Thomas More University recently partnered with e-commerce giant Amazon to participate in the Amazon Career Choice program. Amazon hourly employees can take courses that work toward any Thomas More program or badge they wish with tuition waivers provided by the company in an effort to promote career success and strengthen skills in the area’s workforce. […]
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NKU professor gets Fulbright Specialist award
Dr. Shamima Ahmed, a professor in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at Northern Kentucky University, has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award and will complete a project at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. The goal of Dr. Ahmed’s project will be to exchange knowledge and […]
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Dayton honors board member for ‘substantial investment of time’ in leadership training
Dayton Independent School District Superintendent Jay Brewer presented board member Diane Huff with a certificate for completing level One of the training in advanced leadership through the Kentucky School Board Association. He read the statement from the president of the KSBA. “On behalf of the Association, and Kentucky’s 857 locally elected school board members, we […]
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NKU online MBA program ranked among nation’s best
Northern Kentucky University’s MBA program has been ranked among the best in the United States, according to a new report by U.S. News and World Report. This is the third consecutive year that the online MBA program at the Haile College of Business- NKU appears in this ranking. “In America, the U.S. News & World Report […]
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Bellevue board president honored at school board meeting
Jenn Owens, president of the Bellevue Independent School Board, received a certificate Wednesday night celebrating the fact that she completed Level One training offered by the Kentucky School Boards Association. Superintendent Robb Smith presented the certificate to Owens. “Thank you,” she said simply, and indicated that she would be earning more certificates as her training […]
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Dem calls Senate-passed education bill ‘dangerous,’ while Republican McDaniel says ‘we have a right to be involved’
In one of the most heated Senate sessions of the 2022 General Assembly, a bill that would put in “guard rails” for how teachers teach American history passed the Senate along party lines. “Considering what we have witnessed unfolding in school board meetings across our nation, I felt it crucial to address the United States […]
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Kenton County’s Paula Rust receives 2022 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional Award
Paula Rust, director of health services for the Kenton County School District, was honored with the 2021-2022 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional (KESSP) Award on Feb. 22. The award was created in 2020 at the state level by Gov. Andy Beshear and. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman to recognize the state’s more than 46,000 classified school […]
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Inner Cheerleader helps children throughout Kentucky build mental wellbeing
Inner Cheerleader is a free resource for all elementary schools in Kentucky to help build resilience in an ongoing pandemic climate. “Half of all social and emotional well-being conditions present themselves by the time a child reaches 14 but most cases remain undetected and untreated,” a news release said. “Research by RTT Method within UK schools […]
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NKU Chase Law school receives historic gift to support Lunsford Academy
Business innovator and investor W. Bruce Lunsford has made the largest gift to Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law in its 129-year history. Lunsford, who graduated from Chase in 1974 and went on to create leading healthcare companies, real estate development firms and a Hollywood production company, is donating $3 million to […]
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Middle school social studies teacher wins prestigious Milken Educator Award
Wednesday was a day a beloved Ballyshannon Middle School teacher will never forget. Kevin Dailey, an eighth grade social studies teacher, was awarded the prestigious Milken Educator Award along with an unrestricted cash reward of $25,000. Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Commissioner Jason E. Glass joined Milken Educator Awards Vice President Stephanie Bishop in […]