Thanks to the generous financial gifts from two foundations, the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor is another step closer to raising enough money for the construction of a new facility for their college of nursing.
Lipscomb University’s missions department is bringing missionary training to a whole new level by introducing its first one of a kind Missions Camp (July 10-15). What makes this camp unique is that students will be given the opportunity to be immersed in a third-world environment without having to leave the country. Read more…
LeTourneau University graduate Matthew Bradley was recently recognized as the 2011 Texas Student Teacher of the Year. This is quite an achievement considering how Texas-based university and alternative teacher certification programs produced 25,004 new teachers in 2010 alone… read more.
In the article titled “Just Showing Up: Educators Focus on Attendance to Help Students Succeed”, the author cites a research conducted by three professors from the State University of New York at Albany describing the relationship between a students’ class attendance and academic performance. In their research, Marcus Credé, Sylvia G. Roch, and Urszula M. Kieszczynka found that showing up for class was a stronger predictor of high marks in college than were many other commonly used predictors… read more.
I took the SAT in June 2007 and made an SAT score of 2080 out of 2400. Even though it has been several years since then, I still remember some of the things I wish someone had told me before I entered the exam hall to the SAT. I regret making certain assumptions about the test, which led to several mistakes. Thankfully, none of them were too bad and I made it out with a pretty good score. Here, I would like to share with you some tips that I think are helpful…
Andre Palit, a first semester freshman at Lubbock Christian University from Tanjungpinang, Indonesia received an award from LCU’s Science Department for being the top achiever in biology for the Spring 2011 semester. ELI 360 caught up with him recently for an interview to see what Andre has to share with future students regarding his first semester in the U.S.