(SkyNewswire.com) --- Recent financial scandals and environmental disasters have highlighted the need for leaders with strong ethical values who can design strategies for growth that merge with goals for the common good. In conjunction with its newly redesigned website for online programs, Creighton University is offering a new doctoral program in leadership built on the University’s Jesuit, Catholic foundations of self-knowledge, social justice, and service to others. The Doctor of Education (Ed.D) in Leadership program will be offered in the online format only.

Taught by Creighton faculty from the arts and sciences, business, pharmacy and health professions, medicine and law, the online Doctor of Education in Leadership program is designed to transform students into thoughtful stewards who will work toward changes and initiatives that benefit not only their organizations but also our society as a whole. Students will study self-reflection as a tool for growth and the concept of leadership as rooted in faith, justice, and ethics. Students will also study more traditional topics such as effective communication techniques, integrating new technology, and applying organizational and change theory to the workplace.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Many of Cambridge ESOL's examinations have been approved by the UK Border Agency as part of new arrangements for student visas.

From August, certain groups of students from non-EU countries who want to study in the UK for periods of longer than six months need to prove that their English is at Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Level B1 or above, using a UKBA-approved secure language test.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Barnabus Perry, from Westchester, New York, is currently a senior music major with a concentration in voice at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, and since his tenure he has been under the study of Dr. Sebronette Barnes and Professor Damon H. Dandridge’s choral direction. He is a transfer student from Benedict College in South Carolina where he also was enrolled as a music-voice major. Currently at Cheyney University, Barnabus is a Keystone Honors Academy student, head resident advisor, student ambassador, and president of the Cheyney University Gospel choir. One of Mr. Perry’s ultimate goals is to achieve a master’s degree in music education and become a music educator at a Historic Black College or University.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- As the beginning of a new school year approaches, parents wishing to avoid the rush of the high street can shop online for their children's school shoes at Startriteshoes.com. With a wide choice of buckle-up, riptape and lace up school shoes for boys and girls, little feet can go back to school in comfort and style with Start-rite.

Start-rite's range of school shoes offers a variety of stylish designs that meet school uniform requirements, are extremely comfortable and durable and also look great. Best of all, Start-rite is offering free delivery on all children's shoes purchased online until 12th September 2010.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Spondylitis Association Of America announced the launch of a free accredited training program for first responders handling Ankylosing Spondylitis patients in an emergency setting.

“Emergency Medical Providers called to care for an individual with AS must remember that their patient's spine is inflexible and cannot be moved” states Dr. Gary Vilke, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Vice Chief of Staff, and the Director of Clinical Research for Emergency Medicine at the University of California at San Diego Medical Center. “Numerous emergency medical techniques must be modified to accommodate patients with AS. These include airway management techniques, splinting techniques and transport considerations.”

(SkyNewswire.com) --- This is the time of year when many families start thinking about the end of summer and the start of school. But "back to school" doesn't have to mean summer fun is over. Located on the edge of the Black Hills in western South Dakota, Rapid City offers a blend of both - the education vacation.

Affordable, family-friendly educational destinations are easily accessible from Rapid City. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is less than 30 minutes away. Badlands National Park is a 45 minute drive and Crazy Horse Memorial is a little over an hour.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- QuickNAV Boating School, which offers boating instruction to both commercial and pleasure boat clients, has moved from Granville Island to its new premises in North Vancouver, BC. This new location offers a modern, air-conditioned teaching environment.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Everyone who takes the GMAT, the entrance test for business school, faces several critical decisions. Should they take a GMAT prep course? And which one is the right one for them?

In July 2010, Beat The GMAT, the web’s leading portal for GMAT students and MBA applicants, released the first Verified GMAT Course Reviews Directory in order to help GMAT students answer those questions. In less than 3 weeks since launch, the Beat The GMAT Verified Course Reviews directory has already become the web’s largest and most comprehensive source of GMAT course reviews. And it’s growing on a daily basis.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Amidst the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) recent crackdown on for-profit college's marketing practices, EduDirectResponse.com released a four month study on the demographics and mindset of internet users who fill out for-profit college forms. The official report, released on August 11th, analyzes data on 1000 prospective for-profit college students. The point of the study was to observe and analyze the actions of users who gave their contact information to be notified of for-profit education programs via email, physical mail and phone calls.

The emphasis during this study was to get users to the lead generation path with 100% honest and straightforward internet advertisements shown only to people with a genuine interest in getting a degree from a for-profit college. With the GAO issuing several reports stating that the marketing practices at for-profit colleges are deceptive, Edu Direct Response wanted to manage the expectations of prospective students in an honest and truthful manner throughout the whole process to see the data that comes of it. For example, leads were asked various questions to measure their comfort levels with different contact rates and methods from the schools themselves.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- James attended the ceremony with his mum and younger sister at the Derby Army Careers Information Office where he pledged his allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen before Captain Netty Cox, Careers Advisor for Nottingham and Derby. The Oath of Allegiance is a tradition conducted by the Army and performed by all recruits to demonstrate their dedication to the Army prior to training.

James successfully completed his two year Public Services National Diploma at Derby College (formerly South East Derbyshire College) and is due to start his basic training at Bassingbourn at the end of July, before learning his trade as a Building and Structural Finisher.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- The most austere job market in more than a quarter-century is greeting Americans as more and more become the latest victims of corporate layoffs and downsizing. Political spin masters may try to sell the public a rosy picture that the economic recovery is underway nationally, but as soon as an individual worker gets handed a pink slip instead of a check, another very personalized recession begins.

What may even deepen the despair of the recently unemployed are the results of a new study conducted for the Labor Department. This study concerns one of the key aspects of the well meaning advice that many of the out of work receive - "get retrained" or "get more training" to acquire an enhanced skill set.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Educated Patient has reached an agreement with Coastal Builders with plans to launch a major new Patient Education facility on Roosevelt Boulevard in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Also known as the Synovus Bank Building, Architects have designed a "patient friendly" learning space that caters to families battling cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental illness and other chronic diseases. The new facility will allow for the growth of patient education and and support programs within the Tampa Bay area. The campus builds on the commitment to provide patients, families and physicians with courses, treatment and services, as well as the entire medical community.

The new four-story, 45,000-square-foot building was designed to meet the growing needs of the Tampa Bay population commuting between Clearwater, Saint Petersburg and Tampa. By providing the space necessary, a world-class patient education and support facility will be open for business by October 1, 2010.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- The American Filtration and Separations Society will be holding a filter testing conference and short course on October 4-7, 2010 at the Hotel at Turf Valley in Ellicott City, MD (near Baltimore).

On Monday, October 4th, there is a four hour short course on "Liquid Filter Testing Basics". This course is an introduction to liquid filter testing, testing methods and the standard equipment and instruments used. The course will cover filter testing techniques for water, fuel, lube oil, hydraulic fluids, and other industrial liquids. Also particle characteristics and efficiency methods and ratings will be reviewed.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- With the costs of attending college increasing every year, many parents wonder what is the best way for them to save for a child's education. While there are several different options for saving for college, two of the most popular choices are UTMA accounts and 529 plans.

UTMA Basics
UTMA (Uniform Transfers to Minors Act) accounts are custodial accounts that can be set up at any financial institution. One parent generally serves as the custodian over the account. UTMA accounts allow parents to put securities, bonds and other investments in a child's name. Once their child reaches the age of majority, the assets in the account become the child's property. In Illinois, the age of majority under the Act is 18 for most types of investments and 21 for gifts.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- CALINC Training, California's leading provider of lead-based paint, Asbestos, Hazwoper, and OSHA construction safety training, and the primary source for lead-based RRP certification in northern California is proud to announce record growth in the first half of 2010, with 4,243 students trained and certified, an overall increase of 255% over the second half of 2009.

A key driver of 2010 growth has been based on the EPA's Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (40 CFR 745) requiring notification/education of occupants and the use of safe work practices when working around lead paint in all pre-1978 homes, child care facilities, and schools. Enrollments for the certification class grew from 231 in the second half of last year to 2448 in the first half of 2010, an increase of 1060%.