"These colleges, by really paying close attention to what comes next, are aligning what they do to that kind of success, " said Josh Wyner, executive director of the Aspen Institute's college excellence program, which awards the prize.
In an announcement last week leading up to the launch of its Centers of Excellence program, Walmart announced it will offer its associates quality healthcare with no out-of-pocket cost for heart, spine and transplant surgeries at six hand-selected leading hospitals in the United States.
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Inspired by the challenge to invent the future, Team Note-Taker entered Imagine Cup 2011, competing against 67 teams, this group found its direction when member David Hayden, an outstanding academic, struggled to achieve excellence in his degree program of mathematics as a result of his being blind.
This information helps doctors, said John Eadie, director of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis University.
The Connecticut 89-game winning streak is a testament to a program and a coach that should be commended for consistent excellence and tireless effort.
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She hired a program director, Diane Harkins, the director of the Center for Excellence in Child Development at UC, Davis.
For the States and Tribes receiving grants today, the STEP Program is an important marker in collaboration and shared responsibility to promote educational excellence for all American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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Brian leads cross-departmental, tactical management plan teams working on environmental improvement -- in the areas of: engagement, alternate funding, utility conservation, waste reduction and recycling, fleet emissions reduction, green purchasing and sustainable development -- leading the district's indoor air quality program recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a National Model of Sustained Excellence.
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