Thomas Edison State College has received $700,000 in grants that will enable it to provide scholarships to about 50 nursing students over the next three years. They will participate in an intensive one-year program that addresses a looming nurse shortage in New Jersey — as older nurses retire and aging baby boomers need more medical care.
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Education
WorkForce 55 program celebrates graduation
The Christie Administration and the New Jersey Community College Consortium hosted a graduation ceremony Monday at Hudson County College for one of 10 classes of workers who completed the WorkForce 55 program.
Read More »Restructuring Act is transforming Rowan
The New Jersey Medicinal and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act has, within its first year, brought changes that Rowan President Dr. Ali Houshmand is calling in a news release “the most tremendous and promising transformation we have celebrated in our 90-year history.”
Read More »Rosman named dean of Fairleigh Dickinson’s Silberman College of Business
Fairleigh Dickinson is welcoming a new dean into its midst, and this one has a focus in business.
Read More »Caldwell College earns university status
Caldwell College has been upgraded to Caldwell University. The switch was made official July 1 with the announcement of its new name and logo. The change comes after 75 years as a college and a trend of steady growth.
Read More »More Hermann Rutgers athletic director on new facilities, new rivalries, new competition … and even jai alai
Not all of our wide-ranging interview with Rutgers athletic director made the print publication. Here are a few more extras:
Read More »Newark vivarium receives green-energy accolades
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences New Jersey Medical School (RBHS-NJMS) has just completed a $15 million, 300,000-square-foot renovation to their Central Research Animal Facility.
Read More »Kean University adds clinic in 2.4M renovation
Kean University announced this week its completion of a $2.4 million renovation of its Nathan Weiss Graduate College, which was funded in part by the Building our Future Bond Act of 2012.
Read More »Google reaches out to tech, entrepreneur community at Montclair event
A raucous group of techies, entrepreneurs and students gathered in University Hall at Montclair State University for Google I/O Extended 2014.
Read More »Rutgers University aims to return to its real estate glory days
For a time, it was a breeding ground for New Jersey's real estate industry. That's how George Jacobs recalls Rutgers Business School in the 1980s, tracing a “generation” of developers, finance experts and other executives to the Newark campus. About two dozen of them, in fact, led by former MBA professor Richard Marshall.
Read More »Rutgers names Greg Brown chair of board of governors
Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown will take over July 1 as chair of Rutgers University's Board of Governors, university officials said.
Read More »Learn about starting a business after 50
A representative of The Company Corporation will present a webinar at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 19, aimed at helping new business owners over the age of 50 determine which small business structure is right for them. The webinar is part of a series presented by AARP and The Small Business Association.
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