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Xavier University
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Saint Michael's College
Houston Baptist University
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Barry University
EPA Internship Advances Barry Environmental Science Majors
A rare bird, a strange fish, and swarms of singing insects. These are just a few of the subjects that Barry University environmental sciences majors are researching with the aid of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Since 2004 the EPA has partnered with Barry in funding an internship program through the University’s School of Natural and Health Sciences.  The partnership has given Barry students the opportunity to round out their education with real-world fieldwork across Florida and the United States.
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Cabrini College
Cabrini Soccer Star Named to ESPN All-Academic Team
Cabrini College senior Brent Benner, the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) scoring champion on the field and a dean's-list student off, has been named to the ESPN The Magazine all-academic team for the Mid-Atlantic region. Benner, an exercise science major with a 3.47 GPA, is the only PAC player on the squad and one of only two from a Philadelphia-area school. The team was chosen in balloting by college sports information directors.
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Xavier University
Xavier Alum to be Honored for Role in Fighting Homelessness
Xavier University alumni Pat Clifford will be honored at the Homeless Coalition Annual Dinner on Thursday, December 7 for his long-term commitment to fighting homelessness. Clifford will receive the 2006 buddy gray award. The award is named in honor of buddy gray (who preferred his name in lower case letters) who founded the Drop Inn Center in the 1970’s.
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California Lutheran University
California Lutheran Remembers Pearl Harbor
The CLU History Department will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. Through songs of the era, a video presentation recalling the tragedy of that time, and guest speakers who survived the attack, "Remembering Pearl Harbor" will take a closer look at the "date which will live in infamy," and will pay tribute to the men and women of "the greatest generation."
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Saint Michael's College
Saint Michael’s Junior Named One of 19 Pickering Fellows Nationwide
For years Michelle Kayser has had a deep wish to enter the U.S. diplomatic service, and now the Saint Michael’s College junior will be guaranteed entrance to that very career path. The daughter of Raymond and Lorraine Kayser of Essex Junction, Ms. Kayser has been named one of only 19 Pickering Undergraduate Fellows nationwide for 2006. The junior political science major and global studies and international business minor, will receive the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
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Houston Baptist University
Houston Baptist University Inaugurates Sloan as Third President
Robert B. Sloan Jr. was inaugurated as Houston Baptist University’s third president November 28 at the Oscar F. Holcombe Mall on the HBU campus. The ceremony included performances from the School of Music University Brass and Percussion Ensemble, and the tradition of an academic procession of more than 100 delegates representing institutions from across the country.
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