CMU's Online Programs Ranked Among the Best
Posted: February 2, 2012 at 6:39 am
MOUNT PLEASANT, MI--(Marketwire -02/01/12)- A pioneer in distance learning since 1971 with more than 50 locations in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Central Michigan University is now making its mark in online education.
U.S. News and World Report, in its first-ever Top Online Education Program rankings, gave CMU high marks in a variety of areas including student engagement and assessment, student services and technology, and faculty credentials and training.
Merodie Hancock, vice president of CMU's Off-Campus and Online Programs, says the rankings provide independent affirmation of CMU's long-time focus on student success and service.
"The continued growth of CMU's online programs, both in increased course offerings and student enrollment, reflects CMU's commitment to providing learning environments that are of the best academic quality while offering flexibility and faculty engagement that meets the educational needs of our students," said Hancock.
Highlights of the rankings for CMU, which offers nearly 200 online bachelor's degree programs and 170 online master's degree programs, include:
#3 ranking for student services and technology for online graduate business programs. #3 ranking for student engagement and accreditation for online graduate education programs. #10 ranking for student services and technology in online bachelor's programs, #11 ranking for student engagement and accreditation in online graduate business programs, and a #20 ranking for student services and technology for online graduate education programs.
"The success of CMU's alumni, which includes top military leaders, executives of the country's leading businesses, top educators and administrators at all levels of government are testimony to the focus CMU places on helping its students succeed," said Hancock.
Notable alums include Gen. Norton Schwartz, current chief of staff of the Air Force; Michael Orris, chief procurement officer for Rolls-Royce; Vivien Crea, Vice Admiral of the U.S. Coast Guard; and Scott Bernard, federal chief architect.
The high ratings in technology reflect CMU's focus on making online learning accessible, interactive and engaging for students so they can complete a rigorous online program and experience the same academic environment as students in a traditional classroom setting said E. Gary Shapiro, CMU's executive vice president/provost.
"Technology combined with faculty who bring real-world experience to the educational setting is another testament to CMU's ongoing commitment to providing faculty who are responsive and engaged with their students regardless if it is online or in a face-to-face setting," said Shapiro.
Central Michigan University is one of the country's 100 largest universities with more than 28,000 students enrolled on its main campus in Mount Pleasant, Mich., its more than 50 locations and online.
Select locations include Atlanta; Washington, D.C.; Detroit; Camp Pendleton, Calif.; the Pentagon; Toronto; and Guadalajara, Mexico. For a complete list of CMU locations refer to the attachment.
For more information about CMU visit go.cmich.edu.
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Health & Fitness File, Feb. 1
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Western Racine County Health Department
RADON INFORMATIONAL MEETING: Learn about the risks of radon, testing procedures and mitigation. 6 p.m. today. Free. Test kits will be sold for $5 cash or check. Aurora Wellness Center, 300 McCanna Parkway, Burlington.
Health Care Network Inc.
FREE FLU SHOTS FOR UNINSURED: Health Care Network Inc., 904 State St., will identify uninsured Racine County residents and provide them with a free flu shot voucher which will be good until April 15. These vouchers will be redeemable at any Walgreens location that offers flu shots. For more information, call Health Care Network Inc. at (262) 632-2400.
Karen Yontz Women's Cardiac Awareness Center
HEART HEALTH FOR WOMEN: Presented by registered nurse Julie O'Neill of the Karen Yontz Women's Cardiac Awareness Center, understand and identify risk factors for heart disease and take preventive strategies to offset the risk factors. 7 p.m. Feb. 8. Free. Burlington Public Library, 166 E. Jefferson St., Burlington. For more information, call (262) 342-1130 or email jrockwel@burlington.lib.wi.us.
Central Racine County Health Department
ADULT VACCINES: For a limited time, reduced-cost adult vaccines will be available. Vaccines include hepatitis A, hepatitis B, MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), varicella (chickenpox), Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis), Td (tetanus, diphtheria) and HPV human papillomavirus). HPV is now available for both men and women. Adult vaccines are available at the regularly scheduled immunizations clinics or by appointment.
CHILDREN'S VACCINES: Children immunizations include DTaP, polio, Hib, MMR, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, varicella, meningococcal, HPV (now available to girls and boys) and Tdap. Childhood vaccines are available at the regularly scheduled immunization clinics.
All clinics will be held at the Central Racine County Health Department, 10005 Northwestern Ave. (second floor of the U.S. Bank building), Caledonia. The immunization schedule is:
• First Thursday of the month, 4-5 p.m.
• Second Monday of the month, 4-5:30 p.m.
• Third Thursday of the month, 10-11 a.m.
• Fourth Thursday of the month, 4-5:30 p.m.
Administrative fees are $10 for one vaccine; $15 for two and $20 for three or more vaccines. Call (262) 898-4460 for more information.
Western Racine County
IMMUNIZATIONS AND FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICS: Children's vaccines include: Chicken pox, diphtheria, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, Hib meningitis, HPV, measles, meningococcal, mumps, pertussis, pneumococcal, polio, rotavirus, rubella and tetanus.
Adult vaccines include: Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis), hepatitis A (severe food poisoning) and hepatitis B. TB skin test (must call 24 hours in advance to schedule), $10 plus the following administration fees.
Resident fees: Administration fee is $10 for one immunization, $15 for two and $30 for three or more. Non-resident fees: Administration fee is $20 for one immunization, $25 for two and $30 for three or more. Payment must be made by check or cash only. Badger Care and Medicaid fees are exempt with card.
• Feb. 8, Western Racine County Health Department, 156 E. State St., Burlington, 4-6 p.m.
• Feb. 15, Western Racine County Health Dept., 156 E. State St., Burlington, 9-10 a.m.
• Feb. 20, Waterford Library, 101 N. River St., Waterford, 5-7 p.m.
• Feb. 23, Western Racine County Health Department, 156 E. State St., Burlington, 4-6 p.m.
For more information, call (800) 688-4930 or (262)
763-4930 or visit the Web, http://www.wrchd.org.
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Betty White to Boomers: Consider Life Insurance Policies to Fund Retirement
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ATLANTA, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Baby boomers appear to be taking a second look at their life insurance policies as an alternative financial solution to paying for retirement. Retirees can sell an unneeded life insurance policy for a portion of the face amount. These transactions, known as life settlements, have become mainstream in the past several years, particularly as baby boomers begin exploring all financial options to paying for retirement, including previously unconventional alternatives.
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Company spokesperson Betty White, appearing in a YouTube music video with over one million hits comments, "It's the hottest program for spicing your golden years." The 90 year "young" star recently celebrated her 90th birthday White and was honored with a SAG Award as "Best Female Actor in a TV Comedy Series."
In a survey conducted by International Communications Research (ICR), an astounding 79 percent of respondents felt that their insurance professional and financial planners should be informing their clients about LIFE SETTLEMENTS as a means to fund their retirement (rather than letting policy's lapse). And, more than half (55 percent) expressed concern they will have to continue working past the age of 65.
Betty White video and research at http://www.thelifeline.com
"Many people didn't know selling their life insurance policy was even an option; however, boomers are demanding more education from their financial advisors, said Wm. Scott Page, president and CEO of The Lifeline Program. The leading life settlement provider commissioned International Communications Research to survey sentiments regarding retirement, life insurance and familiarity with life settlements among baby boomers.
The Lifeline Program survey results echo data the company published last year in a white paper, "How Life Insurance Can Save Your Retirement," which discusses how boomers are ill-prepared for retirement. The new survey also suggests that boomer confidence in being able to retire at age 65 is waning. An Associated Press study last year reported 44 percent lacked confidence in being able to retire while the ICR study pegs that number rising to 55 percent.
Founded in 1989, The Lifeline Program offers life settlements and financial planning options to retirees. The company partners with insurance agents, broker dealers and financial planners to establish life settlement business lines. For more information contact Stephen Terrell of The Lifeline Program at 770-724-7300.
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East Anglian Pulic Relations Agency Appointed for International Campaign
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PR agency The Write Impression, based in Brantham, Suffolk, has been appointed by the International Coach Federation to promote International Coaching Week in the UK. The aim of the Week, which runs from 5th-11th February, is to raise awareness of business and personal life coaching.
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PR agency The Write Impression, based in Brantham, Suffolk, has been appointed by the International Coach Federation to promote International Coaching Week in the UK. The aim of the Week, which runs from 5th-11th February, is to raise awareness of business and personal life coaching.
“The International Coaching Federation has more than 19,000 members worldwide, including 1,000 members in the UK, and we are thrilled to have been selected to work with such a prestigious professional body,” said Kate Everett, co-founder of The Write Impression.
“This year’s International Coaching Week heralds the launch of the ICF Global Coaching Study, a survey of the phenomenal growth of the business and life coaching industry worldwide, based on 12,000 respondents from 117 countries. It follows the first survey in 2007, also undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which was one of the largest pieces of research at the time.”
The Write Impression specialises in public relations and marketing services for clients ranging from manufacturers to hoteliers, and film-makers to life coaches.
For more information about The Write Impression please contact Kate Everett at http://www.thewriteimpression.co.uk.
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Coaching life
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Coaching life
By DIANE GASPER-O'BRIEN
She is as competitive as they come. Always has been. Always will be.
That's what growing up in a house with eight older brothers can do for you.
Rose McFarland, and everyone close to her, hopes that will to win and survive can help her beat her latest opponent -- cancer.
McFarland said thanks to the support and prayers from many, including the youth basketball team she coaches with her husband, Galen, she plans to be a mainstay in the stands once these players reach junior high and high school.
McFarland was diagnosed with uterine and ovarian cancer in November. After undergoing surgery later that month, she began chemotherapy treatments that take her several days to recover from.
But the setback hasn't stopped her from trying to lead a normal life.
A multi-sport athlete while growing up in Lenora in the 1970s, McFarland played basketball at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, then at St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City. And she never was one to miss games or practices.
Although the effects of her chemo treatments have kept her out of some practices, McFarland hasn't missed a single game coaching her Hays Hoopsters sixth-grade boys' team.
That could change Saturday when the Hoopsters take part in a tournament in Norton.
It normally takes McFarland three or four days to recuperate from her chemo treatments, which she undergoes every three weeks, and her next scheduled treatment Wednesday in Kansas City, Kan.
Basketball therapy
"If I can go, I will," McFarland said, adding watching her son, David, and his teammates play basketball has been good therapy.
David's 12th birthday also happens to be Saturday. But, McFarland said, David knows his mom will be there in spirit even if she isn't able to make the trip.
"My main goal is to stay healthy right now. If I can't go, Galen will be there with them, and Kent (Werth) helps out, too," McFarland added about one of the team members' parents.
Other than feeling sluggish after she started chemo, McFarland said what she noticed the most was her hair falling out.
"It was coming out in bunches," said McFarland, who had her husband get out the clippers and cut it close to her scalp.
In support of their coach, the Hoopsters decided to do the same.
A couple of the parents of the players came up with the idea one day and asked the boys how they felt about it.
Some didn't give it a second thought.
"I've had mine this short before," Palmer Hutchison piped up.
Others weren't quite so sure.
"I didn't know at first," Cole Zimmerman, who said he never had his head buzzed that close before, said with a big grin.
"And Hunter was nervous," one of the players said about another team member, Hunter Brown.
"I was pretty nervous when I got mine cut off, too," McFarland admitted.
In the end, all 10 players bought into the idea.
"If one wouldn't have wanted to do it, we wouldn't have," Werth said.
Hoopsters 'all in'
So one Friday evening earlier this month, the Hoopsters gathered at the Werth home for a pizza party, and one of the mothers buzzed all the team members' heads before McFarland came to pick up her son.
"They had so much fun with it," Werth said. "And even some of the younger brothers wanted their hair cut, too."
Carrying a little lighter load, the Hoopsters went out the next couple of days and lost just one game en route to a third-place finish at the perennially tough Great Bend Tournament.
The McFarlands both have coached at the high school level, and Rose has college coaching experience, too. They stress fundamentals in their winter instructional camps they have run since David, their only child, was in first grade.
The McFarlands also hope the youngsters have fun while learning about basketball -- and other things as well.
McFarland said she believes she gets just as much in return.
"I just love coaching, at any level," McFarland said. "And things like this, you never forget. When they all came marching in one by one with their hair cut, and I realized they all had done it, I got really choked up."
"She thought it was pretty neat," Galen McFarland said, "that the kids would do that for her."
"All the prayers and support mean so much," added Rose, who expects to complete her chemotherapy treatments in April.
Lifetime memories
Werth said their coach's illness has brought the team closer together.
"These kids will remember shaving their heads more than games they won or lost," Werth said.
McFarland agreed, saying how much she appreciates all the contact from former coaches, players and acquaintances since learning of her illness.
"What's neat is that I've just met so many people through playing and coaching," she said. "Hopefully, these guys will, too. It's fun to see the kids progress, but also the bonds they've created.
"And," she added, "we all learn a few life lessons along the way."
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