice on what to do with her life when she was a teenager, and she wasn't inclined to ask for it. Career planning? That waited until well into college. But the real estate broker wanted to jump-start her

Life Skills - Sedgefield adventure centre comes out tops

Sedgefield adventure centre comes out tops
Herald South Africa - SEDGEFIELD-based adventure centre Outward Bound draws thousands of international visitors to the Garden Route every year. The centre, which is the headquarters for the organisation in South Africa, has become one of the most popular training bases

Nun practices peacemaking in Uganda
Catholic Online - Every aspect of Sister Pauline Acayo's life has been affected by violence. She has lost friends and loved ones. She has witnessed the disintegration of families, communities and the very society in which she lives. And she has received numerous

Long ride raises thousands for Aids orphans
Cape Argus - Applause and cheers greeted Adam Thomas as he cycled the last few feet to the lower cable station on Table Mountain. Thomas, 30, has spent eight months cycling more than 12 600km from Amsterdam, Holland, to Cape Town to raise money for Aids orphans

New Miss NH still on 'cloud nine'
New Hampshire Union Leader - MANCHESTER Emily Hughes, who was crowned Miss New Hampshire 2006 on Saturday night in Derry, said yesterday she was "still on cloud nine" after winning the annual competition. Hughes, 22, of Gilmanton, said she was especially looking forward to