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Education News and Notes
Nov. 10, 2008
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Ecolab awarded more than $195,000 in
2008 through its Ecolab
Foundation Visions for Learning grants
in the St. Paul area. Visions for Learning grants are given to
kindergarten through-12th grade teachers to support and engage
students, help them achieve at-grade level in basic skills, and
enrich the classroom experience. Projects funded this year included
materials for students to create and publish their own books,
equipment for DNA testing and analysis, and materials to build a
portable greenhouse to be taken care of by special education
students. Ecolab has awarded more than $1.9 million since the
inception of the program. |
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Travelers created an Education
Access Initiative partnership with Morgan State University. Launched
in 2007, the Travelers Education Access Initiative (TEAI) provides
an innovative, holistic approach to education. Through partnerships
with colleges, universities and community-based organizations, the
company is increasing access to higher education and providing
students with the opportunity to excel by increasing the pipeline of
underrepresented students to college, helping students from
underrepresented communities graduate from college, and building
awareness of careers in insurance and financial services. |
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The Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF)
has awarded $40,094 to the South Dakota Department of Education,
Office of Indian Education, to support the development of state
academic standards and assessment requirements in American Indian
history and culture. In addition, the Foundation awarded up to
$50,000 in contracts for tribe-specific curriculum development in
Montana. Both projects will support ILTF’s efforts to expand
education about Indian land tenure issues nationwide. |
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Discovery Education and 3M announced
America's Top Young Scientist and America's Top Science Teacher –
winners of the
2008 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist
Challenge. Melissa Rey of Chesterfield, Missouri, was
selected as the grand prize winner of the student competition,
capturing the prestigious title and $50,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds
($25,000 cash value). Edward Evans from Welch, West Virginia, was
named top teacher, winning a $5,000 cash prize, the Discovery
Education multimedia service suite (video-based learning products
for the classroom), and numerous products from 3M to be used
throughout the school year. |
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The CHS Foundation has provided
initial funding to launch the
Ralph K. Morris Foundation’s new
Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies Fund, a program that provides a
scholarship and honorary award to graduate and law students
interested in agriculture and cooperatives. The scholarship program
was created in memory of Webster, a Minnesota farmer and CHS leader
who helped drive historic joint ventures and mergers of U.S.
agricultural cooperatives. |
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The Lake Superior College Foundation
has received a $120,000 grant from Duluth-based Ordean Foundation.
The gift will provide grants to students enrolled at Lake Superior
College during the 2008-09 academic year. The funding is available
to Duluth area students enrolled in LSC’s nursing and allied health
programs and women enrolled in building construction and commercial
and residential wiring. This grant program was established in 1985
when the Duluth Area Technical Institute, one of two institutions
that later merged to create LSC, received its first $22,700 gift
from the Ordean Foundation to fund student grants. During the
2007-08 academic year, a $120,000 gift provided grants to more than
140 students enrolled in career-oriented programs and classes. |
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Target's Take Charge of Education
school fundraising initiative has provided $14.9 million in funding
to schools nationwide. Donated to schools twice a year, the
undesignated funds can be used for whatever schools need most, from
books and school supplies to classroom technology,
artist-in-residence programs and extracurricular activities. As the
program continues its 11th year, Take Charge of Education has
donated more than $246 million to more than 100,000 schools
nationwide - 75 percent of the nation's K-12 schools. |
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The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community awarded $136,421 in grants to support educational
programs. The largest grant is $75,000 to the American Indian
Opportunities Industrialization Center (AIOIC), which worksprimarily
with American Indian students and prepares people for their first
jobs or for better jobs. SMSC also donated $100,000 in pencils,
erasers, notebooks, backpacks, clothing, and other school supplies.
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