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CU-Boulder's New 'Green' Buildings Hurting Cell Phone Service
(The Daily Camera)
A recent analysis of signal strength found that there are weak spots across campus, particularly in ...
S.F. State Student Loses Case Over Fee Increase
(The San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco State University has no obligation to refund a student additional fees it charged after ...
UND, NDSU Presidents Develop United Front
(The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead)
University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley invited North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani over ...
A Look at the Growing Trend of Green Building in Higher Education
(Green Building Pro)
Campus green building projects have grown in numbers and ambition in the past decade.
EduComm 2011 Call for Speakers Now Open
(EduComm Conference)
EduComm 2011 is seeking fast-paced, high-energy presentations that engage our audience and reflect the broad theme ...
Students Generating Power On UNT Campus
(WFAA-TV)
The University of North Texas is known as the "Mean Green," but the namesake didn't have ...
Stockton College Purchases Seaview Resort For $20M
(The Star-Ledger)
The South Jersey college finalized a $20 million deal today to buy the historic Seaview Resort ...
At Least 40 Western Michigan University Employees Take Latest Early Retirement Offer
(The Kalamazoo Gazette)
A Western Michigan University voluntary retirement program that was recently introduced for certain employees has resulted ...
Purdue Trustees Approve Early Retirement Offer
(AP via The Boston Globe)
An early retirement package has been offered to more than 1,600 Purdue University staffers with hopes ...
Tight Budgets Force N.J. Colleges To Lay Off Employees
(The Star-Ledger)
Rutgers and Kean will be among the local universities handing out layoff notices as students return ...
Mississippi Universities Cut Jobs, Trim Programs
(AP via The Boston Globe)
Job cuts, retirements and scaled-back programs are some of the steps Mississippi's eight public universities are ...
Alumnus Becomes New Wheaton College President
(The Chicago Tribune)
Philip Ryken's appointment greeted with many open arms, a few cold shoulders
Purdue To Give Crossing Guards A Try
(Journal and Courier)
Since Aug. 19, six pedestrians or bicyclists have been injured in collisions with vehicles in crosswalks ...
Thomas Nelson Community College Sends Erroneous Graduation Certificates Back For Reprinting
(The Daily Press)
A total of 624 certificates for spring graduates were printed by Jostens with an outdated signature, ...
Bomb Squad Removes Live Civil War Cannonballs From Ga. College; Had Been Displayed For 3 Years
(AP via The Chicago Tribune)
Authorities say they destroyed a pair of Civil War-era cannon balls on display at a Georgia ...

Executive Job Position of the Day

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Director, Office of Contracts and Grants - 08/31/2010

New Contracts

The California State University System and SoftChalk Announce Strategic Integration Partnership 09/02/2010
SoftChalk LLC and the California State University announced a strategic partnership to support the creation, discovery, distribution and sharing of open educational resources.
The University of Tulsa Continues Its 19-Year Partnership With Paciolan 09/02/2010
Paciolan announced that The University of Tulsa will continue its 19-year partnership with Paciolan by converting to Paciolan's fully hosted ticketing system.
Miami Dade College Relies on Solid State Logic AWS 900+ SE Console for Multi-Discipline Programs 09/02/2010
Miami Dade College has installed a Solid State Logic AWS 900+ SE console to service the multi-discipline audio needs of the School of Entertainment & Design Technology.
Chadron State College Looking to EBSCO Discovery Service to Augment its Information Literacy Goals 09/01/2010
Chadron State College has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) as part of its overall goal to improve information literacy.
Boise State University Partners With Zipcar to Offer an Environmentally Friendly and Cost-Efficient Transportation Option 09/01/2010
Boise State University launched a new partnership with Zipcar Inc.

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Executive Jobs

University of San Francisco
San Francisco,CA
Director, Office of Contracts and Grants - 08/31/2010
Western University of Health Sciences
Pomona,CA
Director of Operations - 08/30/2010
Wichita Area Technical College
Wichita,KS
President - 08/19/2010
United States Sports Academy
Daphne,AL
Dean of Academic Affairs - 08/02/2010
University of Idaho
Moscow,ID
University Controller - 06/08/2010
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New Products and Services

Pitney Bowes Offers New Tabletop, Dual-Head Tabber System for U.S. Mailers 09/02/2010
The Pitney Bowes W360 Multifunction Tabber System provides several tabbing applications and stamp affixing in one solution to help mailers meet the latest United States Postal Service (USPS) tabbing regulations and efficiently prepare letter-size self-mailers and booklets for delivery.
ViewSonic Rolls out Expanded Finch Club Program with New Features and Improved Incentives 09/02/2010
ViewSonic Corp. announced enhancements to Finch Club, the company’s program that rewards new and existing channel partners. Established to deepen and broaden partner relationships, ViewSonic’s Finch Club offers resellers streamlined access to resources that grow their business.
Epson Introduces Two Projectors to Brighten the Bottom Line for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses 09/02/2010
Epson announced two affordable, feature-packed, easy to use projectors for small and medium-sized businesses that will be sold exclusively through distribution, value-added reseller and direct market reseller channels.
Canon U.S.A. Introduces 7000-Lumen Installation Projector With Superb Imagery and Precise Color Control 09/02/2010
Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced the high-performance XGA-resolution LV-7590 Multimedia Projector. Delivering 7000 lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of 1800:1, this new projector offers five optional lenses that enable it to be customized to a variety of front or rear projection applications.
CengageBrain.com Enhances Website, Introduces Innovative Applications that Make Studying More Engaging 09/01/2010
Cengage Learning launched an enhanced version of its direct-to-consumer website, CengageBrain.com, offering new features for students and instructors.
Chegg.com Acquires CourseRank 09/01/2010
Chegg.com announced that it has acquired CourseRank, the Mountain View-based start-up that provides college students an easy and convenient way to create and share their course schedule, take classes with their friends, read and write reviews on classes and professors as well as find out how professors grade.
Intellidemia Out to Prove that Faculty Will Adopt New [Useful] Technology 09/01/2010
On a mission to prove that faculty will adopt new technology, Intellidemia kicks off a challenge that defies the faculty pushback stereotype. Intellidemia will enter one syllabus for each of the first 100 instructors that upload their syllabus to Concourse Basic by September 10.
Blackbaud Social Launches to Help Nonprofits Increase Constituent Engagement through Social Media 09/01/2010
Blackbaud Inc. announced the launch of Blackbaud Social, a new offering that provides social media solutions for nonprofits to create both private-label and public socially-enabled communities.
SnapStream’s New TV Recording, Search and Streaming Technology Delivers Unparalleled Scalability, Reliability to Educators 08/31/2010
SnapStream Media announced the launch of its fifth generation enterprise technology for searching, recording, sharing and streaming television school-wide.
‘PaperToolsPro’ Features Outline Page to Help Students Better Manage the Research Writing Process 08/31/2010
Created by ePen&Inc. and M3Designs Inc., PaperToolsPro, an online educational tool that helps facilitate the writing process, now features an outline page in its program. The outline page enables students and professional writers to effectively manage their research notes by highlighting key themes and ideas that will later be incorporated into their research papers.
Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:07:45 PM