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2103 NBA Scouting Combine: GlenOak graduate C.J. McCollum hopes to be a lottery pick
The Akron Beacon JournalC.J. McCollum spent four years as a journalism major at Lehigh learning how to ask questions and find answers. He put that to good use at the NBA combine, when GlenOak High School's all-time leading scorer did his best to reverse roles with the general...Tags: Golden State Warriors, Basketball, Akron Zips, Damian Lillard, Cleveland Cavaliers
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The Akron Beacon Journal Jewell Cardwell column
The Akron Beacon JournalBig, beautiful bouquets for Emmeline Schumacher, 10, and her entrepreneurial spirit in the face of a horrible foe. This incredible, can-do girl -- the daughter of Jeff and Julia Schumacher of North Canton and a fourth-grader at Lake Center Christian...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Personal Service, Music, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Family
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Inspirational teacher retires from Our Lady of the Elms
The Akron Beacon JournalShe's that one teacher who's hard to forget. "Mrs. Kermizis has been the teacher that I have measured all of my teachers by, including my daughter's teachers," said Jennifer Narraway, a 1991 graduate of Akron's Our Lady of the Elms High School....Tags: Graduation, Teaching and Learning, Education, Teachers, Science and Technology
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Old railroad building coming down to make way for Akron student housing
The Akron Beacon JournalAs contractors have begun chipping away at the old Erie warehouse in downtown Akron, railroad enthusiast Fred Stuckmann has been there, snapping pictures of the process. The building was once a freight house for the Erie Railroad and Erie Lackawanna...Tags: Travel, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Teaching and Learning, Students
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UA raises standards to avoid costly remedial work
The Akron Beacon JournalUniversity of Akron trustees unanimously approved a renewed effort to reduce the number of students taking remedial coursework that does not count toward a degree. The university wants to implement a new admissions formula that filters out first-year...Tags: School Examinations, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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Part-time faculty at UA to rally over cuts in classroom hours
The Akron Beacon JournalPart-time faculty at the University of Akron will hold a rally Wednesday to protest the school's decision to restrict the number of hours they can teach. Part-timers say the decision to cap their credit hours at eight will keep some of them from...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Teaching and Learning, Health Insurance Cost, Newspaper and Magazine, Education
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Barberton teens make worldly connection with UA international students
The Akron Beacon JournalFriday morning, Barberton students took social studies instruction from a panel of foreigners who injected life into lessons through humbling and poignant tales of their childhood and home. The lecture was part of an ongoing collaborative that began...Tags: National Government, Politics, Cuba, U.S. Military, China
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Heisler Tool to host school training workers for manufacturing jobs
The News-Herald, Willoughby, OhioGetting a job can be a tough feat in a slow economy, but a Willoughby manufacturing company is trying to push people into striving for long-term careers by opening an in-house training school. Classes for Precision Machining Institute, at Heisler Tool,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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UPA leaders say group is still on task with sudden departure of director
The Akron Beacon JournalWhile the sudden departure of the head of the University Park Alliance came as a surprise, it should not jeopardize any projects or the overall mission of the organization, neighborhood group leaders said. Eric Anthony Johnson said April 4 he was...Tags: Politics, Battery Park, Inner Harbor, Financial Aid, Interior Policy
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Shaka Smart to sign extension to remain at VCU
Shaka Smart and VCU have agreed in principle to a deal to keep the coach at the school. Athletic director Ed McLaughlin says the details are still being finalized, but the majority of changes involve "program enhancements for the student-athletes and...
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UPJ to host award-winning poet
Our Town CorrespondentThe 10th annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Reading is scheduled to take place March 20 at the Whalley Memorial Chapel on the Pitt-Johnstown campus. This year’s featured speaker is George Bilgere, an award-winning poet whose work is...Tags: Entertainment, Authors, Library of Congress, Billy Collins, Arts and Culture
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Towson soccer decision makes no sense
As a former Towson University soccer player, I've been extremely troubled by the news that Towson University Athletic Director Mike Waddell wants to cut the men's soccer and baseball teams (Sports cuts prompt a Towson U. tug of war," Nov. 6). As a...Tags: Finance, Soccer, Economy, Business and Finance, Baseball, Towson University
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