The UC Riverside Police Department is alerting local commuters that traffic along West Campus might get a little slow between 8 and 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7.
But it’s for a good cause, said Michael Andert, a UCR police officer in the crime prevention unit. He and 10 other UCR officers will get a police escort of their own when they run three miles as they take part in one leg of the Special Olympics Southern California Torch Run.
UCPD has taken part in the torch run for the past seven years, said Andert.
The officers will pick up the torch from a representative of the California Highway Patrol at the campus entrance at University Avenue and West Campus Drive. They will run past Hinderaker Hall, turn right on Canyon Crest Drive, go under the freeway and continue to the corner of Central Avenue, where they will pass the torch on to representatives of the FBI.
Wichita, Kansas Police Department developed the first run in 1981 as a way to become more involved in their local Special Olympics. That first torch run involved six officers and they raised no money. T Read more…
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — There will be one basketball division in the Southeastern Conference along with some unhappy football coaches.
School presidents and chancellors voted Friday to eliminate divisions in men’s basketball and to reduce the annual signing classes in football to 28 players. SEC football coaches voted unanimously to keep the number at 28.
It’s sweeping reform in the conference with the last five national titles that the academic leaders hope will be eventually adopted across college football.
“I don’t think that any conference in the country is looking at the whole picture in the way that we are,” University of Florida President Bernie Machen said. “Obviously, this is not a quick fix. This is not a one-size-fits-all model here.
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Here is an unscientific sampling of education blog highlights from the past several days:
- Charter schools and low-SES kids: Damned if they do, damned if they dont? Matthew Yglesias
- Seven obvious things in education that are ignored. Washington Post Answer Sheet blog
- Eight reformer state education chiefs endorse NCTQ review of teacher prep programs. Teacher Beat blog
- Diane Ravitch is right to pop myth balloons about miracle schools (including Bruce Randolph) Flypaper
- Data-driven policymaking? In your dreams. Larry Cubans blog
- Big flaws in NYT piece on Gates Foundation influence. Rick Hess Straight Up
Quinn Majeski, director of ASUW’s Office of Government Relations (OGR), said because the state budget deficit was more than $5 billion this year, the 2011 legislative session was “easily one of the toughest sessions in recent history.”
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Quinn Majeski, director of ASUW Office of Government Relations, and Ben Henry, vice president of GPSS, frequently visited Olympia to lobby on students behalf.
One special session later, the 2011 state legislative session has come to an end, and UW lobbyists have had time to reflect on their process of maintaining the student voice in Olympia. Members of the state Legislature announced last week that they will be cutting state funding to the UW by $209 million over the next two years.
Ben Henry, Graduate and Professional Student Senate vice president and Washington Student Association (WSA) legislative liaison, said he believes the state should invest in education because students who will soon be in the work force are the ones who have the ability to change the economic crisis.
“The Legislature has made a clear and deliberate choice to shift even more of the burden of funding higher education onto the backs of students,” Henry said. “This will m
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On May 27, a group of Utah Valley University students will host the Young Dreamers Conference for at-risk youth at Timpanogos Lodge in Provo Canyon.
Up to 60 high school students from around Utah Valley ages 14-15 considered at-risk by their school counselors were invited to attend the first-ever Young Dreamers Conference hosted by UVU’s Unidos Saldremos Adelante Leadership Program.
The conference, running May 27-28, will provide opportunities for the UVU students to engage the teens through ice breaker activities, introduce them to Career & Technical Education possibilities and other interactive exchanges. Jay Molock, admissions counselor at the University of Utah, will be the conference’s keynote speaker.
USALP is a program for college students to give back to their Latino community. They travel to high schools all over the state of Utah and speak to Latinos in Action classes about furthering their education.
Victor Pereira and Agustin Diaz, board members of USALP, will also conduct workshops for the teens.
Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah, and is home to nearly 33,000 students. UVU
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