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Babson College
in Wellesley, Mass.
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oracle. Babson grants BS degrees
through its innovative undergraduate
program, and grants MBA and custom MS and
MBA degrees through the F. "We are proud to be able to
provide such significant funding to these
meaningful programs. This grant supports the
Association
's education programs, which include Mental Wellness School Fairs
in which MHAC provides students
and school staff education and information on
various mental health issues such as eating disorders
, depression, suicide and
bullying.classics professors
"ThinkQuest is an excellent example of how the Internet
can be used to
foster multi-media skills, while teaching students about world events and
different
cultures, in a fun-filled non-commercial way," said Jim Steyer,
founder and CEO of Common Sense Media
."
Following are brief descriptions of the organizations and programs being
supported by the
Post-News Charities grants:
The Colorado Symphony Orchestra fulfills its mission of being
"a great
orchestra playing great music for great audiences in a great city" by
presenting a wide
variety of symphonic performances from classical repertoire
to contemporary composers.jact devotees
This grant supports the library's purchase of nonfiction books
for youth and students.
From rural America to inner-city neighborhoods, Volunteers of America
provides outreach programs
that deal with today's most pressing social needs. Post-News Community accomplishes this
through
the implementation of various community-giving programs including
Post-News Charities and Post-News
Season To Share, funds of the McCormick
Tribune Foundation; sponsorships by The Denver Post and Rocky
Mountain News,
and the DNA ACTS (Denver Newspaper Agency Assisting the Community Through
Service
) employee volunteer program.classics greeks
, The Oracle
Education Foundation today announced that ThinkQuest, the
international
student Web site library and competition, was named "Best Internet Site for
Kids
" by Common Sense Media.
(Photo: NewsCom: http://www., Babson vice-provost for entrepreneurship
.
"These are outstanding organizations doing great work in our community,"
said Tracy Ulmer
, director of promotion and community relations for the Denver
Newspaper Agency, who distributed the
grant checks during a luncheon earlier
today.supplementary jact
com, free
online programs for the primary and secondary
education community.
"At the heart of the program is a belief that entrepreneurship teaching
effectiveness can be learned and must forever improve," says Stephen Spinelli,
Jr.
This news release was issued on behalf of Newswise(TM).newswise. The Sponsor an Athlete program provides
scholarships, which this
funding supports, to hundreds of participants.Organizations of educators
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This grant supports the Symphony's outreach to disadvantaged
children and
families through concert-based activities and in-school programming. With specially
trained instructors and its
own adaptive equipment lab, the NSCD offers recreational opportunities
in
20 sports to children and adults with almost any physical or developmental
disability.
VOA
has been providing services to people in Colorado since 1896.hellenic greeks
It also
makes grants to select schools
and nonprofits to bridge the digital divide and
promote global collaborative learning with technology
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Oracle Education Foundation's ThinkQuest Named Best Internet Site for Kids
About ThinkQuest
ThinkQuest, a program of the Oracle Education Foundation, is an
international competition
in which teams of students and teachers are
challenged to create the best educational Web sites.
Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.babson.organises supplementary
These awards honor
artists, shows
, products and organizations whose efforts have engaged and
inspired kids and made a difference in
their media lives."
About Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media is the leading non
-partisan, non-profit organization
dedicated to improving kids' media lives.
About the
Oracle Education Foundation
The Oracle Education Foundation sponsors ThinkQuest and Think.
About Oracle Corporation
Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software
company. Session topics include Defining Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation,
Family Enterprising
, and Entrepreneurial Finance.edu/ESHIP/programs/BabsonSEE/PriceBabson/default.Post-News Charities Awards
$350 500 in Grants
2 million was distributed.retain unites
"For nearly a decade, ThinkQuest has
been a leader
in promoting innovative ways for students to learn using the
Internet-from our global, Web authoring
competitions to our hosting of a
world-renowned library of student-created, educational content.
com . Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to
experienced managers worldwide
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For information, visit
http://www3.
For more than 30 years, children and adults with
disabilities have looked
to the National Sports Center for the Disabled for encouragement and hope
.pennsylvanian hobbyists
In 2004, more than $1.
They take to the ski slopes, rivers, trails and cliffs to learn more about
mountain sports -- and themselves. Brandon Center is a 24-
hour emergency shelter for women and
children who are victims of domestic
violence and Rainbow House is a daycare program that provides
services to
children with HIV/AIDS or who live in families where a member has the virus.literatures retain
REDWOOD
SHORES, Calif. Common Sense provides trustworthy,
easy to use information about kids' media-including
detailed reviews and
ratings online, news and research, media literacy tools, and parenting
tips
-enabling parents and educators to make informed decisions about the media
their children consume
. The completed sites are
hosted in the ThinkQuest Library, a free resource used by millions worldwide
.
Trademarks
Oracle, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft are registered trademarks of Oracle
Corporation.CEOs/Owners and Academics Partner at Babson Entrepreneurship Conference
The program
provides an introduction
to case-method teaching and live, venture-based teaching methodologies.
The attendees, from 33 institutions in 9 countries, are encouraged to
identify, plan, and
personalize their own entry (or reentry) strategy into
academia, and to improve as teachers, entrepreneurs
, learners, researchers,
and colleagues.
Instructors include Spinelli and other Babson entrepreneurship
faculty:
Jeffry Timmons (program founder), Timothy Habbershon, Heidi Neck, and Leslie
Charm.babson
. For information, visit http://www.
Throughout the year, Post-News Charities raises money through
special
events and event partnerships with local nonprofit agencies.
In 2003, more than
nine million books and other library materials were
checked out of the Denver Public Library system
-- more than one-third by or
for children. In 2005, this organization will serve
900 under-achieving
elementary school students at 19 Denver Public Schools.1869 hellenic
, is recognized internationally as a
leader
in entrepreneurial management education. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson
College.
MHAC focuses on providing, free of charge, mental
health education, training, advocacy and
treatment services for young
children, adolescents and their families. This grant
will support
the Brandon Center and Rainbow House.literatures classicists
"The ThinkQuest program illustrates how
foundations and companies
can produce great media for kids and families that
positively impacts their lives and learning experiences
. For more
information, visit http://www.
The Mental Health Association of Colorado recently
celebrated its 50th
anniversary as Colorado's leading educator and advocate on metal health and
mental
illness issues.civilisation greeks
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Agencies receiving Post-News Charities grants are the Colorado Symphony
Orchestra
, Denver Public Library, Mental Health Association of Colorado,
National Sports Center for the Disabled
, Summer Scholars and Volunteers of
America. In addition to their award-winning six-week summer literacy
and recreation program, Summer Scholars has implemented services at several
schools in which students
participate both in the summer program and an
after-school tutoring component.hellenic devotees
ThinkQuest and
fellow
winners including Leapfrog, PBS Kids and Pixar received their awards at
a special banquet held at
San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on
April 19, 2005.oraclefoundation.
For more information
, visit http://www.
More than 1,050 academics and entrepreneurs from 340 academic
institutions
, government organizations, and foundations in 43 countries are
alumni of Price-Babson and other Symposium
for Entrepreneurship Educators
programs. These books support the curricula of schools and aid teens
in completing homework, reports and research. The materials also support the
needs on home-schooled
students as well as dropouts seeking self-education.phanagoria classics
WELLESLEY, Mass. DENVER, Post-News Charities
, a fund of the
McCormick Tribune Foundation, today awarded $350,500 to six metro-Denver
nonprofit
agencies that positively impact children, youth and literacy. All funds
raised, as well as matching
funds from the McCormick Tribune Foundation, are
given to charitable organizations in the metro Denver
area through a grant
process.professors classicists
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Summer Scholars is a community-based literacy initiative
designed to
improve the reading skills of struggling elementary school children in
Northeast Denver
.
The mission of the Denver Newspaper Agency's community relations division
-- Post-News
Community -- is to improve the quality of life through support of
programs that benefit children
, arts and culture, education and literacy, and
the provision of basic human services.classics retain
For more
information please visit http://www.org .classical mythology
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"We are honored
that a strong children's advocacy organization like Common
Sense Media would recognize ThinkQuest
as one of the top educational Web
resources available for children today," said Jim Ballard, vice
president of
Oracle Education Foundation programs.
Participants in the Price-Babson Symposium
for Entrepreneurship Educators
program are exploring the entrepreneurial process, the "art and craft
" of
teaching and learning entrepreneurship.
The program, which began on May 30 and runs through
June 4, 2005, is
taking place at the Babson Executive Conference Center. In addition to presenting
a 42-week season of more
than 100 performances, the Symphony also offers 18 youth concerts, along
with
in-school programs and introductory programs designed for preschool students. The books purchased
will include materials in
English, Spanish and other languages, on subjects as varied as history
and
natural science.mythology retain
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Common Sense Media, a leading, independent organization devoted to
providing
parents, teachers and kids with trustworthy and easy-to-use
information about media, selected ThinkQuest
as part of their second annual
Awards for Excellence in kids' and family entertainment.thinkquest
. For more information
please visit http://www., Sixty-five leading CEOs/owners
and entrepreneurship
professors are gathering in teams at Babson College to
create intellectual and practical connections
between theory and practice in
teaching entrepreneurship.
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